[1] Citizens of Ecuador do not need a passport when travelling to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Nevertheless, this piece of identification must be in good conservation state and less than ten years from its issue date, according to agreements signed in Mercosur's treaties.
Visa requirements for holders of normal passports traveling for tourist purposes: Ecuador is an associated member of Mercosur.
As such, its citizens enjoy unlimited access to any of the full members (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) and other associated members (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Peru) with the right to residence and work, with no requirement other than nationality.
2 Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Russia and the partially recognised republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia each span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.