Relationship dossier
Ecuador
Nicaragua
Relationship assessment
Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador in 2024 following Ecuador’s raid on Mexico’s embassy in Quito.
Ecuador toward Nicaragua
Not assessedNicaragua toward Ecuador
-35Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador in April 2024, citing Ecuador’s entry into Mexico’s embassy in Quito to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas.
Overall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Nicaragua severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador in April 2024 after Ecuadorian police entered Mexico’s embassy in Quito to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas. The rupture is a concrete episode of serious bilateral tension. Information about Ecuadorian government conduct specifically toward Nicaragua and the broader history of bilateral cooperation is limited.
Areas of tension
- Nicaragua’s rupture of diplomatic relations with Ecuador following the Ecuadorian police raid on Mexico’s embassy in Quito.
Key developments
Nicaragua announced that it was severing diplomatic relations with Ecuador after Ecuadorian police entered Mexico’s embassy in Quito to arrest former vice president Jorge Glas.
Major uncertainties
- The extent of substantive Ecuadorian government cooperation with Nicaragua before the 2024 rupture is unclear.
- The scope and practical effects of Nicaragua’s decision to sever diplomatic relations are unclear.