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The religious texts written by Sr. Getrudes de San Ildefonso, Carmelite nun, born in Quito, were transcribed by her spiritual father and confessor, Martín de la Cruz, who, with theological commentary, increased the nun's devout pages until generating 2,000 pages in three volumes of prose and 39 illustrations: the manuscript entitled: "The pearl mystica, hidden in the shell of humility" (1700-1718). Catalina Andrango-Walker, Carmen Fernández-Salvador, Regina Harrison and Alison Weber analyze this work in order to expose the richness of the manuscript: the confessor-nun relationship, the...

The objective of this study is to provide the background required for an understanding of the boundary dispute between Ecuador and Peru, a hardy perennial among inter-American controversies. It is not designed to propound any particular thesis, much less to take sides in the dispute. Evaluation of the significance of the positions adopted by the parties over the years have been included. Primary attention has been focused on the period after the entry into effect of the Rio Protocol of 1942 which attempted to fix the boundary between the rival states and which was guaranteed by Argentina,...

"Lúcido ensayo sobre la identidad cultural del Ecuador escrito por uno de los intelectuales más relevantes de ese país. El libro se ocupa tanto de la identidad individual de sus habitantes, a menudo determinada por las zonas geográficas del Ecuador, así como de un concepto más abarcador de una imagen de la nación ecuatoriana"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Dos personajes de la historia ecuatoriana se encargan de exponer acerca de los escritos de Espejo (1747-1796). Uno de ellos es el historiador y octavo arzobispo de Quito, Federico González Suárez ; el otro es el profesor universitario y Doctor en Filosofía Carlos Paladines.