Perú y Ecuador

"Interviews with leading politicians and political figures including ex-presidents, former generals, and former guerrillas; and with leaders of the Church, indigenous movements, and other key areas of national life. Interviews originally broadcast on television during Rodrigo Borja's 1988-92 presidential term"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Los Vásconez se originaron en casas solares de las provincias de Guipúzcoa y de Vizcaya, lugares desde donde se trasladaron a Castilla, estableciendo la aldea de Villabascones en el llamado Infantado de Covarrubias. De Villabascones la familia pasó a Covarrubias y de aquí al actual Ecuador. El Capitán Juan de Basconez Velasco y de la Varga, nacido en Covarrubias hacia 1605, pasó a Riobamba y aquí casó en 1637 con María Arias de la Vega y Vallejo.

"Carefully documented study investigates significance of mestizo identity. Author defines it as a process of Hispanic acculturation enriched with a Quichua cultural core that determines its unique final form, rather than as a rejection of indigenous identification (p. 53). Racial and cultural elements are considered separately"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.