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The Guayaquil Group (Grupo de Guayaquil, "Cinco como un puño") was a literary group from the 1930s - mid 1940s, that emerged as a response to a chaotic social and political climate where the Ecuadorian "montubio" and mestizo were oppressed by the elite class, priests, and the police.
In most cases gorditas are shallow-fried with vegetable oil in a deep comal, but they can also be deep-fried, making the outside crisper. In Durango and other states of Northern Mexico, gorditas are commonly made from wheat flour and look like small pita breads. The dough (masa) is identical to that of a wheat flour tortilla. It is cooked on a ...
Alonso de Illescas (1528-1600s), African Maroon leader in Esmeraldas in colonial Ecuador. Francisco de Arobe (1543 - after 1606) leader of Afro-indigenous maroon communities; María del Tránsito Sorroza, midwife and formerly enslaved woman. Martina Carrillo (1750–1778), Ecuadorian activist, born enslaved, who fought for the rights of Afro ...
Domestic violence against women is a very serious problem. [8] La Ley Contra la Violencia a la Mujer y la Familia [19] (Law on Violence against Women and the Family) deals with domestic violence. This law was heavily influenced by the Consejo Nacional de las Mujeres CONAMU (National Council of Women) and by what they believe in and stand for. A ...
In Guayaquil there is the " Association of Autonomous Female Workers 1st of August" and in "Association of Women from Milagro Canton" in Guayas Province. [ 14 ] In April 2005, the "Red de Trabajadoras Sexuales del Ecuador" (Network of Sex Workers of Ecuador), commonly known as REDTRABSEX, was set up to give a collective voice for all the ...
Leslie Pester, a California mom who recently retired from the Navy after 21 years, says it was her 5-year-old daughter's sweet reaction to first seeing Luisa, who is voiced by Cuban-American ...
Fe del Valle was a trained milliner, originally from San Juan de los Remedios, Villa Clara Province. She was commonly known as "Lula". In 1938 she married Orlando Ravelo, and had two children; in 1961, son Robin was age 14, and Erick was 17, training to be a military pilot.
The first beauty queen in Ecuador was Sara Chacón Zúñiga [1] from Guayaquil, Guayas province in 1930. She wore the sash and the crown of Miss Ecuador for the very first time. The contest was inactive for more than 20 years until 1955 when Leonor Carcache won the first modern title of Miss Ecuador and became the first representative of the ...