Our Lady of Quito" as she is known in the English speaking world is known in Ecuador as "La Dolorosa," which means "The Sorrowful Lady.

Poet Henri Michaux boarded a ship for Ecuador in 1927 as "a man who knows neither how to travel nor how to keep a journal.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This book contains topical articles covering the "levantamientos" of 1999 and 2000 and interviews with indigenous leaders to provide a unique insight into one of the strongest movements in Latin America.