On both sides of Ecuador.

• Author: Blessing, Ralph
• Position: Upfront - Brief Article

I was delighted to receive the June issue, after my subscription had lapsed, but I was startled to see your review of Charles Kleymeyer's book refer to the people of Ecuador as Ecuadorans. As one who lived in that country for four years and managed exchange programs with Latin America for more than twenty years, I can affirm that people and things from Ecuador are Ecuadorian.

Ecuadorian is true to the Spanish origin of the word (ecuatoriano). It is also...