Los "alucinados" de Puerto Viejo: nociones de soberanía y ciudadanía en Manabí 1812-1822

Abstract

The article analyzes the social and cultural reaction of some villages from Manabí,an Ecuadorian coastal province, especially from the partidos of Pueblo Viejo andCanoa, in light of the political events occurred on the Iberian Peninsula between1812 and 1822. The research explores the form in which different social sectors,including the indigenous and other subaltern groups, appropriated notions of ci-tizenship and sovereignty, disseminated particularly in the context of the oath ofthe Constitution of Cadiz, issued in 1812. The colonial authorities reported that the-se political activities were accompanied by riots and acts of insubordination.