From 1830 to 2008: colonialism and historical limitation of access to citizenship rights in Ecuador

Abstract

Since its independence from the Spanish Crown and the Republic of Colombia, Ecuador has been governed by twenty legal-political constitutions, the first being the Constitution of the State of Ecuador of 1830 and the last being the Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador of 2008. Starting from the question: ¿Who and why have historically been subjects of citizenship rights in Ecuador? the purpose of this article is to carry out an analysis of the relationship between Spanish colonization and post-colonization with the historical limitation of the enjoyment of citizenship rights imposed on certain population groups due to race, class, gender, and age, using to the effect the qualitative approach and the historical-logical method. Additionally, bibliographic collection and analysis techniques were used. The results presented in this article refer to the exclusion to which population groups have been subjected due to the categories mentioned; and, through these results it is expected to contribute to make visible the ways in which people belonging to these social groups have been constitutionally placed.