On the southern coast, especially in Ecuador's largest city, Guayaquil, close to Peru and a focus of opposition to Mr Mahuad, who is from the highlands, nationalistfeelings run high.
Isn't it also true that after World War I, the British perceived nationalistfeelings in the area (Egypt and Sudan), so drew up a project to split the country by annexing the predominantly Black South to Uganda while keeping the northern "condominium" Arab and Muslim?