Iván Jaksic is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.
Frances M. López-Morillas's many translations include Medieval Heritage of Mexico and Spain, by Luis Weckmann and Understanding Spain, by Julián Marias.

Andres Bello was a towering figure in 19th-century Latin America, as influential and famous there as Thomas Jefferson in the United States. Poet, politician, educator, essayist, philosopher, he wielded astonishing influence and played a major role in shaping the national identities of newly independent Lain American countries. This book gives us a generous sampling of a gifted thinker.