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Documents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) surveillance of Nela Martínez, Central Committee member of the Partido Comunista del Ecuador (PCE, Ecuadorian Communist Party) in the 1940s as part of the project on the FBI in Latin America.


Nela Martínez (Espinosa) - Ecuador Communist Activities (April 28, 1945, pdf, 1MB)
Memo from reliable, confidential, source regarding one of principal feminine Communist leaders. Presently head of Feminine section of PCE and active in labor and political affairs.
Source
: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, "Nela Martínez (Espinosa) - Ecuador Communist Activities," Washington, D.C., May 30, 1945, Record Group 59, 822.00B/5-3045, NARA.

Nela Martínez Espinosa - Ecuador Communist Activities (September 26, 1945, pdf, 1MB)
Memo from reliable, confidential source indicating continued activity in Central Committee of Ecuadorian Communist Party, and recent course in domestic economy at Manabí on behalf of Ecuadoran Ministry of Economy where she is currently employed.
Source
: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, "Nela Martínez Espinosa - Ecuador Communist Activities," Washington, D.C., November 2, 1945, Record Group 59, 822.00B/11-245, NARA.

Nela Martínez Espinosa - Ecuador - Communist Activities (January 30, 1946, pdf, 1MB)
Memorandum from a confidential source believed to be reliable indicating that Martínez is no longer a member of the Central Committee of Ecuadorian Communist Party but conducts classes in vicinity of Portoviejo.
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, "Nela Martínez Espinosa - Ecuador - Communist Activities," Washington, D.C., March 5, 1946, Record Group 59, 822.00B/3-546, NARA.

Nela Martínez (Espinosa) Communist Activities, Ecuador (April 24, 1946, pdf, 1MB)
Martínez returned to Quito from Manabí in February because her position there was not included in 1946 budget.
Source
: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, "Nela Martínez (Espinosa) Communist Activities, Ecuador," Washington, D.C., June 3, 1946, Despatch no. 100-338781, Record Group 59, 822.00B/6-346, NARA.

Nela Martínez (Espinosa), with aliases (June 26, 1946, pdf, 1MB)
Subject addressed CTE on May Day as official representative of PCE .
Source: Letter from John Edgar Hoover to Frederick B. Lyon, "Nela Martínez (Espinosa), with aliases," Washington, D.C., July 26, 1946, Record Group 59, 822.00B/7-2646, NARA.


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