Virginia Peŕez Ratton, founder in 1994 of the Museo de Arte y Disenõ (MADC), and of editorial TEOReT́ica, amongst other spaces of cultural promotion for the Central American and Caribbean regions, died in October of 2010. A few week later, historian Vićtor Hugo Acunã along with journalist Alexandra Ortiz Wallner from the online magazine "Istmo" conceived the idea of publishing online a dossier of writings from her closest collaborators, artists and intellectuals titled "Virginia Peŕez Ratton y Centroameŕica: arte, pensamiento y propuesta" (Istmo, No. 22, enero-junio 2011). Those writings comprise the present book, an editorial project made possible with the support of the Getty Foundation and the participation of Dominique Ratton Peŕez, daughter of the noted artist, art historian, art critic and curator. As part of the presentation of the book and the anniversary of TEOReT́ica, the new Library and Study Center Virginia Peŕez Ratton was inaugurated in the museum.