Tag: Basques in Peru
Paco Igartua—70 years of ‘Oiga’ magazine, the work of a very...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
On November 8,1948, the first issue of Oiga, founded by a Basque-Peruvian journalist, Francisco «Paco» Igartua Rovira (1923–2004), was...
“Aita”. Following in the footsteps of a ‘gudari’, from Lima to...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
A while back, we announced the debut of the documentary "Aita", which tells the story of a family,...
Arantzazu Euzko Etxea of Lima: Manifesto against the Valley of the...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
This is hardly the first time we've spoken about the work being done at the Arantzazu Euzko Etxea of...
Lehendakari Aguirre’s first tour of the Americas: 76 years of a...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
When Lehendakari Aguirre started his tour of Latin America in 1942, it was hard to imagine a worse...
The song by a Peruvian singer-songwriter that we recorded under the...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
We've had the chance to talk a lot lately about the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Aranzazu of Lima,...
Closing a nearly five-century old circle: a ‘novena’ of the Basques...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
A few days ago, we dedicated a longer article to the Brotherhood of the Virgen of Arantzazu of...
February 13: 406 years of the foundation of the Brotherhood of...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
When, on February 13, 1612, a group of Basques in Lima, Peru decided to meet and start up a...
Martín de Murua, the Basque who wrote about the Incas of...
![Tomado de la obra Códice Murúa: Historia y genealogía de los reyes incas del Perú del padre mercedario fray Martín de Murúa: códice Galvin (2004 [1590]). En el brazo del personaje se puede leer: "Vila Oma" y en la pierna del mismo: "El gran pontífice del Inga"; ambas inscripciones dan cuenta de la alta jerarquía del individuo, la cual se ve a su vez reforzada mediante el uso de la diadema en forma de media luna, el brazalete o chipana, bastón de mando y el adorno de barbilla.](https://aboutbasquecountry.eus/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/historia-general-del-piru-martin-de-murua-324x235.jpg "Martín de Murua, the Basque who wrote about the Incas of Peru in a 16th century illustrated story")
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Jorge Paredes Laos has just published an interesting article in the Peruvian daily El Comercio about the life...
The Bishop Emeritus of Huaraz, Peru, Basque José Ramón Curruchaga Ezama,...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Monsignor José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, Basque, Salesian, missionary, committed to the poor, bishop emeritus of Huaraz, and the...