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The misinformation of the President of Argentina, and the reaction of...

Alberto Fernandez ,presidente de Argentina, habla sobre la Comunidad Autónoma de País Vasco y la Covid-19
Yesterday, the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, surprised us (and everyone) when using the Basque Health System as a comparison to Argentina's in its...

Basque classes in Villa María, Argentina: “Basque opens up a whole...

Every time we get some news from our compatriots in South America, we're always happy.  We always get the impression that the media doesn't...

Basque Passionist Jesús María Aristín, named Apostolic Vicar of Yurimaguas

Jesús Mariía Aristín Vicario Apostolico de Yurimaguas
You don't have to dig too deep into the blog to discover our weakness for the Basque Passionists who, since 1913, that's over a...

Basque Chronicles: Merchants and Administrators: the role of the Basques in...

Vista de Lima a Finales del siglo XVIII
We've often spoken here on the blog about the role the Basques played in colonial Latin America.  In the more than three centuries separating...

The Free School of Basque Thought at the UNLP in Argentina...

Jornadas sobre cooperativismo vasco organizadas por el Instituto de Estudios Cooperativos de la Facultad y la Cátedra Libre de Pensamiento Vasco
The National University of La Plata (UNLP) is a public university in Argentina, considered one of the two leading institutions of higher learning in the...

Buenos Aires, 1921: when the ikurriña became the Basque flag

Ikurriña y bandera de Argentina portada del boletín de abril de 1921 del Laurak Bat de Buenos Aires
Today we wanted to bring you an article in the Basque newspaper Deia.  Now we know we have the rule to not reference any media...

Manuel de Ynchausti, the Philippine-born Basque patriot we need to know

Manuel Ynchausti with Lehendakari Agirre at Mr. Ynchausti’s home in White Plains, New York, November 1942. Photo: Ynchausti Foundation Archives.
  Jean-Claude Larronde studied at the Instituto of Political Studies and the School of Law in Bordeaux.  In 1972, the defended his doctoral thesis on...

Two major donations to the Basque Diaspora Archives: the family archives...

Andres de Irujo y  Manuel de Ynchausti
Yesterday, on the International Day of Archives, the Basque Government announced a major donation of two family archives of extraordinary importance to the Basque Historical...

Amaia Gabantxo. Video-Poems by Basque Poets Translated into English (5, 6,...

#BasqueVideoPoems tercera entrega. Amaia Gabantxo
With this third entry in this series, we bring you the videos that complete the artistic project Amaia Gabantxo has been bringing us, titled...

Mikel Ezkerro: the Patriot, the Sower, and the Living Memory of...

foto Mikel Ezkerro - Emilia Bastida
It was recently his birthday, so we wanted to write an entry on Mikel Ezkerro, an important figure in Basque culture in Argentina and...