Tag: Basques in the Americas
A Key Piece of Basque History in the US has Closed:...
Quite saddening news: the Noriega Hotel Restaurant in Bakersfield, California has closed its doors for the last time, after over 120 years. This is yet...
The adventure of the Basque-Welsh Argentine, who’s walked almost the whole...
Martín Echegaray Davies is an Argentine from the city of Trelew, in Patagonia, who, on October 31, 2017, set off on an adventure that can...
Jaialdi 2020 is going to become Jaialdi 2021
The team in charge of organizing the 2020 Jaialdi has just announced they're postponing it until 2021. It is now to be held from July...
75 years, and many more, of the Necochea Basque Center in...
This year, 2020, the Euzko Etxea of Necochea celebrates its 75th anniversary, and they're making the most of this celebration by sharing some photos...
The Basque Lands of Mexico and the US, and Arizona’s Basque...
This isn't the first time we've brought up the very well founded theory that the name of the 48th US state, Arizona, comes from the...
The Persistence of the Basque Community Spirit in the US
Vince J. Juaristi is an old friend to the blog and our regular readers. Thanks to him, we have two of the articles we most...
A Messsage about COVID-19 from Lima to the Basque Community
The Limako Arantzazu Euzko Etxea of Lima and the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Aranzazu of Lima are known for being very active on social...
The people of Antioquia, Colombia are not “as Basque” as they...
We've had the pleasure of discussing the Colombian department of Antioquia an its very active Centro Vasco on numerous occasions. Today, we get to again because...
Remembering an extraordinary basque doctor who worked in Concordia, Argentina
A few days ago, we brought you an article about a talk on Basque mythology organized by the Basque Center in Corcordia that had appeared...
10 + 1 curious facts about the Mexico City Frontón, which...
This article appeared in El Universal at the beginning of the year, and offers us some great information about the Mexico City Frontón, which we've blogged...