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An Euzko Etxea borne of the more than four centuries of...

Update: Limako Arantzazu Euzko Etxea has been recognized as a Basque Center by the Basque Government Few Basque institutions have survived and thrived over four...

Eighty years on from the arrival of Basque refugees to Venezuela;...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp The impression Basques have left on Venezuela is wide, deep, and fruitful.  For example, their history, for better...

“Song of the Basque II – The Legacy Continues”. Basque culture...

Song of the Basque II 2019 Dantzaris
This article was translated by John R. Bopp This year is the hundredth anniversary of a key cultural event in Idaho, the Boise Music Week, which...

Beltrán París, The Basque Man of Wyoming

Beltran: Basque Sheepman of the American West
Lucas Gatica is an Argentine living in Bilbao.  A graduate in Psychology from the National University of Córdoba, he is currently studying at the...

Today, the Basques of Argentina pay homage to their roots, in...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Yet again, the Basques will take to the streets, taking over the Avenida de Mayo, in the...

The frontón courts in the Old Town of Mexico City (including...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp We've mentioned before how important Basque pelota, in general, and jai-alai in particular, were (and are) in Mexico. ...

The Deep Basque Imprint in Cienfuegos, Cuba

El central San Agustín en 1913. Propiedad de Nicolás Castaño Capetillo
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The presence and influence of the Basques in Cuba, as in the rest of Latin America, has not...

The Basurto de Getaria family: a model of the Basque roots...

Los Basurto de Getaria en San Luis de Potosi
This article was translated by John R. Bopp This isn't the first time we've brought up San Luis de Potosí and its silver mines.  Many...

Uruguay Celebrates 200 Years of the Promotor of Their Wine Culture:...

Saladero y Bodega de  Pascual Harriague en Salto (1880)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp On April 13, 1819, Pascual Harriague, the Basque who has been called the founder of Uruguayan viticulture, was...

How the Basques became appreciated immigrants in the American West. ...

Basque Immigrants and Nevad’s Sheep Industry Iker Saitua
IKER SAITUA is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History at the University of California, Riverside and the University of the Basque Country...