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2018—Thirty years after the Reagan-Ardanza meeting at the White House

El presidente Reagan recibe al lehendakari Ardanza en la Casa Blanca (marzo de 1988)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp One of our readers recently reminded us that 2018 marks the 30th anniversary of the first time a...

The documentary “Basques in the West” can now be seen online...

Fotograma del documental «Basques in the west»
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Back in October 2011, we spoke of how Amaya Oxarango-Ingram and Brent Barras were preparing a documentary telling...

Paco Igartua—70 years of ‘Oiga’ magazine, the work of a very...

Francisco "Paco" Igartua
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...

Juan Ayerbe and his “castle” in Argentina—the inspiration for “Maitetxu mía”?

Castillo de Juan Ayerbe en argentina
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The daily La Nueva out of Bahía Blanca, Argentina, has just published a fascinating story by Hernán Guercio telling the...

What a Basque restaurant in Nevada is like

Martin Hotel (Winnemucca-Nevada)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Richard Moreno, aka "The Nevada Traveler", is a journalist and author who has spent years writing, in newspapers,...

Smuggled Mexican silver found in Getaria

Lingote plata mexicana en Getaria
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our readers will probably already have heard about the silver ingot found by a diver at the bottom...

Aitor Narvaiza, born in Ermua, is the new Sheriff of Elko...

Sgt. Aitor Narvaiza celebrates news of his lead over incumbent Sheriff Jim Pitts as Elko County reported election returns for the city of Elko on Tuesday night.
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Given their expressions, the people in the header photo are showing so much joy that you'd think that...

“Aita”. Following in the footsteps of a ‘gudari’, from Lima to...

José y Chema Salcedo
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...

Discovering the Basque roots of the American Dream

Los Padres Fundadores de los USA
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Troy Media is a Canadian publication we've come across more than once.  Back in 2013, they published an...