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Luis Elizondo: a Basque-descendant running the Pentagon’s UFO program?

Luis Elizondo es el Oficial de la Inteligencia de los US que ha dirigido el programa de estudio de OVNIs del Pentágono
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We came across this one by accident.  Back in December of 2017, the New York Times reported to its...

Aitor Narvaiza, the Ermua-born Basque candidate for Elko County Sheriff

Aitor Narvaiza, el vasco de Ermua que es candidato al cargo de Sheriff del Condado de Elko
This article was translated by John R. Bopp He did it! Well, this has to be one of the more interesting ways we've come across a story,...

Colombia: the serrano ham factory founded by a Basque

Doña Carmen Burbano de Torrontegui, (centro), acompañada por parte de su equipo de colaboradores en la única fábrica de jamón serrano que funciona en Colombia. (Foto archivo particular)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Carlos Osorio Pineda, in an article on the Colombia-Inn website, which is dedicated to the distribution of content...

The Basque Center of Ayacucho, Argentina debuts new headquarters

Sede del Centro Vasco de Ayacucho (Argentina)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Ayacucho La Verdad has just reported on the inauguration of the new headquarters of the Euskal Odola...

A new Cuban bar will soon be opening in New Orleans,...

Un bar cubano en New Orleans preparará martinis al "estilo vasco"
We were shocked.  Is there a “Basque style” of preparing cocktails?  We had no idea, and discovering these kinds of stories is one of...

Trikitixa and a defense for equality in a Basque wedding in...

Emigrantes vascos en Wyoming. fotografía del libro Buffalotarrak de David Romtvedt
This article was translated by John R. Bopp David Romtvedt is a university professor, poet, musician, and writer.  He’s from Wyoming, and lives in Buffalo, in...

The magazine “Food & Wine” presents Basque cuisine in Boise

Boise - iIaho una de las comunidades vascas más importantes de USA (Randy Wells/Getty Images)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The American gastronomic magazine Food & Wine is a reference in its field.  With over forty years in...

Closing a nearly five-century old circle: a ‘novena’ of the Basques...

Virgen de Arantzazu
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...

Oglesia de San Franciso de Lima. Donde se encuentra la Capilla y la Boveda de la Hermandad de Arantzazu de Lima
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Updated June 16, 2019: The Constitution of the Arantzazu Euzko Etxea of Lima (at the end of the...

Margot Duhalde, the Basque-Chilean who fought as a World War 2...

Foto de Margot Duhalde de 1953. Foto cortesía del Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile.
This article was translated by John R. Bopp BBC World broke the news to us.  Margot Duhalde was born in 1920 into a Basque-French family in...