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From Kansas City: the importance of the Basque presence in Nevada...

Niños en un Festival Vasco de nevada. The Daily Free Press via AP Ross Andreson
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Journalist Heidi Knapp Rinella at the Las Vegas Review-Journal has just published an article about the Basque presence...

A “Bilbaino” is the director of the last commercial in the...

Budweiser | Beer Country
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Our protagonist today is Iván Mena Tinoco, and according to his file on the Gijón Film Festival website,...

A Basque from Bergara has just been made a member of...

Nombramiento del padre jesuita Luis Ugalde como como Individuo de Numero de la Academia Nacional de la Historia de Venezuela
This article was translated by John R. Bopp On Thursday, January 25, a celebration was held at the Paraninfo at the Caracas Palace of the Academies...

A Basque lullaby heard at the Chicago Planetarium

Amaia Gabantxo interviniendo en el Planetarium de Chicago
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Amaia Gabantxo never ceases to pleasantly surprise us.  At this rate, we’re going to have to make up...

CNN visits the “inclusive Basque community of Boise” (video)

Artículo y vídeo de la CCN sobre los vascos de Boise
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Lilit Marcus, Channon Hodge, and Diana Diroy have prepared an article and video for CNN about the weight...

1954 Basque Festival in Mar del Plata (film courtesy of the...

Imágenes de la sexta Semana Vasca de Mar del Plata (1954)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp To celebrate the new year, the Argentine National General Archive has shared, on Facebook and Twitter, a small...

Martín de Murua, the Basque who wrote about the Incas of...

Tomado de la obra Códice Murúa: Historia y genealogía de los reyes incas del Perú del padre mercedario fray Martín de Murúa: códice Galvin (2004 [1590]). En el brazo del personaje se puede leer: "Vila Oma" y en la pierna del mismo: "El gran pontífice del Inga"; ambas inscripciones dan cuenta de la alta jerarquía del individuo, la cual se ve a su vez reforzada mediante el uso de la diadema en forma de media luna, el brazalete o chipana, bastón de mando y el adorno de barbilla.
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Jorge Paredes Laos has just published an interesting article in the Peruvian daily El Comercio about the life...

The stories of the Basques engraved in the poplars of the...

This Idaho carving from 1975 lists the name, Jose Maria Eizaguirre, and the hometown, Amoroto, of the carver. Amoroto is located in the Bizkaia province in Basque Country, where about 90 percent of Idaho Basques emigrated from, says John Bieter. BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We’ve spoken before about the arboglyphs on our blog: an extraordinary, and perishable, heritage the Basques who went...

Louis’ Basque Corner, the Basque restaurant in Reno, Nevada, turns 50

Louis' Basque Corner dinners and lunches are served family style — Photo courtesy of David Calvert / Louis' Basque Corner
This article was translated by John R. Bopp USA Today’s 10Best website compiles for its readers “things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations...

Basques are “invisible” even to themselves.  In memoriam: Daniel “the Indian”...

In Memorian: Daniel Barandiaran
This article was translated by John R. Bopp In our daily search for news from around the world that mentions the Basques, we found an article...