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Uncovering Borges: ignorant, racist, Pinochet admirer, and hateful of the Basques

Jorge Luis Borges
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Jorge Luis Borges is a writer we’ve always found attractive, probably because his works, especially his stories, have...

A ‘Bilbaíno’ at National Geographic

El proceso de trabajo de Fernando Baptista para un reportaje de National Geographic (MARK THIESSEN / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Fernando Baptista is, through his work, helping millions of people around the world to better understand the stories...

The launch of the book “WE ARE BASQUE-ARGENTINES” which discusses key...

Josu Legarreta y Magdalena Mignaburu en el VI. Congreso Mundial de Colectividades Vascas (Fotografía: Euskalkultura)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp This book, “We Are Basque-Argentines: Getting our Historical Memory Back”, is the culmination of the research of Magdalena...

From Argentina: “The Basque priest who chose to live with the...

Justo Hilario Irazabal el "Cura Vasco"
This article was translated by John R. Bopp There are times, fortunately many times, that we find ourselves with people who give us back our faith...

The sapling of the Tree of Guernica is now planted in...

Plantando el retoño del Árbol de Gernika en la Universidad de Reno
This article was translated by John R. Bopp About a month ago, we told our readers about how the Parliament of Biscay had sent a sapling...

What the Basque presence at the Folklife Festival in Washington will...

Una de las imágenes que sobre los vascos se utilizan en la web del Folklife Festival
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Since the day they announced that Basque Culture was going to be the guest of honor at the...

A Chilean documentary on Alzheimer’s: “I’m not from here (Chile)…I’m from...

Josebe Echaveguren exiliada vasca en Chile y protagonista del Documental "Yo no soy de aquí"
  Costa Rican daily El País has a report on the documentary “I’m not from here”, directed by Chilean Maite Alberdi and Lithuanian Giedre Zickytèque,...

A book about a Basque from Saladillo, Argentina

Agustín Di Benedetto autor del libro sobre Julio Olarticoechea, el "Vasco de Saladillo"
This article was translated by John R. Bopp A while back, one of those “anti-Basque satellites” that occasionally pops up in the social network of this...

Another book in Basque published in Argentina

Se presentó el libro bilingüe editado por Centro Vasco Chivilcoy
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Basque-Argentine Center “Beti Aurrera” (Always Forward”) in Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, has just completed a project...

Is Basque culture disappearing in Idaho?

Since 1958, Basques in Minidoka County have put on a big community dinner, bringing immigrants and Mini-Cassia locals together for meals of lamb. Most of the original cooks are gone, but their children continue the tradition. Here, people dine at the 58th Annual Basque Dinner Festival March 19 in Rupert. Stephen Reiss The Times-News
This article was translated by John R. Bopp One of the newspapers that most discusses Basques in the US is the Idaho Statesman, which we’ve cited...