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Hemingway and the Basques he chased Nazi subs with in Cuba...

BBC Mundo tells the war story of Ernest Hemingway and a group of Basques fighting Nazis and fascists in Cuba during the Second World War

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...

Help from Alava to those affected by Hurricane Matthew in Cuba

Miles de viviendas fueron arrasadas en Cuba tras el paso de Matthew. (14ymedio)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Cuban digital newspaper 14ymedio has reported today about the help the Alavan Emergency Fund, made up of...

The Basque Language, Basque Culture, Havana University, the ETA, and the...

Facahda principal de la Universidad de la Habana
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We just discovered, thanks to the CiberCuba website, that Basque author Joseba Sarrionandia is going to take over...

A separatist priest, Basque ball players, artists, a Basque revolutionary, emigrant...

Hemingway en la Habana con el "Cura rojo de Mundaka" Andres Unzain
This article was translated by John R. Bopp The relationship between Ernest Hemingway and the Basques, their culture, and their way of life is long and...

From Cuba: “I don´t just imagine my Basque land, I feel...

Escudo de la Asociacion Vasco-Navarra de Beneficencia de Cuba
This article was tranlated by Iustrans Throughout the history of our website we have been researching the presence of Basques in Cuba, as well as...

The Havana Jai Alai, the Tree of Guernica, and Cuban Independence...

Calle Belascoain de La Habana. Del documental "Belascoain" primera entrega de la serie Siete Calles de la Habana de Angel Gonzalez Katarain
This article was translated by John R. Bopp There are times we find a loose thread in an article, and when we pull on it a...

The New York Times: Basque Nationalists congratulate the US President (1901)

PNV felicita a Roosevelt (1901)
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We wanted to bring you today a news item about Basques that appeared in our beloved New York...

The Havana Wedding of a Friend of Hemingway’s, Officiated by the...

They say an amazing story is just the antechamber to an even more amazing story.  The other day, we posted one of those entries...

Extraordinary Basque Friends: From Cantinflas’ Pelotaria to Hemingway’s Abertzale Priest

We recently received this photo from a friend in the Vascos en México group (a must-read website for all those interested in Basques in general...