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Aintzane Aguirre Zabala, the daughter of the Lehendakari, has passed.  Agur...

Familia del Lehendakari Aguirre
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Last Friday, Aintzane Aguirre Zabala, the eldest daughter of Lehendakari José Antonio Aguirre, passed away.  With her, the...

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...

Elsa Artadi: will a Basque oak take root in the Government...

La "saga" Artadi: el bisabuelo y la biznieta
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Unai Aranzadi, the author of this article, on the Basque roots of Elsa Artadi, is a war reporter,...

The Basque shepherd dog, a very old and intelligent breed (a...

Perro Pastor Vasco
This article was translated by John R. Bopp A while back, we blogged about this race of dogs.  We’re doing so again today because of an...

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...

When Basque iron was the world standard for quality

We just wrote an entry about the naming of Father Luis Ugalde SJ as a “Numbered Individua of the Venezuelan National History Academy”. During the...

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...

Viewpoints: Tudela (or, Tudela Turns Me On)

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Since we started our “Viewpoints” section, our goal has always been to travel through every place within the...

Air Canada travels to San Sebastian to discover the ciderhouses and...

Imágenes de la visita a las sidrerías dela periodista de Air Canada
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Renowned Canadian chef and food critic Chris Nuttall-Smith, writing for the Air Canada magazine, has just published an...

UPV/EHU & Oxford: Burials, eating, and social structures 5,000 years ago

Dolmen en la rioja Alavesa
This article was translated by John R. Bopp We never cease to be amazed at Science’s ability to reach huge conclusions through the smallest details.  In...