Tag: History of the Basques
From the US, the story of Florentino Goikoetxea, the Basque “importer/exporter”...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Vince J. Juaristi is a Basque-American born in Elko, Nevada who has a company in Alexandria, Virginia, and who...
A tribute to Maurice Ravel, “a Basque hidden from the view...
This post could have also been entitled: Maurice Ravel: the Basque composer who believed in his country
Maurice Ravel, one of the greatest composers of...
Homage is paid in England to a woman who is part...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Her name is María Luisa Incera, and she was a little girl when, in 1937, she had to...
The “lauburus of Yucatan”, or the Basque remnants on the shores...
This article was translated by Joseba Varela
Although this isn’t the first time we say this, there’s no denying it: sometimes we come across information that...
The Basque who signed the first international agreement in Basque, and...
for A whilenow, we've been wanting to write an entry dedicated to René Cassin (Bayonne, 1887 – Paris 1976). A huge historical figure, he played a...
“The Basques: A Disappearing People” Élisée Reclus (1867)
Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and an anarchist member of the First International. A tireless traveler, he is the creator of Social Geography,...
Víctor Hugo’s on-the-mark thoughts on the Basques
Víctor Hugo, the man of letters, intellectual, and statesman) was an extraordinary man who lived in an extraordinary time. While firmly consistent in his...
Basques are from “the day before yesterday”, or science and populism
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Note: a few days after writing this, we couldn’t resist bringing back a story on another article in...
The story of Basque war children taken in in Newcastle
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
This is the third in a series of three articles dedicated to the publications of Sarah Richardson in...
Today, they’re throwing a roof tile into the sea–a great day...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Today in Bermeo, they’re celebrating the Magdalenas, a festival that has a very peculiar centerpiece. The mayor of...