Tag: History of the Basques
Was the Bombing of Guernica a “necessary evil” so that Picasso...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
Thanks to an article by Alonso Cueto in the Peruvian daily La República, we’ve discovered an analysis published...
Kerman Mirena Iriondo, the Basque war child who was “adopted” by...
This article was translated by John R. Bopp
This time, Basque-American writer Vince J. Juaristi has left us dumbfounded. We’ve been following his magnificent series of...
The oldest map in Western Europe discovered in a cave in...
We’d like to bring to you today a piece of news that was published before this blog existed, but which we think is extraordinarily...
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...