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Louis’ Basque Corner, the Basque restaurant in Reno, Nevada, turns 50

Louis' Basque Corner dinners and lunches are served family style — Photo courtesy of David Calvert / Louis' Basque Corner
This article was translated by John R. Bopp USA Today’s 10Best website compiles for its readers “things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations...

Tonight, a “Basque” girl could be Miss Canada World 2017!

Just over a year ago, we told you about the passing of Elsie Basque, a woman who belonged to the Mi’kmaq nation, one of...

The Basque exile who made Caracas the world capital of soccer

This article was translated by John R. Bopp The stories we hear about Basques around the world never cease to amaze us.  Just when we’d thought...

Have some milk, Basque style.  A story of Basques in Buenos...

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Argentine daily Clarín has published an article by Eduardo Parise in its “Secret Buenos Aires” section that is...

The jesuit Xavier Albo is awarded with the most prestigious medal...

El jesuita Xavier Albo recibe la máxima condecoracion de Bolivia con una txapela con el escudo de Bilbao
This article was translated by Mikel Martín We have talked about issues related with Bolivia several times in this blog. We have even talked about a...

John Adams and the eventful journeys of two US presidents through...

A few days ago, we discussed an article Vince J. Jauristi, a Basque descendent born in Elko, Nevada, published in the Elko Daily about...

The Basque woman in Uruguay who planted rice, showed movies, and...

One of those big small story about a Basque in the world that won't ever make it into a history book, but is still quite important for many people

Daughter of the Barbecue King of Alabama, the Basque who was...

Yolande_Betbeze_NYWTS- THE BASQUE SPITFIRE,
Her name was Yolande Betbeze, “The Basque Spitfire”, and we’ve spoken of her before on the blog.  Today, we’ve got another great story about...

Former President Mujica celebrated his 80th birthday in Euskadi

El expresidente uruguayo José Mujica con el lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, durante su visita anterior. (Foto: Efe)
This article was tranlated by Iustrans   Two years ago, José Mugica  visited Euskadi while he was still Uruguay’s president. Now that he’s Uruguay’s former president,...

Zatarain: the Basque who created the “Cajun flavor” company in New...

Popeyes Zatarain's Butterfly Shrimp
We have discussed the very important and rather unknown community of Basques in Louisiana.  The Basque presence there is rather logical, given that Louisiana...