According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the month-long period from September 15th to October 15th has been designated as National Hispanic Heritage Month. While President Lyndon B. Johnson first proclaimed it as a week-long event in 1968, it was expanded to be a month-long observance by Congress in1988. Bodega Spanish Tapas & Lounge, located in the heart […]
Hispanics or Latinos or Native Americans Who Speak Spanish
The definition of race in America politics has always been a treacherous topic. Politicians have used race and ethnicity to galvanize their bases and promote their election since the beginning of the republic. The decennial census continues to ask people to define their race and reports racial statistics. Per the CIA World Factbook, the racial composition […]
Two Spanish Picaresque Novels: "Lazarillo De Tormes," "The Swindler"
This book came out in 1969, and though published by Penguin Classics, has much of the spirit of that year — chaotic, hopeful, impulsive. These books are clearly untranslatable, but Michael Alpert was undaunted, and I am grateful. Without being clumsily "colloquial," he captures the spirit of loquacious rogues. The picaresque style appears in […]
Spanish-Speaking Twittersphere Fumes Over Announcement
Written by Juan Arellano and Translated by L. Finch Twitter’s announcement [1], published on January 26, 2012, which revealed that due to its international growth it will restrict [2] certain user content according to the laws of each individual country, caused an immediate and overwhelmingly negative reaction in the Spanish-speaking Twittersphere. The hashtags #CensuramestaTwitter [3] and #TwitterCensored [4] were used on a massive scale […]
The Spanish Colonization in the Philippine Islands
It was in the 15th century when the European nations competes each other for wealth and power. These competitions lead to the colonization of the European nations to the many places on the East including the present day Philippines. The Philippine Islands was discovered by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Magellan planned to go to […]
Spanish oil giant targets uncontacted indians’ rainforest
Spanish-Argentine oil giant Repsol YPF has applied to Peru’s government to cut 454 kilometres of seismic lines and construct 152 heliports in its search for oil on uncontacted tribes’ land in the remote Amazon rainforest Repsol’s plans were revealed in a report recently sent to Peru’s Energy Ministry, which will now decide whether to approve the project. Cutting seismic lines, […]
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