The New World was seen as an opportunity for those who wanted a better life. Those who became successful achieved their goals because they learned of new goods to sell and ways to increase their production.

A brief history of colonial Jamaica.

A brief history of this influential tongue.

A Brief history of this influential tongue.

Different countries have different versions of the beloved stop sign. Surprisingly, the text is different even between Spanish-speaking countries.

During the battle of Guernica in the Basque region of Spain, in 1937, Hitler’s Germany and Mussolini’s Italy sent warplanes to bomb the center of Basque culture. The bombing shocked the conscience of non-fascist western Europe and marked the initiation of “total war”, when civilian populations were killed in war to demoralize the enemy. The bombing still figures prominently in Basque culture.

A little paper I had to do on the history of the Spanish in Florida for, surprise surprise, my Spanish 201 class.

There are a few phrases to avoid in Latin America.

The Spanish Inquisition was established on 1 November, 1478, by Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille, as an ecclesiastical tribunal designed to ensure religious orthodoxy in Spain. But it was always more than just a religious body becoming over time the political bulwark of the Spanish State preserving not just Sangre Limpia (clean blood) at home but also dictating policy both domestic and foreign.

This article discusses the benefits of learning Spanish and why it is the most popular language to learn.