José de San Martín, from Soldier to Liberator...

The United States and Latin America are connected in a massive amount of ways, and it's not just a matter of geography: generations have grown up listening to American music, watching American TV and Hollywood productions, and receiving a heavy inflow of cultural influences in ev ...  Show more

Hybrid languages - have you ever heard of them? Spanish has at least two main hybrid languages: Spanglish (which you've probably come in contact with at some point) and Portuñol, which features heavily in the border areas between Brazil and other South American nations. But I'm s ...  Show more

Hernan Cortes was born in 1485 in Medellin, Spain. From an early age, he sought adventure and romance, which led him to trouble throughout his life. He grew to be one of the first Spanish conquistadors who brought European culture to the Americas. His legacy lives on as both a he ...  Show more

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By the end of the Spanish-US war, the Philippines was on the menu. Two battles played out simultaneously on the archipelago: and old and a new empire fought for power over a colony, whilst Filipinos fought for independence. The Philippines honoured the US in their new constitutio ...  Show more

Guernica est une œuvre majeure de Pablo Picasso, peinte en 1937 en réaction au bombardement de la ville basque de Guernica pendant la guerre civile espagnole. Ce tableau est devenu un symbole universel de la dénonciation de la guerre et des souffrances qu’elle inflige aux civi ...