Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous People’s Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has ...

This assertion, made by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo in “How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400-Year ...

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and ...

In short, you probably do not think of a place like Los Angeles. But maybe you should. Technically, it’s not a prison town.

The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the ...

Instead of Ferdinand and Isabella holding court in Spain, the wayfaring Christopher Columbus might have given his TED Talk ...

Nafpaktos in Greece is celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto that will include a display of battling ships and fireworks.

Since its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the "Pearl" of the Spanish Empire--not only for its beauty, but also its sugar plantations. However, by the middle of the ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

Spanish radio host Don Cheto pulls the curtain back on his 20 years in Spanish-language radio, Estrella Media's foray into ...

In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month 2024, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) is honoring the cultures and contributions of both Hispanic and Latino Americans and commemorating the ...

Hernán Cortés Hernández, namesake of the infamous Spanish conquistador, is the new commander of the National Guard in Mexico.