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02/26/2021
“Bizi gira…kutxa bira!” (We live…A box travels for us!) arose as part of the Iparra Hegoa Association that links cultural agents from Hegoalde and Iparralde in the Basque Country. After a year without fact-to-face activities, and sheltering in place, with activities such as Korrika or the Ikastola festivities canceled or postponed, they propose this way of traveling ...
02/25/2021
The exhibit “José Alfaro: Exile and Dignity,” organized by the Institute of Memory in Navarre will be available March 25-April 25th at the Planetarium in Pamplona-Iruña. The photos extracted from the 229 negatives catalogued, and data conserved by Alfaro's family represent his decade of life in exile in France with scenes of family visits, snapshots taken at work, ...
02/25/2021
After a 2020 of pandemic caused by COVID-19 that left the country with 784,000 infections and 19,000 deaths as of today, Chile is getting ready to face the future with the hope that the vaccines provides, with 2 million people already receiving the vaccine in hopes of “returning to normalcy.” In this context, the Euzko Etxea in Santiago is functioning “at half speed,” and is ...
02/24/2021
Forty-three percent of the 6,000 languages that exist in the world are in danger of extinction. In the Mexican case, all of the original languages of the territory that today constitutes Mexico are in serious danger of extinction. But what causes the disappearance of a language? Is it an inevitable process, or can it be reversed? There are many languages in the world that are fighting for ...
02/24/2021
The Advisory Board of Basque Communities Abroad met yesterday at the Lehendakaritza, led by Lehendakari Iñigo Urkullu, accompanied at the head table by the Secretary General of Foreign Action, Marian Elorza, and the Director of the Basque Community Abroad, Gorka Alvarez Aranburu. The meeting began with Urkullu welcoming everyone attending in person, as well as virtually, as in the case of the three ...
02/23/2021
“Science Matters: the Challenge of Communicating Reliable Knowledge in Contexts of Uncertainty and Infodemic,” is a contest organized by the Interuniversity Network for the Popularization of Science and Technology (REDIPU) with the aim of promoting “the creation of original public communication pieces that show and value the generation of knowledge in the University in the context of pandemic and ...
02/22/2021
The municipal government of Buenos Aires provides the possibility to get a free saliva test for people who feel they may have COVID-19, and among the places adapted for this purpose is the Centro Navarro. From 9am-11:30am, you can go take a saliva test at the club, adapted for this purpose, a three-hour fast is necessary before the test, as well as not brushing your teeth during this time.
02/22/2021
Despite the sadness provoked by the pandemic, what is certain is that not all was bad news. The Euskal Etxea in Mexico told EuskalKultura.eus that the crisis provoked by the pandemic has now provided the possibility to learn Basque all over the territory. Everything began when Mexico City entered into code red and had to close the Basque club, and along with that, its classrooms. This prompted ...
02/19/2021
Julen Ruiz de Azua, president of the Euskal Etxea in Mexico welcomed Jose Maria Cazalis, the new Basque Government Delegate who recently arrived in the country. As Cazalis told members of the board of directors who entertained him, the Government has placed a great challenge in his hands: “In the senate he always joked that after being a senator, the best destiny would be to be an ambassador to the ...
02/19/2021
Vera Lisa Bergalli Erviti is a clothing and textile designer who graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and granddaughter on her mother’s side of Jesus Jose Erviti, a Navarrese from Obanos, some 20 kms. from Pamplona. This is why, when it came time to choose a name for her business there was no doubt in calling it “Vasca.” The designer explained to EuskalKultura.eus, “The name is ...
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