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07/16/2020
The cities of Jose C. Paz in Argentina, and Oñati in Euskal Herria signed their sister-city agreement on July 15, 2000 [situated some 35 kilometers from the city of Buenos Aires, Jose C. Paz and its surrounding area are one of the zones hardest hit by poverty and unemployment in the entire metropolitan area]. The agreement was the result of an historic question as the founder of Jose C. Paz, Jose Vicente ...
07/16/2020
Some attendees of the meeting that aimed to evaluate the year and reflect on future challenges attended in person while others attended virtually. The meeting took place on Friday at the Tabakalera and gathered lecturers who teach Basque language and culture at universities around the world, supported by the Etxepare Basque Institute. Along with them were the Minister of Culture and Linguistic Policy, Bingen ...
07/15/2020
The Basque Maestro and composer Javier Busto (Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, 1949) is an international reference for the best Basque contemporary choral music and his pieces and arrangements are sung daily by choirs of all types and condition around the world. Invited by the Gure Txokoa Basque Club in Cordoba, with the support of the Choir Directors Association of the Republic of Argentina (ADICORA) and the ...
07/14/2020
The results of last Sunday's elections in the Basque Autonomous Community are already known with the provisional vote count as follows: PNV (31 seats), EH Bildu (22), PSE-EE (10), Elkarrekin-Podemos (6), PP (5), Vox (1). These are provisional, because the votes of Basques in the Diaspora will be announced this Friday and this, in fact, could cause variations, specifically in Bizkaia, allowing a seat to remain in ...
07/14/2020
In this last day of the2020 "non-Sanfermines," we share a message from Barranquilla written by Iker Guillermo López who, on the occasion of San Fermin sent us some lines and a drawing, mentioning the strong ties that unite the city of Barranquilla with the capital of Navarre, taking advantage to pay tribute to a Basque from his city, "our Basque Mr.Jacinto Sarasua Guruceta ...
07/14/2020
The pandemic has finally taken a breath, at least in some cities in the interior of Argentina where no new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in the last 100 days. It's the case of Macachin, in La Pampa, a province that came through the quarantine without any scars. In this context the local Euzko Alkartasuna Basque Club has reopened its doors and through a progressive reactivation will ...
07/13/2020
Josu Garritz is the descendent of Basques from Navarre and Bizkaia and so has participated in activities at the Mexico City Euskal Etxea since he was small. It was one of the most emblematic “herri kirolak”, weightlifting, that allowed two of his passions to unite, strength sports and “pride in being Basque.”
07/12/2020
Another Basque establishment in the United States closes its doors due to the Coronavirus. This time, it is the Santa Fe Hotel in Reno, one of the last old Basque hotels, today restaurants, in the city, where Louis’ Basque Corner will remain the only one after tomorrow. The Santa Fe announced its closure today on social media, with special sendoff pricing; dinner costing $5 and drinks ...
07/10/2020
The Xamezaga Publishing House founded and directed by Xabier Amezaga, son of the writer, translator and intellectual Bingen Amezaga Aresti (Algorta, 1901 – Caracas, 1969) donated the complete works of his father to the Historic Archive of Euskadi, through the Basque Diaspora Archive. Xabier contacted the Basque Government, specifically Gorka Alvarez who led him to the archive. Yesterday’s date was ...
07/10/2020
A few weeks ago, we shared bertsos about the Coronavirus by Todor Azurtza from Boise. Todor is a Basque resident in Idaho’s capital, and a member of the local Basque club’s board of directors who often receives questions from his American friends about Euskera and the Basque culture. This time, he responded in verse in the Euzkaldunak Basque Club newsletter and now on ...
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