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02/10/2020
“Baskonia can’t be understood without its Argentinean players,” according to the Infobae newspaper in Buenos Aires that published the following article. The article notes that Lucas Sigismonti who is 16 and nearly seven feet tall is the new bet on the Baskonia team, a club that has an exciting history with Argentineans with some 26 players from there participating over the last few ...
02/10/2020
Presided by the Lehendakari, the Relations with Basque Collectivities Abroad Advisory Board met last Friday in Vitoria-Gasteiz at its first session since the 7th World Congress of Basque Collectivities Abroad celebrated last October in Bilbao. Among those present were the three representatives elected at the Congress, Arantxa Anitua from Argentina representing the Basque clubs in Central and South America; ...
02/10/2020
On Saturday, February 1st, pre-production of the film “El Vasco” (The Basque) began in the city of Villa Maria with well-known actors from both countries including Itziar Aizpuru and Joseba Usabiaga; and from Argentina Eduardo Blanco, Inés Efron and Murial Santana. Although what will undoubtedly provide a special touch to the work is the involvement of the Basque ...
02/07/2020
The San Francisco Basque Club and the Basque Cultural Center will celebrate the 38th Anniversary of the center, February 15-16th along with hosting the Winter NABO meeting. Highlights of the weekend include the screening of the documentary “The Seven in One Way” by Denise Orpustan Love; pilota matches with pilotaris from Euskal Herria; dancing to the rhythm of the mythic music group EGAN; and the ...
02/07/2020
The Euskal Etxea in Mexico City held its annual General Assembly last week where elections were held. Club members re-elected Julen Ruiz de Asua and his team. Ruis de Azua and his treasurer, Josu Garritz, provided a summary of the activities and accounts of 2019 and were thanked warmly by the members and especially by the “Emakumea” group. Ruiz de Azua was successful during his lst ...
02/06/2020
Two female filmmakers of different generations and their films will be the stars this Friday and Saturday at the Arsenal Institute of Film and Video Art in Berlin. Mirentxu Loyarte is 83, and was a female pioneer in Basque film. She is visiting Berlin with her two works “Irrintzi” (1978), and “Euskal emakumeak,” (Basque Women) (Ikuska, 12) (1981). The program will ...
02/06/2020
The Centro Navarro in the city of Buenos Aires celebrates its 135th birthday in 2020 and the institution has already begun preparing for a year that will be full of festivities. The anniversary doesn’t just come along with cultural and recreational activities, but there will also be renovations during the month of January to improve and maintain the clubhouse located on Moreno Street in the city of ...
02/06/2020
Thanks to the agreement signed by the Etxepare Basque Institute, and the Aurten Bai Foundation, students from Chile Juan Idrovo, Catalina Bustos, Victoria Castro, Denisse Valenzuela and Gonzalo Salazar are currently in a three-week stay at the Zornotza Barnetegi. The youth have previously done a semester of Basque language courses either at the Pontifical Catholic University or the University of Chile within ...
02/05/2020
In hopes of reaching the most people possible the final details of the Basque Week program are being finalized and they will include different blocks of participatory outdoor activities in privileged locations. Cultural, traditional sports (Herri Kirolak) and culinary experiences will be offered, seeking the active participation of spectators in aspects of Basque culture, traditions and gastronomy in ...
02/05/2020
The 38th edition of the bike race “San Juan Vuelta” took place January 26-February 2nd. During a week, 167 cyclists from various corners of the world raced more than a thousand kilometers, distributed in seven stages and traveling through typical mountain landscapes. Among the competitors, was a Basque group, the Orbea Foundation Team that was welcomed by members of the local Basque club as ...
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