“Power dressing” may not have been a catchphrase in colonial Latin America, but it was undoubtedly a familiar concept. For the elite, a command of fashion signaled status, wealth and worldly ...

St. Louisans have the opportunity to view a treasure trove of objects—from a gilt chalice to massive paintings inlaid with shells—from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s extensive collection of ...

China has held the same relation to the commerce of the world as have the Spanish colonies in America and Asia. They have been territory closed to enterprise and development from the outside, and the ...

COUNT DE ARANDA, Spanish ambassador in Paris, in announcing to Charles III. the treaty of peace and independence of the British-American colonies, used this prophetic language : — “ This federal ...

Cities throughout Latin America hold historical treasures that are world heritage sites thanks to the enormous cultural value that is recognized by tourists from all over the world. The great colonial ...

HAMPTON, Va. - I recently visited the Hampton History Museum to check out a piece of local history. "Today we are looking at a couple of coins." Kris Peters, educator at the Hampton History Museum ...

For a nation that traces its origins to the first westerly landfall by Columbus in 1492, America knows startlingly little about Spain, under whose flag the great explorer crossed the Atlantic. Reasons ...

Before the inauguration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo on October 1, her first diplomatic conflict had already begun. Although she invited the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, to her ...

All are pork-based sausages, and all are products from former Spanish colonies. In Latin America, there are almost as many types of chorizo as there are varieties of the Spanish language: chorizo ...