The New Criterion

More than doctrinaire

Steven McGregor is a veteran of the Iraq War and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Buckingham. His most recent ...
The Real News Network

Tupac Amaru II’s Indigenous uprising against colonial Spain

In the late 1700s, Indigenous peoples in the Spanish colonies of the Andes were forced to work for the Spanish. They tilled the land, worked in the textile mills and the mines. Those that didn’t faced ...
Courthouse News Service

Bones Tell the Story of African Slaves in Spanish Colonies

Skulls and dental decoration patterns for the three African individuals. The skeletons are part of the collection of San José de los Naturales, guarded at the Osteology Laboratory of the Post Graduate ...
The New York Times

Sure, France Helped the Colonists. So Did Spain.

The Queen Sofía Spanish Institute looks at the role of Spain in aiding the rebellion against Britain during the American Revolution. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Monday. Today we’ll look at ...
The Hour

Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. This tale became widespread around the late 19th century, when large numbers of ...