Signs demanding “LA belongs to Mexico” and “This city was once Mexico and it belongs to us” have been prominent among raging ...

Fact checked by Vikki VelasquezThe dollar sign ($) is one of the most recognized currency symbols in the world. But where did this familiar emblem come from?It's believed to have originated from ...

Learn why Simon Bolívar, once loyal to the Spanish crown, turned against the empire to lead Latin America’s push for ...

Casa Rosada (the Pink House), where the Argentine president and his ministers work, is also located on Plaza de Mayo but on ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

The Spanish Empire of the beginning of the 16th century to the end of the 19th, they continue, “would not have functioned without the efforts of the engineers” who made possible the political ...

‘España’ Review: Spanish Empire and Its Aftermath A glorious history and a troubled one: conquest, riches, artistic flourishing—and endless strife.

At 14,115 feet tall, it’s hard to miss America’s Mountain. From the ground looking up, its beauty is breath taking, and from ...

Spanish colonial rule divided Mexico with a class system that still affects society today. The Spanish Conquest laid the ground for 300 years of colonial rule which made Spain the richest country ...

“Our unique Spanish is at real risk of dying out,” said Ms. Rael-Vigil, 68, who traces her ancestry to a member of the 1598 expedition that claimed New Mexico as one of the Spanish Empire’s ...