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Balears

Antiquities dealer has colorful, checkered career

Leonardo Patterson made his first archaeological find at age 7 in a yam field in his native Costa Rica — a piece of clay pottery his cousin said could be thousands of years old. It launched a lifelong fascination with...

Latin America: More lore, ghosts, demons and frights

On this second installment on the Myths, Lore and Legends of Latin America, we will get to know the Venezuelan Animas and their unfinished business, the Sayona and the Whistler, and Ecuadorian myths such as the foundation myth...

Altanoch Genden, Chief Arbiter of the 1st World Mind Sports Games - FM, IA, IO Genden was born 21...

Returning to Mongolia he found he had to organise events to play in them and threw himself into this work with passion, even writing his own swiss pairing software until he found there were programs in the market he could use....

Majorca And All That Jazz

Popular holiday island Majorca, the largest and most densely populated of the Balearic Islands, is an island rich in culture. As one of the most popular holiday destinations in the Mediterranean, Majorca attracts over a million...

Volunteer Work in Latin and South America

Centro Cultural Amauta - Deciding on which type of project you are best suited for can be a long and drawn out process. There are always important questions to ask yourself before choosing where you will go and what you will...

Country profile: Ecuador

Ecuador is a patchwork of indigenous communities, including people of colonial Spanish origins and the descendants of African slaves. Its capital, Quito, once a part of the Inca empire, has some of the best-preserved early...

Rip government, not Italian-Americans

Lenny Ortiz, no hometown provided Published October 8, 2008 at 6 p.m. Why do those of Italian decent celebrate Columbus Day? We all know that Columbus was born in Italy, however this is his only connection to the country....

The Meaning of Columbus Day - Discover and Conquest

On the evening of October 11, 1492, a fleet of three Spanish ships-the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María- was nearing the end of a five-week voyage across the Atlantic. Land was sighted several hours later, illuminated by...

The Meaning of Columbus Day - The Diseas

As already noted, until the 1960s historians made no more than passing mention of disease epidemics in their accounts of the Conquest. This occurs as the Spaniards are heading for the final assault on the Mexica capital, and it...

The Meaning of Columbus Day - Consequences

Yet we must concern ourselves with historical interpretations of the Conquest. Beginning with the Spanish chroniclers, historians have variously described the Mexica and the Inca, and by extension Indians in general, as...

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Ibiza , Inca (Baleares)