06/06/2019

Invited by teacher Cynthia Uberuaga, the Basque club in Azul went to School #62 to teach a class to third-year students. Professor Isabel Bidegain Elortegui talked to the students about Basque immigration to Argentina and especially referred to Basques who came to the Pampa. During her talk she responded to questions: “What are Basques?” “From where and why did they come?” And ...
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06/06/2019

Just a few weeks ago “Berriketari,” published issue 101. The newsletter is the official voice of the Euzko Etxea in Santiago and its latest installment included its usual text and photo review of the Center’s latest activities: the Aberri Eguna celebration and the Anniversary of the Bombing of Gernika, as well as the day dedicated to Korrika 21. It also dedicated an important section to ...
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06/06/2019

Based on an idea by Marcia Barnaba, Basque student at the club and chef in charge of the activity, the Euzko Etxea Basque Club in Necochea held the “Cooking for Txikis,” workshop on Friday May 31st. Children learned how to prepare sweet and sour pintxos, ham and cheese flowers special for celiac, and vanilla pancakes, under the direction of the sukaldari in charge along with the contribution of ...
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06/05/2019

This year it will be Otto Pette by Anjel Lertxundi. The Bilbo Zaharra Euskaltegia organized, for another year, a Continuous Reading of Basque Classics at the Arriaga Theater in Bilbao. This will be the 12th edition of the initiative that takes place tomorrow, Thursday June 6th for 12 hours, beginning at 8am. The work chosen for the occasion Otto Pette is a novel by Anjel Lertxundi that is ...
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06/05/2019

Basque immigration to Cuba was not at all massive. The Basques were not one of the prominent groups, but despite this in some places, like in Cienfuegos, their contribution to the economy, politics and society in the county was certainly remarkable. Basque names mark Cuban history and stand out in industries such as sugar and rum. The Basque-Navarre Charitable Association (1877) is one of ...
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06/05/2019

After “a difficult evaluation,” the jury from the Comahue Basque Club in the city of Neuquen communicated the results of its 2nd Literary Contest this week. The jury was comprised of Dr. Iratxe Ezparza Martin (Ph.D. UPV/EHU); academics at the University of Comahue María Amelia Bustos, María Angélica Reybet and María Bernarda Torres; and club member Sonnia Beltran. ...
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06/04/2019

Born in the heart of the Denak Bat Euskaldunak Basque Club, Maral has been performing classics from the Basque and Argentine songbook for more than a decade. The group was one of the first Argentine bands to sing in Euskera and rearrange well-known Basque songs with a local accent. Maral is comprised of Mariana Dominé Irigoyen, Adrián Charras, Christian Rodríguez, Billy Vogt and ...
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06/04/2019

During her European tour, the well-known singer performed her first concert in the Basque Country on Sunday. The event took place at the Dabadaba Club in Donostia and was very well attended, many of the audience being from Argentina, who came to the Egia neighborhood to hear Man Ray in person. During the recital, Hilda Lizarazu performed some of her classics, like “Sola en los bares,” ...
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06/03/2019

The Basque cooking class took place over four Tuesdays in May at the club’s Txoko, “with many attending and an excellent atmosphere, and the teacher and students all in a very good mood,” according to club sources. Josu Garritz taught how to prepare various typical dishes like fish in the koskera, squid in its ink, fish pie, Bizkaian cod and tortilla, all of which was enjoyed by the students ...
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06/03/2019

“Baskos of the Confluence,” closed out the month of May with good news to share with the community. The club, one of the institutions that gathers the Basque community in the area of the Confluence, between the provinces of Neuquen and Rio Negro, was accepted as an active member of FEVA, the Basque Argentina Basque Federation at its last meeting, and also found permanent headquarters. The ...
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