For renowned historian Jorge Traslosheros, who holds a doctorate in Latin American studies, the so-called “black legend” of the Spanish conquest of lands in the Americas arose “essentially ...

Spanish scientists said they will reveal details of the nationality of 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

announced on Monday that he will make a "deep claim" for Spain to "pay" reparations to the indigenous peoples due to the 1492 ...

Now, the long-accepted account of a swift Spanish conquest of the Inca—achieved ... including what may be the first gunshot wound in the Americas. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided ...

The territory which now makes up Mexico was under Spanish ... conquest, Spain was a fiercely Roman Catholic country and saw as its mission the spread of Christianity to regions such as the Americas.

It was the latest in a simmering diplomatic dispute rooted in the Spanish conquest of Mexico 500 years ... inauguration is a who's who of the Latin American left, including Brazilian President ...

A Spanish documentary extolling the virtues of the country's conquest of the Americas now showing in Mexico has added fuel to a politically charged debate over the legacy of colonialism. "Hispanic ...

justifying the conquest and colonialism as a period of benevolent rule. Only a few years later, however, the U.S. victory in the Spanish-American War swept the last vestiges of Spanish empire from ...