Since its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the "Pearl" of the Spanish Empire--not only for its beauty, but also its sugar plantations. However, by the middle of the ...

Pizarro founded Lima in 1535 after defeating the Inca Empire and claiming their lands for the Spanish crown ... was created by the American sculptor Charles Rumsey and offered by his widow ...

Sephardi Jews settled mainly in North Africa, the Balkans, Turkey and, later, Latin America. Jews who get ... Colombia was part of the Spanish empire at the time. Ángel Calderón, an Argentinian ...