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On the origin of languages

It is tempting to think that they have clear beginnings. They don’t

The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages

In a city where diplomats and embassies abound, where interpreters can command six-figure salaries, where language proficiency is résumé rocket fuel, Vaughn Smith was a savant with a secret.

New Mexico's Spanish has a life of its own

By the 1700s, New Mexican Spanish had been passed down from generation to generation. Added to the blend were Puebloans who were speaking Spanish and pronouncing it in their own

Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’

Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people

U.S. tech firms hunt for cheap home-based hires in Latin America

The Brazilian real has lost more than a fourth of its value since the pandemic began. Other Latin American currencies including the Argentinian peso and Colombian peso are also losers.

Spanish-language Covid disinformation is aimed at Latinos as delta surges

Radio shows and social media continue to spread dangerous disinformation about Covid, claiming that masks don't work and the vaccines are dangerous and part of the “global reset.”

Meet Latin America’s First Millennial Dictator

The self-described “coolest president in the world” is developing a new form of authoritarianism that may soon attract imitators.

Spanish village seeks Unesco world heritage status for outdoor chats

Mayor of Algar (pop 1,400) says the tradition is the ‘opposite of social media’ and good for mental health

Spain Pledged Citizenship to Sephardic Jews. Now They Feel Betrayed. (Published 2021)

In 2015, Spain said it would give citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews expelled during the Spanish Inquisition. Then rejections started pouring in this summer.

Right-wing cartoonist mocked for drawing Trump as Don Quijote