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FILM REVIEW: Hispanoamerica
I’ve never done a film review to date, but this time we decided to look at a recent documentary that has come out featuring...
The Beata Dolores: the Inquisition’s true last victim
Legend often had it that the last victim of the Inquisition was a teacher named Cayetano Ripoll, but technically that wasn’t true. It was...
The Last Victim of the Inquisition! Sort of!
A schoolmaster in Valencia, Spain, named Cayetano Ripoll is often cited as the last reported victim of the Spanish Inquisition when he was hanged...
Spanish History 101, EP. 36. Fernando VII
The end of the Spanish War of Independence resulted in the departure of Napoleon’s troops and the return of Fernando VII as king, one...
LET’S OPEN A BOTTLE, ep. 20: More on La Mancha wines
This is the final episode on our look at wines from La Mancha. Today we focus on wines several other minor regions, many of...
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The Napolean and his troops have moved into Spain to head for Portugal, but they’ve decided to stay. Spain, at the time France’s ally,...