It sparked a Spanish gold rush, which would run like a glittering seam through the whole history of Spain’s exploration and conquest of the Americas. But reality often belied the wild imaginings ...

Among other things, it traces Latin America’s largely unrecognized role in the abolition of the doctrine of conquest and the ...

Spain rebuffed the president’s demands ... urging them to “put racism aside” and take responsibility for the horrors of the conquest. “What does it cost them to offer an apology?” ...

Historians agree that Spain's conquest of Mexico was marked by violence. However, accounts from that time, including The True History of the Conquest of Mexico by Captain Bernal Diaz del Castillo ...

and the conquest of Madrid's wealthy neighborhoods by large Latino − particularly Mexican − fortunes. Find all letters from our correspondents here. Sandrine Morel (Madrid, Spain ...