The US has observed the holiday since 1937, commemorating the explorer’s 1492 arrival ... rejecting Christopher Columbus as a symbol of imperialism. As a historian of Latin America, I’ve ...

Columbus Holiday ... rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era's contested historical legacy. Commemorating Christopher Columbus' landing in the Americas ...

“Tradition said that St. Brendan had made a voyage to America ... group of islands where Columbus made his most northerly landfall on his first trip. The bold Christopher made four transatlantic ...

To say that Christopher Columbus ... Most people understand that Columbus was not the first person to reach the Americas. But when did those first people actually arrive? In just the last few ...

MEXICO CITY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilization to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up ...

Latin America's ambivalence toward holidays to commemorate the colonizers has taken a turn since 1992. The 500-year anniversary of Columbus' arrival corresponded with yet another form of ...

Latin America’s ambivalence toward holidays to commemorate the colonizers has taken a turn since 1992. The 500-year anniversary of Columbus’ arrival corresponded with yet another form of ...

This is the season of patriotism in Latin America as ... the explorer’s 1492 arrival in the New World. It remains a federal holiday, even as many states and cities rename it “Indigenous Peoples Day,” ...