Spanish and Latin-American Culture, Literature and History

Have you never heard “más vale tarde que nunca” or “a quien madruga, Dios lo ayuda”?  Cero that you have! Spanish idioms (refranes) are pearls of wisdom passed down by word of mouth, one generation after another.These treasures of folk wisdom have much to teach

As we explore Latin America, we go on a journey through time and history.  It was here in the New World that indigenous languages and Spanish met, giving rise to a unique linguistic form.  The European invasion brought with it the imposition of the Spanish

Arabic and Spanish are two languages that share a fascinating history of cross-cultural, commercial and linguistic exchange. Although they belong to two different language families-Arabic to the Afro-Asiatic family and Spanish to the Indo-European-they have been in contact for thousands of years and have influenced