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Neil MacGregor: “A consistent element of Britain’s image has been the lonely fighter standing against foreign tyranny”

We wanted as broad a global range as possible, and to focus on five countries that have been identified as key partners in Britain’s future after Brexit. So, obviously, we needed to address the United ... read more

Op-Ed: Spanish has never been a foreign language in the United States

Video recordings in very different settings caught two incidents of Spanish speakers being harassed or detained as perceived undocumented immigrants this month. In midtown Manhattan, an attorney, ... read more

Why There's A Language Learning Gap In The United States

"I think Americans have a mindset that, as a country, we're not good at languages ... and that's a false idea." Marty Abbott On if French, Spanish ... It just hasn't been our normal in the United ... read more

The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages

But, Cadena says, the government only employed a Q’anjob’al interpreter once, so her mother had to go through the interviews and court appearances in Spanish. “And because you have never been in a ... read more

The Problem With Latinidad

For others in the United States, it provides an opportunity to educate Americans about a growing demographic that, like most minorities, has long been relegated ... who speak a bastard Spanish, who ... read more

New Steamtown park ranger wants to bring more languages to site

There are only seven on public display in the United States ... that likely would have never been asked because of a language barrier. “Nothing beats a human interaction,” Blum said. When another ... read more

Book of letters by Che Guevara coming out in English in 2021

“Letters 1947-67” will be released in the United States by Seven Stories, the publisher announced Thursday, and includes an introduction by daughter Aleida Guevara. The Spanish edition ... fight it ... read more

Cries in the night: Life in the limbo of a Mexican shelter

They are barely three miles from the Paso del Norte Bridge and their goal: the United States ... learned enough Spanish to flirt and gossip, and they sometimes hold hands as they sit on a bench. read more

Why should we care about the Europa League when UEFA and the big clubs clearly don't?

Or if you’ve simply been hardwired to expect ... as most people still do? You’ll have to watch it in Spanish, on Univision or Galavision. That’s where you could find heavily supported Arsenal and ... read more

Why English should be the official language of the United States

NEW YORK, April 13, 2013 — The United States ... have been demands to either abolish the exam, or to provide it in Spanish. We are creating classes of people who will never need to speak English and ... read more

Rosalía and the debate around her ‘Latinidad’

The RAE dictionary defines as “Latino” all those languages that come from the Latin branch, but it is known that the United States Government classifies ... “My culture is Spanish, I have been ... read more

In 21st century, threats 'from all sides' for Latin America's original languages

VALLE DE LAS PALMAS, Mexico (Reuters) - At school in Tecate in the 1950s, a city sitting on Mexico’s border with the United States ... have made efforts to preserve indigenous languages from a decline ... read more