Peru is a country of great contrasts along the west coast of South America. It’s famous for its Amazon River, great natural ...

Today in History for Jan. 18: In 1535, Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador, founded Lima, Peru.

Florida has an estimated half-million feral hogs, an invasive species first introduced by Spanish explorers in the 1500s.

The United States did not invent the concept of bombing civilians – that tradition originated with the Luftwaffe of Herman Goering and Erhard Milch that ...

The origins of such a naming overlap date back centuries. In Mexico, various civilizations had already crafted corn-based flatbreads as far back as 3000 B.C. In Nahuatl — the Aztec language — the dish ...

A 17th-century Spanish dalmatic survives centuries of fashion, collection, conservation and shines once more in a landmark exhibition, revealing the artistry and cultural diplomacy of a Golden Age.

The Rio Grande, or Rio Bravo in Mexico, one of North America’s longest and most historic rivers, is in crisis, according to a new study released Thursday. According to The Associated Press, once a ...

Every empire has its color. For the Habsburgs in Spain, it was a rich, deep shade of black. It’s the black that luxuriates the royal sitters of Diego Velázquez paintings, a color that was austere, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. What happened in Europe from about 1845 to 1852 should ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover. The Spanish called her Marina, pre-Hispanic peoples knew her as Malintzin ...