Author Archives: espanyu

James D. Fernandez, New York University Eighty years ago this week, in the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla, a group of right-wing generals staged a military coup, aimed at overthrowing Spain’s democratically elected government. The July 1936 uprising unleashed … Continue reading →

Nuestro documental, “Un legado de humo/ A Legacy of Smoke”  –una melancólica evocación de la presencia de inmigrantes españoles en Tampa, Florida– tendrá cuatro proyecciones con coloquio este mes de julio en España. En el gran teatro del Centro Asturiano … Continue reading →

My Family’s Immigration from Spain to Hawaii and Life in the Sugar Plantation [The following memoir was written by Ángela L. Plumbo (née Puerta León), in about 1979, at the age of 76. Because it was written from memories more … Continue reading →

by Luis Argeo Any one who would be surprised to find a Sporting de Gijón jersey framed between trophies and other soccer relics behind the bar of a social club in a city in the Midwest United States, should perhaps read … Continue reading →

EDUCATION IN AMERICANISM:  Lessons in Patriotism prepared for THE LITERARY DIGEST and especially designed for High School use –The Literary Digest, March 22, 1919 SPANIARDS IN THE UNITED STATES SPANISH AND THE SPANIARDS –An important fact to be noted about the many … Continue reading →

Lou Piniella, de Tampa, Florida, ocupa un lugar privilegiado en la historia deportiva de EEUU, por sus logros durante tres décadas como jugador y “manager” en las Grandes Ligas del béisbol. Dan Albert, de Monterey, California tras los 20 años … Continue reading →

INVISIBLE IMMIGRANTS:  SPANIARDS IN THE US (1868-1945) A perfect Christmas gift, Invisible Immigrants is deluxe book of photographs scanned from family albums, that tells the unknown story of the tens of thousands of Spanish immigrants who settled in the US … Continue reading →

Our second documentary film, which explores the vestiges of the once vibrant Spanish presence in Tampa, Florida, is one of only 14 films selected from almost 400 entries to be featured at the Certamen Internacional de Cine Documental Sobre Migraciones … Continue reading →

On October 10, 2015, Spain’s national television network (RTVE) aired this extensive report about our project on its prime-time show “Informe Semanal.” “Invisible Immigrants” is a project that has been co-directed from the start by Gijón-based Luis Argeo, and NY-based … Continue reading →