The Aztecs, of course, dressed in their finest gold garments for the occasion. Cortés left Pedro de Alvarado in charge, a good conquistador but ill-suited to leadership. No one knows whether de ...

The Spanish-language website also vanished at the start of President Trump’s first term. No time frame was set for restoring it. By Tim Balk As the White House underwent a dramatic remake on ...

"The call to extend the Presidential Term Limits and postpone the 2028 elections is an invitation for the President to be a co-conspirator in overthrowing the constitution of the country which the ...

Effigy of soldier who conquered Peru after slaughtering the Incas reinstated in heart of city – but indigenous people brand it an ‘insult’ A statue of a Spanish conquistador has ...

The sculpture was unveiled during a ceremony marking the 490th anniversary of the city's founding. A statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro has been reinstalled in the centre of Lima ...

A statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro has been reinstalled in the centre of Lima, the capital of Peru, more than 20 years after it had been removed. The sculpture was unveiled ...

The Aztec deity Xolotl was seen as the twin brother of Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god linked with life and light. In many ways, Xolotl was Quetzalcoatl’s opposite. He was associated with ...

La Malinche became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. He chose her as a ...

It’s a new look at how the Aztecs dealt with internal conflict, how they lost the war with the Spanish, and how history has misremembered them. ‘Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs’, by ...