Walter Benjamin's dictum that every work of art is also a work of barbarism comes to mind with "New World Orders," an exhibition of Spanish colonial casta paintings currently on display at the ...

a region that connects North and South America. It discusses the impact of Spanish colonization, highlighting the agricultural practices of indigenous tribes and the introduction of crops like ...

Founded in 1540 on the banks of the River Magdalena, Mompox played a key role in the Spanish colonization of northern South America. From the 16th to the 19th century the city developed parallel to ...