Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Spanish-led ‘Sacred Expedition’ to establish forts and missions in what was then called Alta California headed north from the tip of Baja. That makes it ...

I have a special interest in perinatal mental health and in Latinx populations; I treat patients in both Spanish and English. I am a general adult psychiatrist, treating a wide variety of psychiatric ...

Fears about immigration from Mexico and other Spanish-speaking Central and South American countries have been rife for many years, especially among right-wing observers, and especially when it comes ...

Miguel de la Grua Talamanca – Marquis de Branciforte, was governor of the Canary Islands in 1787, then Commander General of Spain’s military forces, as a protégé of Manuel de Godoy. New Spain’s ...

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Two hundred and fifty years ago, the Spanish-led ‘Sacred Expedition’ to establish forts and missions in what was then called Alta California headed north from the tip of Baja. That makes it ...