Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (ca. 1465-1523) was a Spanish conqueror who founded Cuba and was indirectly responsible for the conquest of Aztec Mexico and Mayan Yucatán. Cuéllar near Segovia was the birthplace of Diego...

1460?-1524 Spanish conquistador and colonial official who was commissioned by the Spanish Crown to colonize Cuba, which he conquered in 1512. After sailing to the West Indies with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage of exploration (1493),...

Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (1465, Cuéllar, Spain – ca. June 12, 1524, Santiago de Cuba) was a Spanish conquistador. He conquered and governed Cuba for...

After six years of languishing in the minority party in the House of Representatives, New York City's Democrats could once again emerge as a powerful group if their party regains control of the House this November. Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem, for...

Si un hipotético viajero del tiempo lograse llegar al Madrid que conoció Velázquez, descubriría que la ciudad era, el centro neurálgico de un imperio enorme y deslumbrante, aunque éste ya empezaba a sufrir los primeros síntomas de decadencia. Pese a las crecientes dificultades...