Croatians from Desne in Aberdeen, WA
A story about the people from Desne in Aberdeen Prepared by Ivo Mišur The data was taken from an unpublished text in English, located in the library in [...]
Hajduk SC from Quito
Ecuador also visited "Hajduk" a soccer club from Split in January 1970, as part of a tour of Central America. Then two games were played in Quito, the first [...]
Croatian Misionaries in Ecuador
In 2010, the Ecuadorian province of the Servant of Mercy institute celebrated a quarter of a century of existence, and it has always been painted in Croatian colors: [...]
The Marich family, banana growers
About 200 km south of Guayaquil near the town of Machala, the Marić family, originally from the island of Vis, grows bananas. Six brothers and one sister are all [...]
Casa Barukcic from Quito, Ecuador
Engineer JURE BARUKČIĆ founded a company called Cosmeticos Barukcic in 1961, which took care of the appearance of the skin of both women and men. Later, working under the name [...]
Croatians in Ecuador
Settling in South America, Croats also came to Ecuador at the end of the 19th century. They first settled the province of Manabi, which is located by the ocean [...]
Meeting of Croatian emigration in Guayaquil
The 4th meeting of Croats of South America was held in Guayaquil, which began with the registration of participants on October 26, 2018. According to current practice, it is [...]
My visit to Chiloe
The island of Chiloe is located approximately halfway up the Chilean coast in the Pacific. In terms of surface area, it is about 20 times larger than our island [...]
An Olive tree in the Antofagasta Street in Split
Antofagasta Street was named in honor of the Sister Cities Split and the Chilean city of Antofagasta. Unfortunately, most of its residents do not know that one of the oldest [...]
Some postcards from New Zealand
It was always nice to receive a postcard from the other side of the world, a custom that is slowly being lost with the development of technology. Nowadays, everyone [...]