Šime Martinić Vrandečić, originally from Pučišća, started his philatelic activity in Bolivia in 1920. He became an expert in that field, so he was often chosen as an international selector [...]
Cochabamba is a city founded in the 16th century and located in a fertile valley in the Andes at 2,558 meters above sea level, with a population of over [...]
The Croatian cemetery in Cochabamba is known for its beauty, like the older one in Oruro. It was built in 1936, when they only had a chapel and [...]
Many Croats rest in the cemetery in Sao Paulo, and the surnames show that they are mostly from Blato, island of Korčula. Branka [...]
In 1520 on All Saints' Day, sailing ships Victoria, Concepcion, Trinidad, and San Antonio crossed Punta Dúngeness from the Atlantic side. They then sailed into the strait between the southernmost [...]
The province of Santa Fe, located in Argentina's interior, about 400 km from Buenos Aires, is estimated to be home to about 46,000 Croats. The landscape is dominated by pampa [...]
Vjera Bulat (Seka) was born in Split in 1934 and was part of Danica and Edo Bulat's family. She said the following about her family: Vice Jerković, my maternal grandfather, was born [...]
The Croatian community in Argentina is one of the oldest in South America. Croats sailed with various explorers as sailors, and some remained on the new continent, but these were [...]
Every family has its favorite stories. They’re told on a summer camping trip, at Thanksgiving or after Christmas dinner. They start with “Dad, tell us again” or maybe “Mom, remember [...]
Croatia is distinctly an emigrant country. An estimate is that from the 1870s until the First World War, about 14 percent of the population emigrated. In the following periods, the [...]