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“bien Dicho”

July 2026
1min read

“The Spain Among Us” by Henry Wiencek in American Heritage’s April number was superbly crafted, an elegant statement on Hispanic contributions to America that corrected many widely held misconceptions about Spanish “conquest” of the Americas. The record is certainly not pure, but it also is not as soiled as many blindly believe.

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