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New Delegate of Euskadi in the US, Gari in Texas, and 1938 Basque Prison Escapee

Ander Caballero New Delegate of Euskadi in the US

 

On Tuesday the Basque Government’s Governing Council appointed Ander Caballero as the new Delegate of Euskadi in the US, Canada and Mexico.  Originally from Bilbao, Caballero has been in Boston since 2011, where he is a member of the Rhode Island Basque club as well as serves as Basque instructor in that area.  He has lived all over the world and speaks five languages: Basque, English, French Arabic and Spanish.  He will now move to New York where the delegation is based, but also has a representative office in Mexico.  For more information see Euskalkultura's article.

 

Gari will represent Basque Music at South by Southwest Music Festival

Gari
Gari - Jon Iraundegi photostream

 

The South by Southwest Music Festival opened on March 8 in Austin, Texas and will run through March 17, 2013.  This year, Gari will be representing Basque music and culture accompanied by the WOP Band (The Walk on Project Band) an association that fights against rare diseases.  For more information on the festival, and to see its schedule go to: www.scsw.com.  For more information on Gari and his work: https://www.youtube.com/user/TVGARI

 

 

Information Sought on 1938 Basque Prison Escapee

 

Finally some Basque historians are looking for some help to locate person who is believed to possibly be the fourth successful escapee from Fort Alfonxo XII – aka Fort San Cristobal in 1938.  If found this would reclassify this escape as the most successful in contemporary European history.  The fourth escapee is thought to have made his way from the prison to Banka, in Iparralde,  to Cedarville, California where he lived, served in the US armed forces and established a trucking business.  These historians are now asking for help from Basques in California for help in tracking him, or his descendants down.  For the full story and how to help: https://www.blogseitb.us/basqueidentity20/2013/03/11/the-fourth-man/




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