Hispanidad

The flag of the Hispanic Heritage symbolizes the three ships with which Christopher Columbus sailed to America.

Europe

  • Spain

Asia and Oceania

  • Philippines Philippines

Africa

  • Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea
  • Western Sahara Western Sahara

America

The term of Hispanic Heritage (Spanish Hispanidad ) is understood first the whole of the Spanish-speaking world, but also encountered in Spain and Latin America belief, according to which the Spanish-speaking world fancy a unit.

In terms of the geographical- cultural designation of the date of the discovery of America (October 12 ) until today as Día de la Hispanidad is celebrated ( the day of Hispanic Heritage inter alia Spanish national holiday ).

In the politico - ideological sense, the idea of ​​Hispanidad was in its heyday during the first half of the 20th century and especially during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain, which enjoyed considerable prestige in Latin America and as a model for a number of South American President Juan Perón up to dictators as Augusto Pinochet served. Rafael de la Vega describes the Hispanidad as

" Ideology of the conservatives on both sides of the Atlantic, (which ) is essentially regressive, nostalgic, on spiritual and cultural level in hollow rhetoric exhaustive program of long obsolete imperialism and colonialism ( is ). "

This ideology stressed the fact that until now the community of Spanish-speaking countries is much narrower and the cultural similarities are far more pronounced than about between the countries of the former French or British colonial empire. They therefore provided a number of clues to be conceived as a unit.

The concept of Hispanidad was accompanied by a Spain -glorifying doctrine of the size, mission and chosenness of the country, which in Spanish called la vocación imperial (appeal to the Empire ) is circumscribed.

This focus on Latin America also meant a move away from Europe, which was reinforced by the so-called leyenda negra (black legend) on. Franco himself was referred to indirectly leyenda negra that when he the slogan "Spain is different" (as the rest of Europe ) formulated.

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