As the fifteenth birthday of young girls in Venezuela and most other Latin American countries marks a special rite of passage into womanhood, it is traditional for the family to throw them a big birthday bash.

Julia and Pipo talk about their Christmas traditions- or lack thereof- and how the meaning of Christmas seems to have changed in modern times.

Open Europe covers such diverse stories as the Mediterranean Corridor, the death of Gaddafi and European poverty.

The European Parliament's decision not to extend the fishing agreement with Morocco comes as a hard blow to the Andalusian fishing industry, whose workers are left jobless for months and demand compensation from the European Union.

As Spain celebrates its 25-year anniversary as a member of the European Union, let's take a look at its evolution over those years.

The town of Olivares in Seville, Spain, has launched a set design workshop with the goal of teaching unemployed residents to create period decorations as a fun way to get to know their rich artistic heritage.

Meet the volunteers of Faithful Friend Patrol, a dog rescue organization in Otavalo, Ecuador.

As kids spend ever-increasing amounts of time on the internet at the expense of other activities, are they really aware of its risks? A Spanish teacher tries to educate them as well as their parents.

Carolina teaches us some contrasting Spanish adjectives to describe people's moods and personalities.

Carolina teaches us various contrasting adjectives to help us to describe people's physical appearances.

Whatever the number of abandoned or put down greyhounds in Spain might be, it has been documented for many years and has taken on the aspect of an authentic epidemic that only international adoptions relieve.

While many Spanish greyhounds are meticulously taken care of, many animals considered unworthy or past their prime are simply abandoned by their owners.

Meet Paulino from Paraíso in the Dominican Republic, who gives an inside look into the homes, food, education and lifestyle of his community's locals.

Animal protective services calculate that fifty thousand greyhounds are abandoned annually in Spain, and it's not just greyhounds. In fact, Spain's animal abandonment statistic of four hundred pets per day put it at the top per inhabitant per year out of the entire European Union.

Los Reporteros goes behind the scenes to explore how Greyhounds are selected for racing.