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Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Transgenic, or genetically modified, crops are a marginal issue for most people in the United States. This is not the case in Europe, where the issue of transgénicos is very much in the forefront of the public's mind.
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Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Comercio Justo, or “Fair Trade” products are often seen in “socially conscious” retailers like health and “whole” food shops. It presents a novel approach to doing business that takes into account social and environmental factors in its pricing to consumers and directly compensates commodity food producers, like coffee and cocoa farmers. Here proponents explain the philosophy from several different vantage points.
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Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Can an educated public really create a kinder, gentler, consumer society? Do informed buyers make decisions more sensitive to their world? Can you have your cake and eat it too? Some activists think that voracioius consumers need not be subdued, but only that their desires be tweaked, redirected…
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Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Do those who control the wealth in a society also dictate its desires? In this segment we’re able to listen in on the discourse of Spanish intellectuals critical of the modern consumer culture, which they see as something of a Svengali-like oppressor and manipulator of the masses.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Can a consumer-driven market be replaced by an informed system of mutual cooperation by a like-minded populace? Is the market always at odds with the well being of the planet? Is it true that otro mundo es possible? Let’s find out what some experts think…
Difficulty:
Advanced
Mexico
In this part of the documentary, several intellectuals reflect on fundamental issues of our time, such as media manipulation and the fears that society instills in us.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Mexico
After a brief reflection on massification, the urban poet Rojo Córdova recites to us an incomprehensible poem loaded with Mexicanisms and meaningless words. Do you dare to try to understand?
Difficulty:
Advanced
Colombia
Let's learn more details about Brayan's illustrious cycling career as well as hearing the opinions of some experts regarding what it takes to become a champion.
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Advanced
Colombia
At only eighteen years old, Brayan Hernández was the winner of prestigious bicycling competitions. This video gives us a glimpse of his early training days and regimen.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Colombia
This series conclusion shows us how, in the wake of Pablo Escobar's death, narcotrafficking continued, reinventing itself via a multitude of phenomena such as paramilitarism.
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Advanced
Colombia
With the death of Pablo Escobar, Colombian society hopes for long-awaited peace and an end to drug trafficking. However, paramilitary groups derived from the different cartels continue to exert an enormous influence and even manage to buy their way to the Colombian presidency.
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Advanced
Colombia
Will Pablo Escobar's death put an end to drug trafficking and/or violence in Colombia? In the wake of this event, this is a very controversial topic as many people celebrate his downfall and others mourn him.
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Advanced
Colombia
Members of Search Bloc manage to locate and kill Pablo Escobar when, out of desperation, he uses a transparent system of communication to contact his family.
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Advanced
Colombia
Despite the role that "Los Pepes" played in Pablo Escobar's downfall, the Colombian authorities managed to develop a sophisticated intelligence plan that culminated in the death of Colombia's most wanted criminal.
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Advanced
Colombia
Former Pablo Escobar associates rat on him, only to join Los Pepes, the Spanish acronym for "Perseguidos por Pablo Escobar" [Persecuted by Pablo Escobar], a paramilitary group joined by the DEA, the CIA, industrialists from Antioquia, and the Colombian government with the sole purpose of collaborating to capture Escobar.
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