The film crew met with a team from Ayuda en Acción, and it appears that its organizational heart is in the right place. Yet, despite the presence of over five hundred NGOs working to improve the lot of Nicaragua’s poor, their plight worsens every year. Many local activists and intellectuals do not trust the non-profits, and accuse them of having their own enrichment as concern numero uno.

Spain has never been a country afraid of divisive politics, and filmmaker Joan Planas has no fear of getting controversial when presenting his views of society, church and state. Note that the older gentleman is not speaking straight Spanish but Catalan, and the Spanish captions reflect not his exact words but are the same as the Spanish subtitles seen in white on the screen.

Not only does our filmmaker continue with his diatribe against the state of society as he finds it in Nicaragua, but the story takes an investigative turn. We find that not only doesn’t sponsored-child Christina del Carmen match the photo that had been supplied by Ayuda en Acción, she is also not yet enrolled in a school.

Joan Planas continues to pull no punches, taking on NGOs, television, and the Catholic church. Oddly enough, despite his firebrand rhetoric, the film ends on a rather conservative note, suggesting that perhaps what poor nations need is not so much charity but rather a change in actitude, or “attitude,” so as to reflect the mindset of people in successful nations. Tune in to find out the details.

In addition to continuing his demonstration of how to make scrumptious broccoli soup complete with croutons, our chef shows us some of the attractions in Castril, the charming southern Spanish town where a lot of broccoli is grown.

Our chef continues his detailed demonstration of how to make broccoli soup.

Our chef gives us a few ideas about how to make the cream part of the cream of broccoli soup even creamier!

Watch as the chef puts the finishing touches on his cream of broccoli soup.

Chef Enrique puts the final touches on his broccoli soup.

Daily exposure to wood smoke can really wreak havoc on the body. It affects the eyes, the skin, and, of course, the lungs. With small material investment, kitchen smoke is minimized through a cleverly designed, well-ventilated, stove.

This video smells good! Meet Miguelito who is going to introduce us to the rich flavors of Colombian food. Run to your kitchen and get some garlic, tomatoes and onions -essential ingredients in Colombian cuisine!

Come and enjoy the best of Colombian food with our friendly chef Miguelito. In this episode we’re learning how to cook a delicious traditional dish. Don’t be shy, pay attention, and soon your friends will be enjoying some Pollo Sudado.

Bring a fork and knife to this video because our “pollo sudado” is almost ready. Chef Miguelito is putting the last touches on this delicious recipe that’s good enough for the whole family!

In the second part of this series, we see the rest of the process of making the alternative car fuel, biodiesel, with some students from the Rodriguez Casado Institute in Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spain.

Club de las ideas continues to explore young people’s beliefs about intuition. To what extent are our natural feelings about what will happen in the future accurate and should we trust our premonitions?