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Doña Coco - La Vida De Una Cocinera

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Nicaragua

Trabajando de cocinera y trabajadora de limpieza en un sitio de contrucción, Doña Coco es la primera que se levanta en la mañana y la última que se va a dormir por la noche. Su salario mensual es de C$2,000 córdobas con lo cual apenas le alcanza para el arroz y los frijoles para su familia. ¿Cómo hace entonces para proveer a sus cinco hijos con ropa y cubrir el resto de sus necesidades? Leonido, el entrevistador, le hace éstas preguntas.
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4:41

Tierra Envenenada - Desminando - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Honduras, Nicaragua

Los esfuerzos por desminar los territorios de América Central involucran a países y organizaciones de todo el mundo. Con el apoyo de Estados Unidos, Alemania, España, Japón, Canadá y Suiza, cientos de soldados trabajan en esta importante labor pacífica… para variar.
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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 5

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Se puede dudar que la educación contribuya directamente a mejorar la vida de las personas. ¿Pero una persona educada es más proclive a cuidar del medio ambiente? Un hombre así lo cree y ha empezado un projecto en el que grupos de vecinos se reúnen para enseñar y aprender para el bien de “la gente y la tierra”.
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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Tratando de averiguar por qué el alcalde del pueblo no apoya el projecto del agua en San Nicolás, los realizadores de este video intentan localizarlo en su casa, pero es en vano. Lo que sí encontraron fueron varios niños haciendo el recorrido para llevar agua a sus casas desde el río más cercano.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Continuing their trip through Nicaragua, Planas’ film crew stops in San Nicolás and discusses the lack of potable water. A group of Spaniards have offered to remedy the situation. Why does the problem still exist? Could the elected officials actually be standing in the way of progress?
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Caption 51 [es]: Para...
Caption 51 [en]: For...
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3:18

Circo Infantil de Nicaragua - Francesca

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua

Acrobat Francesca was a mujer de casa before becoming a circus artist. It was love that brought her here to the big tent, where she now splits her time between performances and day-to-day chores.
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Caption 32 [es]: Pues, para la mujer es más fácil porque como no le toca hacer nada más
Caption 32 [en]: So, for women it's easier because they don't have to do anything else
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Milkman - Milk Seller, Nicaragua

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Nicaragua

We were driving around the roads of rural Nicaragua when we caught a glimpse of this donkey driven cart with loads of milk. We had to get to know this guy! Here it is, a YABLA exclusive with a milk seller!!
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Caption 12 [es]: que vamos a hacer de madera para... el medio
Caption 12 [en]: that we're going to make of wood for... the means
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2:48

Doña Coco - Música

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

Nicaragua

While stirring a pot, Doña Coco sings us a couple of Christian songs, which she learned at her evangelical church.
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Caption 41 [es]: una doble porción para resistir al tentador.
Caption 41 [en]: a double portion to resist the tempter.
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2:38

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 9

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

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.
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Caption 93 [es]: Objetivo número dos: ¿Educación primaria para todos?
Caption 93 [en]: Objective number two: Elementary education for everybody?
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3:13

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 8

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain Catalonia

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.
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Caption 7 [es]: para que él pueda salir de la pobreza por sí solo.
Caption 7 [en]: so he can get out of poverty by himself.
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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 7

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Does broadcast media really have a responsiblity to promote and defend human rights? Or is it to simply make shows that people like and that attract ratings? Several Nicaraguan journalists and media producers discuss these ideas in a round table discussion.
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Caption 29 [es]: Pero sí les despertás el morbo para ver al vecino.
Caption 29 [en]: But you do bring out their ghoulish instincts to watch the neighbors.
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2:48

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 6

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Viewer Discretion Advised
Does graphic and violence-ridden television news that presents the worst aspects of a society also bring out the worst in its audience? Our filmmaker seems to think so, and believes that it is young viewers who pay the price when spectacle trumps thoughtful analysis and measured presentation.
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Caption 29 [es]: este programa puede contener imágenes o lenguaje no apto para menores.
Caption 29 [en]: This show may contain images or language not suitable for children.
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2:53

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 4

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

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.
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Caption 17 [es]: uno para cada uno para que pudieran escribir.
Caption 17 [en]: one for each one so that they could write.

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