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La Cocaleros - Personas y políticas (2 videos)

The people of the Chapare region are harassed by military coca-eradication patrols that not only destroy their crops of coca but also frequently injure, insult, and even commit atrocities. But the will of the people and the culture fight on.

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 1 - Part 13

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Los testigos de la época nos siguen narrando los sucesos y la forma en la cual Colombia se estaba convirtiendo en una "narcodemocracia". Cualquier periodista o persona que hiciera un comentario suelto era asesinado por el cartel de Medellín que seguía librando una sangrienta batalla contra el Estado colombiano.

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Semillero de Escarabajos - Chapter 2 - Part 3

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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Caption 35 [es]: o sea, es una persona avispada pendiente de todo,
Caption 35 [en]: I mean, he's a sharp person, alert for everything,

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 2 - Part 13

Difficulty: 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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Caption 1 [es]: Gilberto Rodríguez, una persona serena, autocontrolada,
Caption 1 [en]: Gilberto Rodríguez, a calm, self-controlled person,

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 2 - Part 9

Difficulty: 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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Caption 54 [es]: que cualquier persona colaborara para neutralizar a ese monstruo.
Caption 54 [en]: for anyone to collaborate to neutralize that monster.

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 2 - Part 8

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Colombian President César Gaviria and the newly created attorney general's office help to sever the seemingly unbreakable bonds of loyalty between Pablo Escobar and certain members of the Medellin Cartel, causing them to turn themselves in.

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Caption 18 [es]: persona que se capturaba
Caption 18 [en]: anyone who was captured

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 2 - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Although rumor had it that Pablo Escobar might turn himself in to the authorities, a legal loophole stood in the way of justice being served.

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Caption 58 [es]: No había un solo proceso contra esa persona.
Caption 58 [en]: There wasn't one single trial against that person.

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Rueda de la muerte - Parte 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia, Mexico

Circus artist Jayson Domínguez continues to tell us about his experience in the circus world, particularly with a dangerous motorcycle act called the "Globe of Death," which he hopes to gradually transition away from.

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Caption 2 [es]: Mira, yo soy una persona que
Caption 2 [en]: Look, I'm a person who,

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Rueda de la muerte - Parte 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia, Mexico

Let's meet circus artist Jayson Dominguez, the son of Colombian parents who grew up in Miami and learned many of his tricks in his backyard. In this video, he explains how he got involved with the "Pendulum of Death" and how he achieved success on this dangerous apparatus.

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Caption 26 [es]: soy la segunda persona que lo tiene en todos Estados Unidos,
Caption 26 [en]: I'm the second person who's got it in the whole United States,

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 1 - Part 7

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Politics seduced many power-hungry drug traffickers in Colombia, and Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder were just two of the criminals who successfully burst onto the political scene.

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Caption 7 [es]: ¿Cualquier persona que se atravesara frente Escobar
Caption 7 [en]: Any person who crossed Escobar

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Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar - Capítulo 1 - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

Experts on Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar [The Times of Pablo Escobar] tell about the formation of the infamous "Muerte a Secuestradores" [Death to Kidnappers], or MAS, a Colombian paramilitary group formed in the eighties with the goal of combatting kidnapping as well as furthering the interests of their supporters: Colombian drug cartels, politicians, U.S. corporations, and wealthy landowners.

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Caption 61 [es]: Sabíamos que Pablo Escobar era una persona que... [María Jimena Duzán, Periodista]
Caption 61 [en]: We knew that Pablo Escobar was a person who... [María Jimena Duzán, Periodista]

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Lida en Colombia - Parapente

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Colombia

Through several interviews with lovers of this exhilarating sport, Lida shows us what paragliding over Colombia's Valle del Cauca entails.

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Caption 13 [es]: donde cualquier persona puede volar.
Caption 13 [en]: where anyone can fly.

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Huachuma (San Pedro) - Portal al cosmos, y a uno mismo

Difficulty: Advanced

Peru

A member of the Quechua people from Peru shares with us a bit about the traditional use of the plant San Pedro, or "huachuma," which is thought to have medicinal and spiritual qualities that could help one get in touch with the cosmos, and oneself.

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Caption 55 [es]: Queremos que cada persona
Caption 55 [en]: We want for each person

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Despite having been inspired by a multitude of diverse subjects throughout his artistic career, Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori's gallery owner asks him to compile an exhibition focusing on his dark-skinned portraits.

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Caption 12 [es]: que yo siento de esa persona,
Caption 12 [en]: that I feel from that person,

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Kärrecho - Restaurante venezolano

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Get to know the owner and chef of Kärrecho, an authentic, Venezuelan restaurant located in the heart of Berlin.

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Caption 25 [es]: para que cualquier persona que venga,
Caption 25 [en]: so that anyone who comes,

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