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Doña Coco - La Vida De Una Cocinera

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

Nicaragua

Working as a cook/domestic worker on a construction site, Doña Coco is the first to get up in the morning and the last to go to bed at night. Her monthly salary of C$2,000 Córdobas really just covers “el arroz y los frijoles” (“rice and beans”) for her family. So, how does she provide clothing and all the rest for her five kids? Leonido, the interviewer, asks the tough questions.

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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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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 21 [es]: y me gustó, pues, la vida del circo y así me ha ido.
Caption 21 [en]: and I liked it, well, life at the circus and that's how things turned out [for me].
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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 3 [es]: Pero en la vida aprendí de que no se trata de "pobrecito"...
Caption 3 [en]: But in life I learned that it's not about "poor thing"...
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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 79 [es]: mientras la vida se repite una y otra vez a la misma velocidad...
Caption 79 [en]: while life is repeated time and time again at the same speed...
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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 3

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Trying to figure out why he wouldn’t approve the water project, the filmmakers try to track down the mayor, but they can’t find him at home. They do find children with containers making the trek to the water source from home and back.
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Caption 43 [es]: es dar herramientas a la sociedad para promover el desarrollo y mejorar el nivel de vida.
Caption 43 [en]: is to give society tools to promote development and improve the standard of living.

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