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Los Juegos Olímpicos - Víctor y la historia de las Olimpiadas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

A few months prior to the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Victor shared with us some very interesting facts about the history of this event.

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

El profesor Joan Martínez Manent nos revela otros puntos históricos de la catedral de Tarragona así como una historia interesante llamada el Entierro del gato que se puede ver esculpida en el claustro de la catedral de Tarragona.

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

En esta parte descubrimos con Joan Martínez Manent algunos detalles interesantes sobre la historia romana de la actual ciudad de Tarragona.

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Desde la antigua muralla de Tarragona, el experto en historia y profesor universitario Joan Martinez Manent nos cuenta la historia de la construcción de esta muralla romana que también acompaña el nacimiento de la ciudad.

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After reading us his flash fiction story, "Para siempre" [Forever], Carlos offers some insight into the historical backdrop, events, and characters that inspired him.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After shedding some light on the flash fiction genre and providing us with some examples, Carlos finally reads us the piece with which he placed among the finalists at a prominent flash fiction contest in Barcelona. Can you understand any of the meaning behind it?

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Let's listen to a couple of examples of flash fiction stories to better understand what this literary genre is all about. Entitled "Destino" [Fate] and "Soñando despierta" [Daydreaming], both pieces received awards at prestigious international flash fiction contests.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In the first part of this series, Carlos introduces us to the characteristics of flash fiction, a literary genre distinguished by its succinctness and ability to capture the reader from the first word to the last.

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Caption 1 [es]: [Historia]
Caption 1 [en]: [History]

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Días festivos - Novenas de Navidad

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Many Latin American countries celebrate the Novena of Aguinaldos, a nine-day, Catholic-based holiday that includes music, food and prayer. Grace Pinzon, a Colombian woman living in Florida, shares with us how the novena is celebrated there.

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Caption 58 [es]: ven el pesebre y compartimos esa historia.
Caption 58 [en]: they see the manger, and we share that story.

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Burgos - La princesa noruega

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Noruego means “Norwegian,” hence a princesa noruega is a “Norwegian princess.” One arrived in Burgos, Spain on Christmas Eve, in the year 1257. She was to wed Prince Felipe, brother of King Alfonso X of Castile. Marry they did, but Cristina de Noruega fell ill and died at only twenty eight years old.

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Caption 1 [es]: Aquí tenemos la historia de una...
Caption 1 [en]: Here we have the story of a...

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