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Emiro - La Historia de Emiro

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Emiro used to live in oil-rich Maracaibo, where his father was headmaster of the school system Shell oil ran for the children of employees. (Did you know: Venezuela is the only country in the Americas that’s a member of OPEC? And a founding member at that!)

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

El artista Leonardo Rodríguez Sirtori explica cómo, con algunas excepciones, la representación de figuras e historia europeas a menudo ha prevalecido en el arte. Su esperanza es que el arte en todo el mundo refleje cada vez más las figuras de los afrodescendientes, particularmente a través de los ojos de los artistas de ascendencia africana.

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Carlos Quintana - Salsa

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

La salsa es uno de los géneros musicales más importantes de la música latina. Carlos nos habla acerca de su historia en esta importante lección.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Arturo Vega es parte importante de la historia de Los Ramones. Él fue quien diseñó el famoso escudo de la banda, cuya estética recuerda en parte a un sello presidencial y en parte a un logo de motociclista rebelde. En este video nos cuenta por qué eligieron usar la figura del águila como parte del logo.

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Rafael T. - La Cultura Maya - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

En Guatemala, muchas personas descendientes de los mayas no sólo continúan vistiéndose a la usanza de la legendaria cultural prehispánica sino que algunos de ellos incluso hablan un dialecto del maya, un lenguaje que muchos consideran perdido en la historia. En este video, Rafael nos regala algunos ejemplos y frases en este idioma.

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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 13 [es]: independiente de cuál es su historia
Caption 13 [en]: independent of what their story is

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori speaks about his latest project, a series of portraits that celebrate the nuances of black skin.

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Caption 50 [es]: reivindicando, no solamente su historia, eh... universal,
Caption 50 [en]: reclaiming, not only their universal, um... history,

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Comunidad Tsáchila - Grupo cultural Shinopi Bolon Tsáchila

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

The Tsáchila community has undertaken the task of opening its doors to foreign visitors, giving them the opportunity to learn more about their traditions and culture.

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Caption 34 [es]: hay que estar escribiendo la historia,
Caption 34 [en]: it's necessary to be writing the story,

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Antonio Vargas - Artista - Comic

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Antonio Vargas is a versatile Mexican artist living in Los Cabos. He has done cartoons, commercial drawings, paintings and a lot of sculptures. In this episode Antonio is going to show us some of his cartoons containing the adventures of Surfo.

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Caption 22 [es]: Bueno, éste es cuando... la historia de un...
Caption 22 [en]: Well, this is when... the story of one...

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Some people could see Arturo Vega as just a guy who happened to design the Ramones logo, but the truth is that he had to get his hands dirty with hard work, and that meant loading tons of equipment, manning the lights and basically doing whatever was needed by the band. The reward was great: thousands, maybe millions, wearing an image that he created.

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Caption 29 [es]: Entonces tienes mucha historia ahí también.
Caption 29 [en]: So you also have a lot of history there.

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Rafael T. - Guatemala Hermosa

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Wicoy: como una calabaza pequeña, tal vez 15 cm de diametro, verde y blanco y es mucho mas fino que la calabaza. Para comer es parecido a un zucchetthi/zucchini. Bastante rico. (Thank you to Guatesol for info!) Rafael relates facts and myths of the natural environment in his native land.

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Caption 2 [es]: eh... contarles un poco la historia de...
Caption 2 [en]: uh... tell you a bit about the history of...

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La Gusana Ciega - Entrevista - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

To hear La Gusana Ciega play live we trekked to a club called Babel located in a giant mall / theme park called Mundo E, located just north of Mexico City. Come backstage with us for an exclusive interview you’ll find only here!

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Caption 15 [es]: Y... bueno, más o menos esa es la historia del grupo.
Caption 15 [en]: And... well, that's more or less the band´s story.

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Rafael T. - Viaje al norte

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Marriage and children bring with them needs and responsiblities that a soltero doesn’t have. Rafael hopes to grow his small pharmacy into a cadena of drug stores that he can use to benefit his wife and kids. To raise the necessary capital, Rafael is working abroad for a few years.

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Caption 2 [es]: que van a ver este... esta historia que voy a contar.
Caption 2 [en]: going to see this... this story I'm going to tell.

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