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Leyendas urbanas - Los duendes de Nicaragua

Difficulty: Beginner

Nicaragua

Nuestra amiga María Conchita nos trae otra interesante leyenda de Nicaragua. Esta vez los protagonistas son unos pequeños duendes que, según dice la gente, son malos espíritus que cometen muchas fechorías.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de TV - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

La inmigración es un tema delicado tanto para la política en los Estados Unidos como en México. Cuando Andrés Manuel López Obrador se lanzó para presidente de la República de México en el 2006, quiso dejar muy claro que su principal objetivo sería el de crear trabajo en el país, para que así la gente no tuviera que emigrar al norte en búsqueda de trabajo y sustento para sus familias.

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Renzo y Elena - Redes sociales

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

This time, Renzo and Elena talk about their social media use and its tendency to be additive as well as their preferences for watching TV and movies.

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Caption 29 [es]: ¿La gente habla muy mal?
Caption 29 [en]: Do people talk very bad?

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Imbabura - Familia

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Let's learn the names of family members in Spanish through an interesting conversation between Pipo and Priscilla about their families.

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Caption 18 [es]: Sí, la gente vive porque la gente se dedica al campo.
Caption 18 [en]: Yes, the people live [long] because the people work in the countryside.

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Tena - Alturas

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Pipo and Priscilla take us on a brief excursion to a tower located in Parque Amazónico La Isla, where one can view the entire city of Tena, Ecuador. The experience for Priscilla, however, may be a little less relaxing.

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Caption 41 [es]: Imagínate que hay gente que hace deporte de... en las alturas.
Caption 41 [en]: Imagine that there are people who exercise... at high altitudes.

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Tu Música - La trivia del ritmo - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Welcome to the second part of "Rhythm Trivia," the special edition of "Your Music" where the audience calls in to answer questions about Latin American music. Let's see if the caller gets it right this time!

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Caption 45 [es]: Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente
Caption 45 [en]: All over people's poor innocence

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Leyendas urbanas - El amor de un fantasma

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina

Let's discover this urban legend about a young woman from the nineteenth century whose life came to a tragic end.

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Caption 40 [es]: asustando a la gente
Caption 40 [en]: scaring people,

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El Aula Azul - Adivina personajes famosos - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Let's play more guessing games at El Aula Azul! Can you guess which famous person we're talking about?

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Caption 33 [es]: y, en general, la gente piensa que hace muy bien su trabajo.
Caption 33 [en]: and, in general, people think she does her job very well.

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Natalia de Ecuador - Consejos: haciendo amigos como adultos

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Recognizing that it often seems more difficult to make new friends as adults, rather than in our younger days, Natalia offers us some tips to do so.

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Caption 11 [es]: por conocer gente nueva y hacer cosas diferentes.
Caption 11 [en]: about meeting new people and doing different things.

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Forma de hablar - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Within the second part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos points out several examples of a manner of speaking that is very typical to Bogota.

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Caption 68 [es]: sobre el modo en el cual la gente habla en Bogotá
Caption 68 [en]: about the manner in which people speak in Bogota

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Verónica - "Reprogramación psicocorporal"

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico, Miami

Veronica explains to us about a type of therapy that she calls, "psychocorporal reprogramming," which aims to maintain balance within human beings by adjusting how much emphasis is given to their different needs at various times in their lives.

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Caption 8 [es]: Nosotros decimos que la gente que viene a visitarnos viene a relajarse.
Caption 8 [en]: We say that the people who come to visit us come to relax.

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Un café con Julia - Navidad

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Julia and Pipo talk about their Christmas traditions- or lack thereof- and how the meaning of Christmas seems to have changed in modern times.

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Caption 50 [es]: y la gente se golpeaba por ir de compras y... en los almacenes.
Caption 50 [en]: and the people were beating each other up (just) to go shopping and... at department stores.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Útiles

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Útilies. It relates to school supplies, including notebooks, pens, pencils, crayons, paper, scissors… anything children need to get through the school year. Not a big deal for the middle class, but it can be a serious challenge to those of lesser means. López Obrador made it a campaign promise that útilies would be provided free to all children throughout Mexico, just as he did for the children of Mexico City while he was mayor.

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Caption 6 [es]: Quiere, defiende y protege a la gente...
Caption 6 [en]: He loves, defends and protects the people...

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Omar Viscaya - Cambio total - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Barrio Adentro (Inside the Neighborhood) is a program of free medical clinics that have been established throughout Venezuela. Critics include the Venezuelan Medical Association, who claim that the Cubans who make up most of the doctors are not qualified, though the WHO and UNICEF are generally as enthusiastic as Omar about the program.

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Caption 20 [es]: que la gente pobre antes aquí en Venezuela... se moría.
Caption 20 [en]: that before, poor people here in Venezuela... used to die.

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Omar Viscaya - Cambio total - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Hugo Chávez is divisive figure in Venezuela, as he is the world over, but the enthusiasm he generates amongst a large and vocal segment of the population is undeniable. Omar Vizcaya is a Chávez supporter, and was kind enough to agree to share some of his thoughts and ideas about the current situation.

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Caption 28 [es]: La gente comienza... este... a hacer sus respectivos trabajos, generan empleos,
Caption 28 [en]: People start... mm... to do their respective jobs, they generate jobs,

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