Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Here's a message from the future from a planet-loving, spaced-out hippie about water conservation and mindful water consumption habits.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
The Planeta Palabra gang encounters a young Gypsy boy who explains to them about the Gypsy nation of Rom and its culture, providing them with a ton of new words in the process.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Mr. John encounters a group of Boy Scouts who teach him to recycle as a part of his journey to "recycle" words to save Planet Word.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Fulanito and De Tal enlist the help of José Daniel, who they meet on planet Earth. Will his legend of "Charca Larga" ("Long Pool") provide them with enough words to continue to recover their planet?!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
The crew continues their search for words by connecting the wordometer to the television set. As their journey is going much more rapidly than expected, what could possibly go wrong now?
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Two Colombian children speak about their love for different kinds of diving: a young boy who practices the sport of high diving in a swimming pool and a girl who loves the freedom of scuba diving in the limitless sea.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Recently, in the nearby Alpha-Betus Galaxy, Planet Word experienced a catastrophe upon losing all its words and hence their corresponding objects!!! So, some wise “John Does" set out on their ship in search of words to save their planet.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Colombia's Aterciopelados ("The Velvety Ones") delivers another smooth song with a political message. This time, the band questions immigration policies and asks who has the right to dream of a better life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Should government pump money into the economy and generate jobs by financing giant public works projects? In the extremely close Mexican presidential election of 2006 (which he lost), Andrés Manuel López Obrador made it clear that that his answer is a decisive ¡Sí!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Viviana really enjoys studying Political Economy at the UAM [Autonomous Metropolitan University]. She tells us about her major and the plans that she has for the future and shares some insights about the large social gap that exists in Mexico.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
Chambao introduce themselves in this way: The sound of waves, smooth sand, friends and music, a “chambao” is not just a fleeting space set up on the seashore with rugs and cushions, lit up by a bonfire; it is also a place where the simple joy of being alive is the important matter.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Could it be that the “Tu Rock es Votar” campaign resulted in a closer Mexican 2006 election, one that ironically left the youth feeling more disillusioned than ever? Felipe Calderón Hinojosa edged out Andrés Manuel López Obrador by such a thin margin that the losing side demanded a total recount, which was not granted. The ensuing cloud surrounding the election left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Mexicans.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Armando David Ortigosa decided that something needed to be done to motivate the young people of Mexico to participate in its presidential election. He looked north for inspiration, where the “Rock the Vote” campaign used pop stars to try and get young voters to the polls. The Mexican equivalent became known as Tu Rock Es Votar.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Enjoying almost full support by his party as their presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stepped down from his post as Mayor of Mexico City, aka D.F. (Distrito Federal) to campaign for the presidency of Mexico in the 2006 elections against Felipe Calderón.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
López Obrador’s campaign commercials really try to shake potential voters out of their sillas, attempting to give the potentially marginalized a strong message: “now it’s our turn, now it’s your turn!” He blatantly positions himself against the rich, those who “take the biggest piece of the cake.”
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