Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
On this special edition of "Rhythm Trivia," "Popular Dance" is the category. Will the enthusiastic caller be able to identify the dance being danced? You too are invited to participate!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Can you guess the name of the percussion instrument used to play the rhythmic pattern in Cuban rumba? Let's see if you, and today's participant on "Rhythm Trivia," can come up with the correct answer!
Difficulty: Advanced
Venezuela
This time, the Your Music team will interview a very special and animated guest named Ángel Meléndez, who, in addition to being their friend, is a journalist, soccer fan, and sports commentator.
Difficulty: Advanced
Venezuela
As the interview with radio personality Ángel continues, we will learn more details about his tastes in his youth as well as his current profession.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Just over a quarter of Mexico’s 127.5 million people are aged 18-24, and as such the “youth vote” could easily make or break any candidate in Mexico’s upcoming election on July 2. Patterned after the “Rock the Vote” campaign in the USA, Tu Rock Es Votar is running a television, radio and web campaign that hopes to improve voter turnout in the Mexican youth population despite a general desencantado (“disenchanted”) attitude found amongst all eligible voters.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Mexico
Tu Rock Es Votar, a.k.a. TREV, continues its efforts to rally Mexico’s youth to get out and vote come election day. It’s something of an unspoken secret that TREV’s organizers tend to lean to the left, but they strive to make the ads non-partisan.
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
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: 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.
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: Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Swimming has played a very important role in Valeria's life. Let's hear what it means to her and how it has influenced her and changed her life.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Learn the names of the four most popular swimming strokes in Spanish with Valeria, who will explain to us some characteristics of each of these challenging styles.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Valeria offers us some insight into the extremely strenuous swim practices of a competitive athlete.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Gio is a Venezuelan woman who, due to the economic crisis in her homeland, decided to emigrate from her country along with her husband. She shares her story with us from Barcelona, where she currently resides.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
From Labofdreams, a laboratory in Barcelona that offers psychological care, Alejandra Carrero gives us some advice regarding our mental health and what should be done in the case of a mental health crisis.
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