From Mexico and Spain, respectively, Karla and Isabel’s episodes are both educational and entertaining. While some contain concise explanations of some essential grammatical concepts, others help with vocabulary for such practical scenarios as renting a room in a Spanish-speaking country, ordering coffee, or throwing a party.

El pobre manejo de los residuos es uno de los mayores problemas del medio ambiente en la mayoría de las naciones del mundo, incluyendo a España y México, un problema que tiene grandes repercusiones. Aúnque no es la única solución, esta serie nos muestra como reciclando se puede ayudar.

David, a professor of foreign languages and Spanish for foreigners at the Ames Academy, will tell us about the Spanish language, its different dialects, and which, if any, is the most correct.

Joan Planas’ documentary, Con ánimo de lucro (With Intent to Profit), launches with a list of the UN’s objectives for development in the new millennium. While the UN plan calls for cutting poverty in half by 2015, it’s off to a terrible start. So we’re off to explore what’s gone wrong in Nicaragua, one of the countries with the most NGOs and the highest levels of poverty in Latin America.