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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

El equipo haciendo el documental conoce al grupo Ayuda en Accion, una organización que parece estar interesada en ayudar de la forma correcta. Sin embargo, la existencia de más de 500 organismos dedicados a erradicar la pobreza en Nicaragua no ha cambiado mucho las cosas, que cada vez se ponen peores. Muchos activistas locales e intelectuales no confían en las organizaciones y las acusan de tener como prioridad el propio enriquecimiento.

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Leyendas urbanas - Los duendes de Nicaragua

Difficulty: Beginner

Nicaragua

Our friend María Conchita brings us another urban legend from Nicaragua, this time, about some mischievous, dwarf-like creatures called duendes who are supposedly evil spirits.

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Caption 14 [es]: Los duendes son como niños de cinco años
Caption 14 [en]: The duendes are like five-year-old children,

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Leyendas urbanas - La Cegua

Difficulty: Beginner

Nicaragua

Men, beware of the voluptuous vixen La Cegua, who seduces men she encounters wandering along lonesome roads. Find out more about this notorious Nicaraguan urban legend.

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Caption 38 [es]: como símbolo de picaflor o de infiel.
Caption 38 [en]: as a symbol of a womanizer or unfaithful man.

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Tierra Envenenada - Desminando - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Honduras, Nicaragua

The effort to de-mine Central America is truly an international one, with assistance coming from the U.S., Germany, Spain, France, England, Japan, Canada and Sweden (who’s ambassador is featured here, speaking eloquent Spanish). Also we hear from soldiers on the pleasure of serving a mission of peace, as opposed to one of war.

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Caption 30 [es]: Es muy importante, ahora, eh... ¿Cómo se llama?
Caption 30 [en]: It's very important, now, er... How do you call it?

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Not only does our filmmaker continue with his diatribe against the state of society as he finds it in Nicaragua, but the story takes an investigative turn. We find that not only doesn’t sponsored-child Christina del Carmen match the photo that had been supplied by Ayuda en Acción, she is also not yet enrolled in a school.

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Caption 1 [es]: Entonces quise ver cómo iba la educación del país.
Caption 1 [en]: So I wanted to see how the education in the country was going.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain Catalonia

Spain has never been a country afraid of divisive politics, and filmmaker Joan Planas has no fear of getting controversial when presenting his views of society, church and state. Note that the older gentleman is not speaking straight Spanish but Catalan, and the Spanish captions reflect not his exact words but are the same as the Spanish subtitles seen in white on the screen.

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Caption 55 [es]: ¿Cómo vamos a solucionar la pobreza del tercer mundo
Caption 55 [en]: How are we going to solve poverty in the third world

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Does broadcast media really have a responsiblity to promote and defend human rights? Or is it to simply make shows that people like and that attract ratings? Several Nicaraguan journalists and media producers discuss these ideas in a round table discussion.

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Caption 45 [es]: ¿Cómo hacemos los medios de comunicación para crear ese balance...
Caption 45 [en]: What should we the media do to create that balance...

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Viewer Discretion Advised

Does graphic and violence-ridden television news that presents the worst aspects of a society also bring out the worst in its audience? Our filmmaker seems to think so, and believes that it is young viewers who pay the price when spectacle trumps thoughtful analysis and measured presentation.

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Caption 5 [es]: Estos niños visten como americanos.
Caption 5 [en]: These kids dress like Americans.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

That literacy will directly contribute to the health and well being of a people few can doubt. But are a literate people more likely to care for the environment? One man thinks so, and has started a grassroots neighbors teaching neighbors project for the good of both la gente y la tierra.

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Caption 41 [es]: ¿Cómo se llama? -Marcos ¿no? -Marcos.
Caption 41 [en]: What's your name? -Marcos, isn't it? -Marcos.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Trying to figure out why he wouldn’t approve the water project, the filmmakers try to track down the mayor, but they can’t find him at home. They do find children with containers making the trek to the water source from home and back.

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Caption 13 [es]: Como no nos atendieron, tal como vinimos, nos fuimos.
Caption 13 [en]: As nobody came to meet us, just as we arrived, we left.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Continuing their trip through Nicaragua, Planas’ film crew stops in San Nicolás and discusses the lack of potable water. A group of Spaniards have offered to remedy the situation. Why does the problem still exist? Could the elected officials actually be standing in the way of progress?

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Caption 37 [es]: Pero si no tenía que poner dinero tampoco... ¿Cómo es?
Caption 37 [en]: But if he didn't have to put any money in either... How is it?

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