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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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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Se puede dudar que la educación contribuya directamente a mejorar la vida de las personas. ¿Pero una persona educada es más proclive a cuidar del medio ambiente? Un hombre así lo cree y ha empezado un projecto en el que grupos de vecinos se reúnen para enseñar y aprender para el bien de “la gente y la tierra”.

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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 7 [es]: el hecho de que la gente,
Caption 7 [en]: the fact that people,

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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 21 [es]: pero la gente, que las conocemos por dentro nos preguntamos:
Caption 21 [en]: but those of us who know them from the inside ask ourselves:

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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 27 [es]: Hay gente que podría trabajar y no quieren trabajar.
Caption 27 [en]: There are people who could work and don't want to work.

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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 71 [es]: las multitudes de gente, el estrés, el no parar...
Caption 71 [en]: the multitudes of people, the stress, the not stopping...

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

The film crew met with a team from Ayuda en Acción, and it appears that its organizational heart is in the right place. Yet, despite the presence of over five hundred NGOs working to improve the lot of Nicaragua’s poor, their plight worsens every year. Many local activists and intellectuals do not trust the non-profits, and accuse them of having their own enrichment as concern numero uno.

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Caption 51 [es]: La gente parece no estar contenta con las ONGs.
Caption 51 [en]: The people seem not to be happy with the NGOs.

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