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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Felipe Calderón is running for president of Mexico as the candidate of PAN, Partido Acción Nacional. “The National Action Party” is also the party of Mexico’s current president, Vicente Fox. Felipe’s campaign slogan? Para que Vivamos Mejor, “So we can live better.” We know there must a word play parody of this phrase, but we haven’t found it yet!

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Karla y Fernando hablan de música

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Karla and Fernando discuss some differences between two types of traditional Mexican music: mariachi and bolero, pondering the occasions for which each might be better suited.

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Caption 34 [es]: podríamos hablar de {bolero.} -El mariachi combina mejor
Caption 34 [en]: we could talk about bolero. -Mariachi goes better

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El profe presenta - ¡Un poco de mí!

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Julián Martínez will tell us a bit about himself, including how he grew up between Mexico and the United States and came to be a teacher at various levels and institutions.

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Caption 56 [es]: pero ahora siento que tengo lo mejor de las dos culturas.
Caption 56 [en]: but now I feel like I have the best of both cultures.

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Historia mexicana - Cultura y la unión de dos mundos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

With the Spaniards' arrival to Tenochtitlán, Mexican culture as we know it began to emerge with their racial, cultural and spiritual merging with the diverse pre-Hispanic inhabitants of those lands. The Concheros dances about which native Mexican, Alfredo Martinez, speaks to us, are just one representation of this fusion.

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Caption 79 [es]: a un mejor mundo,
Caption 79 [en]: to a better world,

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Verónica - "Reprogramación psicocorporal"

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico, Miami

Veronica explains to us about a type of therapy that she calls, "psychocorporal reprogramming," which aims to maintain balance within human beings by adjusting how much emphasis is given to their different needs at various times in their lives.

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Caption 58 [es]: para sentirnos mejor y ayudar a nuestros hijos?
Caption 58 [en]: to feel better and help our kids?

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Xóchitl - Vida en Monterrey

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Xochitl from Monterrey, Mexico tells us about how the recent surge in violent crime in Mexico and in her area in particular affects the way that Mexican citizens live their lives.

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Caption 26 [es]: a lo mejor lo estoy po'... poniendo demasiado fatalista, pero...
Caption 26 [en]: perhaps I am ma'... making it look too fatalistic, but...

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de Obrador

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Political campaigns are tough (and they can get even tougher after the voting). In this video documenting Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidential race, we learn some of the tricks of the trade in Mexico.

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Caption 54 [es]: "La mejor campaña" dijo, "es la del pueblo"
Caption 54 [en]: "The best campaign," he said, "is the people"

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Tu Rock es Votar - Armando - Part 1

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.

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Caption 58 [es]: Mejor, en vez de quejarte, haz algo."
Caption 58 [en]: It would be better, instead of complaining, for you to do something."

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - En campaña

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.

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Caption 24 [es]: "La mejor campaña" dijo, "es la del pueblo."
Caption 24 [en]: "The best campaign" he said, "is that of the people."

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

If you find it unusual that a farmer is comparing compensation for his land with the cost of presidential bath linens, you are clearly not aware of the toallagate scandal that rocked Vicente Fox’s administration and led to resignations at Los Pinos. We’re not sure what kind of towel US $400 buys, but it best be pretty darned afelpado is all we can say!

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Caption 35 [es]: No, y si no mejor me muero y no dejo mi tierra.
Caption 35 [en]: No, it would be best for me to die and not leave my land.

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Can the forced displacement of families ever be justified? This is a question that knows no borders as governments seek out locations for new highways, hospitals, universities, and, especially, airports. The people of Atenco, Mexico, argue against plans to put one on their farmlands.

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Caption 46 [es]: Pues mejor que se aguarde [sic] su dinero.
Caption 46 [en]: Well, it's better if he keeps his money.

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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Harvard-educated Felipe Calderón, who the New York Times calls “a dapper man who speaks with all the fire of an economist,” is perceived as the safe, business-friendly presidential candidate. This video carefully cultivates a persona antithetical to the rougher-hewn López Obrador.

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Caption 87 [es]: ¡Los mexicanos merecemos lo mejor: Felipe Calderón!
Caption 87 [en]: Mexicans deserve the best: Felipe Calderón!

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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Does Felipe Calderón love his children? We are quite sure that he does. If this promotional video for the possible heir to fellow PANista Vicente Foxe seems to you to have a “North of the border” slickness, it may not be simply coincidental.

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Caption 28 [es]: el tiempo que está entregando para hacer un mejor país.
Caption 28 [en]: the time that he is giving, to make a better country.

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