Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
The game of brisca uses 40 cards known as the “Spanish deck.” One aspect of play involves using body language to reveal your hand to your partner. This is why the gentleman says “we blink an eye and we do like this…” He is making a joke about this body language/cards relationship when he says “your head aches when you have the ace of oros.”
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
The feisty Sevillian María La Mala Rodriquez talks about her career as a Spanish hip-hop artist. True to her “southern” roots, she often drops her “s” sounds, the way Carolina mentions in her clip on the various accents of Spain.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Patricia talks about ways to stay active in Coro, Venezuela, patrimonio cultural de la humanidad. She enjoys the gym and classes in Tae Bo, an exercise phenomenon that seems to know no political boundaries. She also enjoys going out on Friday nights with friends to the local disco. As far as boys go, it seems a young man named Leopaldo is winning the race to her heart…
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Medical student Patricia Martí tells us about the study she is conducting in the village of Adícora. The study is a look at the incidence of skin problems caused by sun exposure in this town where many people work outdoors, including quite a few fishermen.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Patricia will soon be a full-fledged doctor of medicine, but first she must complete the internship she is doing in the rural Venezuelan community of Charaima, on the Peninsula de Paraguaná. She tells us a little bit about the road she’s travelled to get to this point in her academic career.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
In a time of pretty sharp political divide in Venezuela, Patricia, gives a frank middle-of-the-road explanation of the current political climate and her place in the country’s politics as apolitica.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
From Reus, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Cristina tells us why she moved from Barcelona to this beautiful city and what makes it so special.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Ecuador
Naty takes us to discover Quito's metro, a modern and efficient public transportation system. Let's listen to some details about it and find out why it's considered a comfortable and safe way to get around the Ecuadorian capital.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Mexico
In this part of the documentary, writer and journalist Juan Villoro offers a reflection on the current state of Mexican society and the need for a new generation of Mexicans to emerge.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Ecuador
We meet with Pipo in the countryside to pick blackberries. At the same time we listen to some recommendations about what to keep in mind during this task.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Mexico
In this part, writer and journalist Juan Villoro reflects on violence in Mexico, concluding with a message of hope from iconic singer Chavela Vargas.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
Let's hear Maoli explain the Catatumbo lightening or "Maracaibo Beacon," a unique and impressive meteorological phenomenon that takes place only in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Ecuador
Artisans from San Rafael de la Laguna, Ecuador, who specialize in crafts made with cattails, show us some of the many products they produce while telling us about some nuances of working with this material.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Ecuador
Priscilla Rivera introduces us to the community of San Rafael, a hundred kilometers from Quito, where locals engage in an ancestral activity based on the totora plant. Let's hear more details about it.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Professor Joan Martínez Manent clues us in about additional historical sites in Tarragona and tells us a fascinating story called The Burial of the Cat, which can be seen carved into the Tarragona Cathedral's cloister.
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