The people of the Chapare region are harassed by military coca-eradication patrols that not only destroy their crops of coca but also frequently injure, insult, and even commit atrocities. But the will of the people and the culture fight on.

Learn to cook everyday recipes you can make at home with Fermín while also improving your Spanish vocabulary. In this episode, he will make spaghetti and vegetables, a recipe that is both simple and healthy.

Fermín teaches us how to make another tasty yet easy and inexpensive home-cooked meal: oven-baked potatoes with vegetables! Let's find out its ingredients and the steps to make it.

Direct from his kitchen, Fermín tells us how to prepare a refreshing summer salad whose main ingredient is garbanzo beans. Let's find out what other ingredients this delightful recipe includes.

Greek salad with feta cheese is a classic dish that dates back to Ancient Greece. Let's find out its origin as well as the ingredients to prepare it.

Welcome to Maria's kitchen, where she'll show us how to prepare a delicious cocido, or stew, a typical Spanish dish meant for cold days. Try this easy recipe at home to experience its deliciousness!

Today, Chef Maria cooks porra, a delicious cold tomato soup that, while originally an economic dish from the Spanish countryside, can be found today in Spain's finest restaurants.

Let's join Maria in preparing an exquisite veal stew as we learn the names of the ingredients and steps to cooking it in Spanish.

Maria teaches us, step by step, how to prepare a delicious tortilla española [Spanish omelette] for yourself or your guests.

Meet Mariano Martinez, boat driver and tour guide of Port Lligat. He’ll tell you about how he got here, what the boat trip is like, but don’t ask him too many questions!!

To hear La Gusana Ciega play live we trekked to a club called Babel located in a giant mall / theme park called Mundo E, located just north of Mexico City. Come backstage with us for an exclusive interview you’ll find only here!

We skip backstage once again to get some final thoughts from La Gusana Ciega, learning a bit more about their career and personnel changes. Like many of Mexico’s popular bands today, they got their start at a Mexico City club called Cocotitlán, which is also the name of a municipality well known for its corn festival.

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.

Members of Spanish pop band La Oreja de Van Gogh, upon exceeding one million friends on Facebook, thank their fans and share a bit of their music.

Nothing’s better in the morning than a good breakfast and a good lesson! Let’s start this Yabla day with Marta and Ivana, a young lady who’s as sweet as can be.