Fermín interviews Cristina Martínez, the lead singer of the band El Columpio Asesino [The Killer Swing] from Navarra, Spain. After some brief introductory questions, Cristina talks about why the group has decided to break up at the peak of their success.

From their farewell tour, El Columpio Asesino's [The Killer Swing's] lead singer Cristina talks about what the band has meant to her, the formats for their final dates and her mixed feelings about the band's dissolution.

In the third part of her interview from her farewell tour, Cristina from the group El Columpio Asesino [The Killer Swings] talks to us about what she and the band will miss the most about performing and hanging out together and to whom they are dedicating their final performances.

In this fourth part of Fermín's interview with Cristina from El Columpio Asesino [The Killer Swings], she explains what her daily life is like outside of the band and addresses the possibility of future, post-band projects.

In this last part of the interview with Cristina from the music group El Columpio Asesino (The Killer Swing), we will discover some of her memories from the old days, including some very special ones that include her lifelong friend Fermín.

Are you familiar with the Spanish expression that can be literally translated as "to be with two candles"? Find out the meaning of this and more frequently used Spanish idiomatic expressions that Fermín has compiled for your learning pleasure.

Fermín teaches us more colorful idiomatic phrases in Spanish to recognize and put into practice.

Can you guess the English equivalents of common Spanish idiomatic phrases that literally mean things like "to come from pearls," "from the milk" and "even in the soup"? Let's find out from our friend Fermín, who will both explain them and use them in context.

On a trip with his mother-in-law to the Fuengirola street market, Fermín takes the opportunity to point out the wide array of products that are sold there and shows us what she ends up purchasing.

Meet Juan Luis Quiroga, an oenologist at Pablo Quiroga Winery in Rioja, Spain who explains to us a bit about the types of wine produced there as well as the production process.

Libia from the Castell D'age Winery in the Penedès region of Catalonia, Spain shares with us about the industry and production of some of Spain's great cavas and wines.

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!

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.

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.

Federico Kauffman Doig began his career at the Museo Rafael Larco Herrera as a security guard. Today he is president of that institution and one of the world’s most respected archeologists, as well as a delightful and engaging speaker! This program originally appeared on Televisión Nacional del Perú as part of the esteemed artistic series, Presencia Cultural.