Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Doctor Leonardo Suárez, who practices general medicine with an emphasis on general, obstetric and gynecological surgery, talks to us about some of the most commonly seen diseases in his local population in Otavalo, Ecuador, as well as some of their causes.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
When Diego fractures his arm playing soccer, his doctor gives him some advice for treatment.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
The doctor continues to counsel Diego with physical and emotional tips for healing his fractured collarbone.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
After noticing some strange lesions around his mouth, Leonid Friga consults with and receives advice from his doctor.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Ecuador
Nurses Nati and Pame give us a wealth of useful information regarding high blood pressure.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Ecuador
Ecuadorian dentist, Estefania Losa, gives parents some tips about how to prevent cavities in their children.
Difficulty: Beginner
Argentina
In the face of blind passion and desire, it’s fairly safe to say that even P.T. Barnum himself was probably a sucker for love. Los Pericos knows first hand the pain that can follow a heart first plunge into the romantic abyss. Sure, they claim to be over it now, but we’re not sure if we altogether believe it…
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
What was Colombia like before Pablo Escobar burst onto the scene? Find out in the introduction to this documentary in which key figures from the era reveal details about one of the country's darkest historical chapters.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Renowned journalists and even one of the nation's ex-Presidents weigh in on what the atmosphere was like in Colombia during the times in which the cartels began to acquire massive power.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Experts on Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar [The Times of Pablo Escobar] tell about the formation of the infamous "Muerte a Secuestradores" [Death to Kidnappers], or MAS, a Colombian paramilitary group formed in the eighties with the goal of combatting kidnapping as well as furthering the interests of their supporters: Colombian drug cartels, politicians, U.S. corporations, and wealthy landowners.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Let's continue to examine the context in which Pablo Escobar began to rise to unparalleled power and the way in which Colombian society initially condoned this provincial man who was beginning to amass a drug trafficking fortune.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
As Pablo Escobar's popularity continues to soar to the point of being worshipped like a God in Colombia, he continues to publicly deny his drug trafficking ties.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
By acting like a kind of Robin Hood who helped the poor in his city, Pablo Escobar had a great deal of social and political impact on Colombian society.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Politics seduced many power-hungry drug traffickers in Colombia, and Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder were just two of the criminals who successfully burst onto the political scene.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
As Escobar makes public in the Congress of the Republic his opposition to the United States-Colombia Extradition Treaty, journalists like Guillermo Cano and public figures such as the Minister of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, begin to become more vocal about their opposition to him.
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