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: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Accompanied by the plumber, Lucia and Felipe finally manage to get Mister Tobias to let them into his home. And while the plumber tries to convince him to get the damp patch fixed, Lucia has other plans.
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
In order to put up their Christmas tree, Felipe and his mother must fix their home's damp patch, which seems to be coming from their neighbor's house. However, when the neighbor refuses to let them in to check, Felipe's girlfriend, Lucia, concocts a scheme that could help them gain entry.
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
When Felipe and his girlfriend's visit to his quirky next door neighbor's house does not reap the desired results, the issue with the damp patch persists, and Felipe's mother is willing to step in to resolve it.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
various
This first edition of Sonido Babel [Babel Sound] is devoted to one of the most famous Latin American musical genres: cumbia. Originally from Colombia, its rhythm and infectious energy can now be found on every corner of the earth.
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: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Kevin channels a multitude of mixed emotions, including his love for his drama teacher, into his moving impersonation of Simon Bolivar in his school play.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
Listen to the catchy pop tune "Girasol" [Sunflower] by Mexican Band Latin Monkey.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
As paramedics attend to the victims at the scene, the driver who caused the accident refuses to cooperate with police.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Felipe and Lucia are determined to fix the damp patch that could be coming from their crotchety old neighbor's home. But will he finally come to the door?
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: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
As Kevin is about to make his onstage debut as Simon Bolivar, his realizations about his feelings for his drama teacher, Miss Pizarro, have him close to tears.
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.
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