Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Oye, Vivanativa puts the effee in funky! This grupo boricua has been taking the island, and now the world, like a category five hurricane heading straight for San Juan.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain
José Peñafiel, a member of the brotherhood in Tobarra, Spain, a municipality in the Albacete province, explains to us about some of its famous Holy Week observances.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Manuel Rosales attempted to become the next president of Venezuela. He had the support of much of the middle class, the upper class, and even some of the lower class, but in the end the populist appeal of Victor Hugo Chavez was just too big of a hurdle. Don’t feel too bad for Manuel, he is still governor of the state of Zulia.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Born in New York but raised primarily in Puerto Rico, Victor Manuelle is identified primarily with salsa romantica and salsa monga. Discovered by salsa superstar Gilberto Santa Rosa at a high school graduation party where Manuelle jumped on the stage, Victor has gone on to become one of the best-selling salsa performers of recent years.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Our friend Victor from Venezuela speaks to us from FITUR, Madrid's international tourism trade fair, about this exciting event and the "industry of happiness."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Have you heard of La Boquería Market? Victor kicks off his video series from Barcelona, Spain, from there, Catalonia's largest and most popular market.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
From Barcelona, Spain, Víctor tells us the story of the famous "Catedral del Mar," an ancient church from the Middle Ages on which the author Ildefonso Falcones based his homonymous novel and which, in turn, inspired the series on Netflix.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
This time, we accompany Víctor to the emblematic Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, visiting even the suite in which renowned artist Salvador Dalí slept and received visitors.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain, Venezuela
Let's join Victor on a tour around one of Barcelona's oldest, liveliest, and most diverse neighborhoods: El Raval, where renowned painter Pablo Picasso once resided!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Our friend Víctor has gone to Barcelona to learn a bit about the history of Admiral Christopher Columbus and the emblematic sites that he inspired. Let's join him on this tour that starts from the Hotel Colón.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Victor continues his Columbus-themed tour, this time, at the Christopher Columbus monument built for Barcelona's Universal Exposition in 1888.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
From Tinnell Hall in the Plaza del Rey [King's Square] in Barcelona, where Columbus met with King Ferdinand just four months following an assassination attempt on this monarch's life, Victor shares with us more interesting historical facts about Christopher Columbus.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Once upon a time, the Roman emperor Augustus made the wonderful city of Tarragona, in Andalusia, the capital of the Roman Empire. Victor tells us more about the history of this enchanting city.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Did you know that Antonio Gaudí had a reputation as a great mystic who is currently on a list to be canonized? Don't miss out on hearing more about these and other interesting details about the life— and death— of this extraordinary architect.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Despite a lot of recent, negative publicity surrounding Venezuela's political and economic crises, there are many wonderful things about this country and its capital city of Caracas. Join our host, Victor Diaz, as he shows us one of its iconic sites, Plaza Francia and its obelisk.
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