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.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
This time, Victor takes us on a tour of Caracas's most impressive shopping center, the Centro Comercial Ciudad Tamanaco [Tamanaco City Shopping Center]. Built in nineteen seventy-six to showcase Caracas as one of Latin American's most avant-garde cities, the complex experienced its heyday in the seventies and eighties but still retains its spendor today.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
From Caracas, Venezuela, a longtime portrayer of Santa Claus at Christmastime shares with us how he originally fell into the job and what it means to him.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
Our friend Victor Diaz from Caracas, Venezuela, introduces us to Judith Zuniaga, the director of the the Suma Deportes [Suma Sports] club, who tells us about its unique approach to the sport of swimming.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
Víctor Díaz takes us to a beautiful little town called Galipán, located forty minutes away from Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Peru
Peruvian artist Víctor Lima, a.k.a. The Voice of the Future, performs his song "La chica perfecta" [The Perfect Girl] to the rhythm of the merengue. Enjoy!
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Brazil
Surprised to find two Brazilian singers on this site? Native Portuguese speakers Victor & Leo compose, play, arrange and produce their own music in Spanish, too. They’re multi-talented—and they’re not the first Brazilians to jump into their neighbors’ language and market.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Argentina
Argentinean singer/songwriter Vincentico was part of the acclaimed group, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, before becoming a solo artist in 2001. His cover of the poignant song, "Los Caminos de la Vida" [The Roads of Life], was released as a part of his second solo album, "Los Rayos" [The Rays] in 2004 and speaks to the fact that the reality of life is often different from what we expected.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Mexico
Also known as the “The King of Ranchera Music,” Vicente Fernández is a retired singer, film producer and actor from Mexico who is considered a symbol of Latin American culture. Released in 1989, “Por Tu Maldito Amor” [Because of Your Damn Love] is the title track from his fifteenth studio album, which topped the Billboard Regional Mexican Album chart for 21 straight weeks.
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