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Intermediate
Peru
If you are not yet a fan of Señor Doig, you don’t have a pulse! His jungle expeditions have led to the discovery of everything from the anatomically-blessed Pinchudos statues to the giant upright mummies found in a site known as Carajía. We’re ready for an expedition!
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Intermediate
Peru
Federico Kauffman Doig has received the highest title the Peruvian government gives in honor of cultural achievment, Amauta. Sweden and Austria have also bestowed him with awards and titles. So is he ready to join the ranks of jubilados? No way! He still explores cliffs 4000 meters high and has far too many unfinished essays to even consider it for un momentito.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Ireland is one of the most important producers and exporters of seafood. People in Europe depend on it to obtain delicacies such as salmon and sea urchin.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
As Spain celebrates its 25-year anniversary as a member of the European Union, let's take a look at its evolution over those years.
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Intermediate
Spain
Produced with a combination of tradition and innovation, the first Andalusian brut, Barbadillo Beta, was born in Andalusia's Barbadillo bodegas.
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Intermediate
Spain
Open Europe covers such diverse stories as the Mediterranean Corridor, the death of Gaddafi and European poverty.
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Intermediate
Spain
When 20-year-old Jassin Gaudi arrived in Sevilla to get in touch with his Moroccan roots, he thought he wanted to be a bullfighter, but instead found his passion in flamenco, an art which sometimes emulates it.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Europa Abierta concludes this epsidode with excerpts from the movie, Fuchsia the Mini-Witch, based on a novel by Paul van Loon.
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Intermediate
Spain
The Small Business Act for Europe (SBA) is a regulation which aids Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to establish themselves more quickly, simply and with less capital than was previously possible.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Ecuador
Henry Gomez, owner of the "MS Records" recording studio, shares his memories and what a lifetime spent as a music producer in Imbabura, Ecuador means to him.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
Manuel Lucas, Technical Director of the Estepona Orchidarium, introduces us to this beautiful botanical garden for, among other things, the cultivation and exhibition of orchids.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
In the world of orchids, there are between twenty-five and thirty thousand species distributed throughout the planet, and at the Estepona Orchidarium, you will find many of them. Let's see what Manuel Lucas has to say about their vast diversity.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Argentina
Hostel Veranera in Estepona, Málaga, is a charming hostel that attracts a lot of tourists and digital nomads of all ages due its reasonable prices, communal atmosphere, and Andalusian essence.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
Vela, a word often used for “candle,” or “sail,” can also mean “wakefulness,” as in “vigilance.” It’s related to the verb velar, “to stand watch.” The name of the port city of La Vela de Coro refers not to the “sails” of merchant ships (as many assume) but rather to this town’s role as a “lookout” point for marauding pirates. One-eyed peg-legs are now less common, but the carnivalesque annual festival of Los Locos continues on.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
Most English speakers have at some time in their lives heard Donovan sing “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” but how many knew what such a man did? The woman in this video talks about a musical family that used to play the sinfonía, and indeed this is the Spanish name for the hand-crank organ known as a “hurdy gurdy.”
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