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Tu Rock es Votar - Armando - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Could it be that the “Tu Rock es Votar” campaign resulted in a closer Mexican 2006 election, one that ironically left the youth feeling more disillusioned than ever? Felipe Calderón Hinojosa edged out Andrés Manuel López Obrador by such a thin margin that the losing side demanded a total recount, which was not granted. The ensuing cloud surrounding the election left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Mexicans.

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Caption 53 [es]: El setenta por ciento de los jóvenes entre diecinueve y treinta y cuatro años no votó.
Caption 53 [en]: Seventy percent of young people between nineteen and thirty-four haven't voted.

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Deportes en Adícora - Carlos

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Carlos is a fine artist and an athlete who, when not painting a canvas, can be found sailing windsurfers and kites from his little guest house on the breezy south beach in Adícora, Venezuela. We asked him if he would give us a little presentation from atop his roof. You can hear for yourself that this spot is all about one thing, el viento!

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Caption 4 [es]: Tenemos dieciocho años aquí. Mi nombre es Carlos.
Caption 4 [en]: We have been here for eighteen years. My name is Carlos.

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Rafael T. - Guatemala Hermosa

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Wicoy: como una calabaza pequeña, tal vez 15 cm de diametro, verde y blanco y es mucho mas fino que la calabaza. Para comer es parecido a un zucchetthi/zucchini. Bastante rico. (Thank you to Guatesol for info!) Rafael relates facts and myths of the natural environment in his native land.

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Caption 38 [es]: de hace unos cien, ciento diez años atrás,
Caption 38 [en]: from a hundred, one hundred and ten years ago,

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Tu Rock es Votar - Armando - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Armando David Ortigosa decided that something needed to be done to motivate the young people of Mexico to participate in its presidential election. He looked north for inspiration, where the “Rock the Vote” campaign used pop stars to try and get young voters to the polls. The Mexican equivalent became known as Tu Rock Es Votar.

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Caption 7 [es]: Eh... y la idea de empezar "Tu rock es votar" surgió hace aproximadamente dos años.
Caption 7 [en]: Uh... and the idea of starting "Your rock is to vote" came up approximately two years ago.

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Imagine the shock to Natalia’s parents when they first saw another couple on the TV claiming that she was their child. Unfortunately, such a thing was not, in fact, entirely impossible. A blood test, however, proved the sad couple wrong. Natalia’s starring role in Ricos Y Famosos would soon bring Natalia, and her actual mom and dad, back to the top of the world.

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Caption 38 [es]: y después de veinte años aparece alguien
Caption 38 [en]: and after twenty years someone appears

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Baile Folklórico de Puerto Rico - Los Bailarines

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Nelly Ocacia and Benjamín Moldonado are both 19-year-old university students, and enjoy dancing with the Ballet Folklórico Guamanique when not studying. We caught up with them at the airport in San Juan, where they were welcoming new arrivals and seeing off departing passengers, much to the delight of travelers.

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Caption 2 [es]: Tengo diecinueve años.
Caption 2 [en]: I'm nineteen years old.

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Playa Adícora - Francisco - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

A little spot to build, to create, to listen to the sea, what more do any of us really need? Francisco takes a beautiful public space and makes it his own through conservation, beautification, and an open invitation to all to come, enjoy and treat nature’s work with care and respect.

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Caption 60 [es]: A lo mejor, no sé, dentro de veinte años,
Caption 60 [en]: Maybe, I don't know, in twenty years,

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Dhira - La Noche

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Dhira brings a heavy Hindu and Indian influence to the European club scene’s take on American hip-hop and club music. These late night party animals are said to be vegetarians who enjoy cheese sandwiches when they are not busy rapping.

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Caption 28 [es]: Llevo muchos años en la noche, la verdad
Caption 28 [en]: I've been in the night for many years, it's true

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

As it turns out the young Arturo Vega, Mexican emigré actor and artist in New York, lived below a girl who was seeing a young man named Douglas Glenn Colvin (who would come to be known as “Dee Dee Ramone”). The two visionaries got to talking…

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Caption 18 [es]: Desde cuando yo vi a Elvis Presley cuando tenía ocho años en Chihuahua.
Caption 18 [en]: Since I saw Elvis Presley when I was eight years old in Chihuahua.

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Nuyorican Café - Baile Salsa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Deep in the heart of Old San Juan you can hear live salsa music playing most any night at the Nuyorican Cafe. We stepped into the alley for a breather and had a little chat with two lovely salseras to get an insider view of what brings them back to the dance floor night after night.

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Caption 24 [es]: ¿Cuándo yo empecé a bailar? Cuando tenía... como... diez años.
Caption 24 [en]: When did I start to dance? When I was... about... ten years old.

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Amigos D.F. - Consejos para la calle

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Are you ever confused about what to say to other pedestrians? Our Mexico City friends Miguel, Anvar and David have agreed to pass on a few tips regarding what to say, and when, as we navigate the streets and sidewalks of the habla hispana (the Spanish speaking world).

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Caption 2 [es]: Tengo veintiún años y soy estudiante de negocios internacionales.
Caption 2 [en]: I'm twenty-one years old and I'm a student of international business.

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Tierra Envenenada - Desminando - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Honduras, Nicaragua

The effort to de-mine Central America is truly an international one, with assistance coming from the U.S., Germany, Spain, France, England, Japan, Canada and Sweden (who’s ambassador is featured here, speaking eloquent Spanish). Also we hear from soldiers on the pleasure of serving a mission of peace, as opposed to one of war.

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Caption 29 [es]: Después que Nicaragua sufrió una guerra civil de aproximadamente diez años...
Caption 29 [en]: After Nicaragua suffered a civil war of approximately ten years...

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuba as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

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Caption 6 [es]: Yo desde chavita a los doce años, trece,
Caption 6 [en]: Since I was a little kid, at twelve, thirteen years old

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 2

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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Caption 2 [es]: Es de quienes, por años,
Caption 2 [en]: It belongs to those who, for years,

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Uruguay

When a strange man insists he is Natalia’s true father, she is oddly sympathetic, “we all know about el proceso.” But do we? The “process” is shorthand for the era of military dictatorships that engulfed the Southern Cone in the mid 70’s. During this era, untold numbers of infants of suspected “subversives” were kidnapped, often taken by police or military members to raise as their own.

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Caption 13 [es]: Todos los años mi personaje era más importante.
Caption 13 [en]: My character was more important each year.

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