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Patricia Marti - Perspectiva Política

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

In a time of pretty sharp political divide in Venezuela, Patricia, gives a frank middle-of-the-road explanation of the current political climate and her place in the country’s politics as apolitica.

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Caption 3 [es]: mi opinión es bastante, como decir abstracta.
Caption 3 [en]: my opinion is quite, you might say, abstract.

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Patricia Marti - Estudios Médicos - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Patricia will soon be a full-fledged doctor of medicine, but first she must complete the internship she is doing in the rural Venezuelan community of Charaima, on the Peninsula de Paraguaná. She tells us a little bit about the road she’s travelled to get to this point in her academic career.

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Caption 20 [es]: como íbamos a hacer el trabajo de tesis aquí en Adícora,
Caption 20 [en]: since we were going to work on our thesis here in Adícora,

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Patricia Marti - Diversión y Ejercicio

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Patricia talks about ways to stay active in Coro, Venezuela, patrimonio cultural de la humanidad. She enjoys the gym and classes in Tae Bo, an exercise phenomenon that seems to know no political boundaries. She also enjoys going out on Friday nights with friends to the local disco. As far as boys go, it seems a young man named Leopaldo is winning the race to her heart…

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Caption 4 [es]: Así como en otros países, que hay muchas discotecas y reventones y fiestas...
Caption 4 [en]: The way [it is] in other countries, there are a lot of discotheques and big blowouts and parties...

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Cocinas Peruanas - Short Film - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

The inhabitants of the first village where special stoves were installed experienced a marked improvement in their respiratory health. Word quickly spread to a nearby community which then made the change over to the new technology. As the materials are inexpensive, it should not be difficult to get all of Peru to switch to the new stoves.

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Caption 27 [es]: algo así como treinta millones de dólares.
Caption 27 [en]: something like thirty million dollars.

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Cocinas Peruanas - Short Film - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

Most people agree that there’s nothing quite like a tasty wood-fired grill, but because the traditional stove of the Peruvian highlands lacks adequate ventilation of the home and kitchen, serious health problems can arise. A team of researchers have identified this unique regional problem and worked with a clever team of engineers to design an affordable and elegant safer alternative that will be accepted and used by the local people.

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Caption 41 [es]: ¿Cómo no ha conocido esta cocina mucho más antes?
Caption 41 [en]: How didn't she know about this stove before?

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Vivanativa - Si tú me quieres

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.

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Caption 12 [es]: Sé que te mueres como yo
Caption 12 [en]: I know you're dying like me

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Does broadcast media really have a responsiblity to promote and defend human rights? Or is it to simply make shows that people like and that attract ratings? Several Nicaraguan journalists and media producers discuss these ideas in a round table discussion.

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Caption 45 [es]: ¿Cómo hacemos los medios de comunicación para crear ese balance...
Caption 45 [en]: What should we the media do to create that balance...

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Viewer Discretion Advised

Does graphic and violence-ridden television news that presents the worst aspects of a society also bring out the worst in its audience? Our filmmaker seems to think so, and believes that it is young viewers who pay the price when spectacle trumps thoughtful analysis and measured presentation.

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Caption 5 [es]: Estos niños visten como americanos.
Caption 5 [en]: These kids dress like Americans.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

That literacy will directly contribute to the health and well being of a people few can doubt. But are a literate people more likely to care for the environment? One man thinks so, and has started a grassroots neighbors teaching neighbors project for the good of both la gente y la tierra.

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Caption 41 [es]: ¿Cómo se llama? -Marcos ¿no? -Marcos.
Caption 41 [en]: What's your name? -Marcos, isn't it? -Marcos.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Trying to figure out why he wouldn’t approve the water project, the filmmakers try to track down the mayor, but they can’t find him at home. They do find children with containers making the trek to the water source from home and back.

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Caption 13 [es]: Como no nos atendieron, tal como vinimos, nos fuimos.
Caption 13 [en]: As nobody came to meet us, just as we arrived, we left.

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Continuing their trip through Nicaragua, Planas’ film crew stops in San Nicolás and discusses the lack of potable water. A group of Spaniards have offered to remedy the situation. Why does the problem still exist? Could the elected officials actually be standing in the way of progress?

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Caption 37 [es]: Pero si no tenía que poner dinero tampoco... ¿Cómo es?
Caption 37 [en]: But if he didn't have to put any money in either... How is it?

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Joan Planas’ documentary, Con ánimo de lucro (With Intent to Profit), launches with a list of the UN’s objectives for development in the new millennium. While the UN plan calls for cutting poverty in half by 2015, it’s off to a terrible start. So we’re off to explore what’s gone wrong in Nicaragua, one of the countries with the most NGOs and the highest levels of poverty in Latin America.

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Caption 48 [es]: ¿Cómo nos van a recibir en el pueblo?
Caption 48 [en]: How will the town receive us?

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Federico Kauffman Doig - Arqueólogo - Part 4

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 16 [es]: Las nuevas investigaciones, como por ejemplo la...
Caption 16 [en]: The new investigations, like for example the...

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Can a consumer-driven market be replaced by an informed system of mutual cooperation by a like-minded populace? Is the market always at odds with the well being of the planet? Is it true that otro mundo es possible? Let’s find out what some experts think…

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Caption 64 [es]: como lo ha defendido históricamente, con uñas y dientes
Caption 64 [en]: the same way they have defended historically, tooth and nail

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Comercio Justo, or “Fair Trade” products are often seen in “socially conscious” retailers like health and “whole” food shops. It presents a novel approach to doing business that takes into account social and environmental factors in its pricing to consumers and directly compensates commodity food producers, like coffee and cocoa farmers. Here proponents explain the philosophy from several different vantage points.

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Caption 1 [es]: Hoy en día prácticamente son como casi tres multinacionales
Caption 1 [en]: Nowadays there are pretty much something like three multinationals

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