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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

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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 35 [es]: y otro porque se metió a una casa a robar una llanta de bicicleta.
Caption 35 [en]: and the other one because he broke into a house to steal a bicycle tire.

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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 53 [es]: Esta casa a unas horas al día se convierte en escuela.
Caption 53 [en]: This house, some hours per day, becomes a school.

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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 15 [es]: Esta casa no tenía nada que ver con las casas de mi país.
Caption 15 [en]: This house had nothing to do with the houses in my country.

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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 39 [es]: y a dormir en la casa de un nicaragüense.
Caption 39 [en]: and to sleep at the house of a Nicaraguan.

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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 29 [es]: en el trabajo, en la casa,
Caption 29 [en]: at work, at home,

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Do those who control the wealth in a society also dictate its desires? In this segment we’re able to listen in on the discourse of Spanish intellectuals critical of the modern consumer culture, which they see as something of a Svengali-like oppressor and manipulator of the masses.

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Caption 72 [es]: de la gestión de la casa ¿no?
Caption 72 [en]: of household management, no?

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Reducir, reutilizar, y reciclar: most of us have heard it in English, and here we hear it in Spanish. These women explain to us the “three R's” to combat the excessive amount of waste that we generate.

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Caption 8 [es]: qué tipo de productos son los que nos llevamos para casa...
Caption 8 [en]: what kind of products are we taking home...

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Control Machete - El Apostador

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

An apostador is anyone who makes a wager. Control Machete’s "El Apostador" comes off their album Uno, Dos. This exquisitely animated video backs up the song’s tale of have and have not. It must be your lucky day, because we’re betting that you are going to learn something!

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Caption 4 [es]: Casa voy a empeñar
Caption 4 [en]: House I'm going to pawn

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Café Tacvba - Mediodía

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Mexico

Medio signifies “half,” and so of course mediodía comes around at 12 o’clock noon (“half day”). Café Tacuba’s Rubén Albarrán ponders another perfect sunshine midday and wonders why he is has no one with whom to share it. Live concert video! (See Rubén’s guest appearance in Inspector’s video for the tune "Amnesia".)

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Caption 16 [es]: la vista desde mi casa este sábado
Caption 16 [en]: the view from my house this Saturday

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Rafael T. - Viaje al norte

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Guatemala

Marriage and children bring with them needs and responsiblities that a soltero doesn’t have. Rafael hopes to grow his small pharmacy into a cadena of drug stores that he can use to benefit his wife and kids. To raise the necessary capital, Rafael is working abroad for a few years.

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Caption 10 [es]: porque a veces por necesidades cuando uno se casa,
Caption 10 [en]: because sometimes due to needs when you marry,

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Bloque - Nena

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Colombia

What if you took a bunch of musical aces from Bogotá and asked them to cook up a picante take on the Led Zeppelin classic “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You”? Wonder no longer…

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Caption 16 [es]: Una voz que me dice: Vuelve a casa, vuelve acá
Caption 16 [en]: A voice telling me: come back home, come back here

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Taimur - Taimur canta

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Venezuela

Recently the song "Mesa Que Más Aplauda" from the Mexican group Climax had reached coastal Venezuela and was blasting from every bootleg music kiosk and bus stereo. Its catchy, inane, meaningless refrain za za za, yakuza, yakuza was on the lips of every impressionable child from 5 to 50. Taimur was no exception (nor were we!)

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Caption 1 [es]: ¿Ya me ve? Yo, yo tengo una... una casa...
Caption 1 [en]: You see me now? I, I have a... a house...

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Disputas - La Extraña Dama - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

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Gloria and Majo are still on the same job but inhabit different planets. Meanwhile Melina connives to plant seeds of desertion in Gala’s unsuspecting head…

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Caption 26 [es]: Está buena la casa, ¿eh?
Caption 26 [en]: The house is nice, huh?

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Disputas - La Extraña Dama - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

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Goods and services that show up on our urban doorsteps are the ultimate in convenience. Latin Americans love el delivery as much as anyone, maybe even moreso.

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Caption 11 [es]: de nosotras ir a la... a la casa de los clientes y eso?
Caption 11 [en]: about us going to... to our customer's houses and so?

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Zulbany - Trip to Merida

Difficulty: Adv Beginner

Venezuela

Sometimes it’s nearly impossible to understand younger folks speaking in a language that’s not native to you, and other times it’s extremely easy. Luckily, Zulbany falls into the latter category! Let’s listen while she tells us about her trip to Mérida, up in the Andes.

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Caption 12 [es]: nos vinimos para la casa.
Caption 12 [en]: we came back home.

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