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Escuela Don Quijote - Jesús Baz

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Jesús Baz is the Director of Studies at the Don Quijote spanish school in lovely Salamanca, Spain. A true salmantino, Jesús has a real pride for his city, which is home to some of Europe’s oldest universities and has a very strong intellectual tradition. The school itself, in a beautiful old building that was formerly a convent, also houses a popular student café.

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Caption 8 [es]: y la gente nos aprecia por nuestra seriedad, nuestra calidad...
Caption 8 [en]: and people appreciate us for our seriousness, our quality...

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Burgos - Caminando

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Carlos and Angeles are a young couple from Burgos, located about an hour and a half north of Madrid, a city that dates back to 884! The surrounding province is also known as Burgos, and tucked inside it is an equally historical town known as Lerma, which is where we meet up for a walk and conversation.

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Caption 44 [es]: ver que viene gente aquí, a... a nuestra ciudad,
Caption 44 [en]: to see that people come here, to... to our city,

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Maestra en Madrid - Nuria y amigo

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

We happened upon Pipita on the sidewalk in Madrid and she introduced us to her traveling companion, Nuria Gonzales. Nuria hails from Asturias, in the north of Spain, but now teaches Spanish at a university in the USA. Lucky for us, they both agreed to an on-the-spot exclusive interview.

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Caption 38 [es]: la gente parece que siempre tiene prisa...
Caption 38 [en]: people seem to always be in a hurry...

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - En campaña

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Enjoying almost full support by his party as their presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador stepped down from his post as Mayor of Mexico City, aka D.F. (Distrito Federal) to campaign for the presidency of Mexico in the 2006 elections against Felipe Calderón.

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Caption 26 [es]: convenciendo a más gente y no dejándose aplastar por el poder del día.
Caption 26 [en]: convincing more people and not letting the power of the day crush you.

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

If you find it unusual that a farmer is comparing compensation for his land with the cost of presidential bath linens, you are clearly not aware of the toallagate scandal that rocked Vicente Fox’s administration and led to resignations at Los Pinos. We’re not sure what kind of towel US $400 buys, but it best be pretty darned afelpado is all we can say!

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Caption 29 [es]: No pues, ahora sí que nomás se burla de la gente como nosotros.
Caption 29 [en]: No, well, this time he's only making fun of people like us.

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La Cocaleros - Personas y políticas - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Bolivia

Evo Morales was a Bolivian congressman at the time of filming in 2004. At the time he was best known as an advocate and unofficial representative of traditional coca farmers, who are, for the most part, poor and marginalized. Today this indigenous politician and one-time farmer himself is best known for being president of Bolivia.

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Caption 38 [es]: que la gente no quiere...
Caption 38 [en]: that people don't want it...

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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Harvard-educated Felipe Calderón, who the New York Times calls “a dapper man who speaks with all the fire of an economist,” is perceived as the safe, business-friendly presidential candidate. This video carefully cultivates a persona antithetical to the rougher-hewn López Obrador.

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Caption 31 [es]: porque sabíamos que teníamos que ganar la batalla con la gente
Caption 31 [en]: because we knew we had to win the battle along with people

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Omar Viscaya - Cambio total - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Hugo Chávez is divisive figure in Venezuela, as he is the world over, but the enthusiasm he generates amongst a large and vocal segment of the population is undeniable. Omar Vizcaya is a Chávez supporter, and was kind enough to agree to share some of his thoughts and ideas about the current situation.

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Caption 28 [es]: La gente comienza... este... a hacer sus respectivos trabajos, generan empleos,
Caption 28 [en]: People start... mm... to do their respective jobs, they generate jobs,

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Skampida - Gustavo y David

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Take it from the boys in Skampida, the best ways to learn a language are 1) to watch a lot of tv (yabla!) and 2) to find yourself a native girlfriend/boyfriend! Skampida is one of the best bands ever from Bogotá, and we caught up with them while they were spending some time hangeando in The Big Manzana.

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Caption 4 [es]: ¿Cómo están mi gente?
Caption 4 [en]: How are you my people?

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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 22 [es]: que la gente realmente las necesite.
Caption 22 [en]: that people really need.

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Juanes - A Dios le pido

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Born Juan Esteban Aristizabal in Medellin, Colombia, Juanes may become the first musician to “crossover” (winning fame in the English speaking world) without ever bothering to release an album, nay, even a song, in English! A Dios le pido, “I ask God,” has been on the top of the charts in 12 countries on three continents, and spent 47 weeks in Billboard’s Latin Tracks chart.

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Caption 15 [es]: Que mi pueblo no derrame tanta sangre y se levante mi gente
Caption 15 [en]: That my people do not spill so much blood and they raise themselves up

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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 71 [es]: las multitudes de gente, el estrés, el no parar...
Caption 71 [en]: the multitudes of people, the stress, the not stopping...

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

The film crew met with a team from Ayuda en Acción, and it appears that its organizational heart is in the right place. Yet, despite the presence of over five hundred NGOs working to improve the lot of Nicaragua’s poor, their plight worsens every year. Many local activists and intellectuals do not trust the non-profits, and accuse them of having their own enrichment as concern numero uno.

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Caption 51 [es]: La gente parece no estar contenta con las ONGs.
Caption 51 [en]: The people seem not to be happy with the NGOs.

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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 42 [es]: Son gente muy hospitalaria y tranquila aunque en la conducción
Caption 42 [en]: They are very hospitable and easy going people although driving

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Federico Kauffman Doig - Arqueólogo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

Federico Kauffman Doig began his career at the Museo Rafael Larco Herrera as a security guard. Today he is president of that institution and one of the world’s most respected archeologists, as well as a delightful and engaging speaker! This program originally appeared on Televisión Nacional del Perú as part of the esteemed artistic series, Presencia Cultural.

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Caption 45 [es]: Pero eso es lo que la gente creía, y él simplemente repetía.
Caption 45 [en]: But that's what people believed, and he simply repeated.

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