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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 12 [es]: y hasta en varias ocasiones le cortaron la luz.
Caption 12 [en]: and in several occasions they cut the electric power.

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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 54 [es]: Intereses hasta transnacionales, internacionales...
Caption 54 [en]: Even transnational interests, international [interests]...

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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Does Felipe Calderón love his children? We are quite sure that he does. If this promotional video for the possible heir to fellow PANista Vicente Foxe seems to you to have a “North of the border” slickness, it may not be simply coincidental.

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Caption 47 [es]: recuerdo haber viajado pues varias horas también en autobús hasta Tuxpan
Caption 47 [en]: I remember having traveled then several hours also by bus up to Tuxpan

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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 47 [es]: Hoy en día ahí entra to'... todo el mundo, entra ahí hasta los indios entran ahí ahorita.
Caption 47 [en]: Nowadays everybody enters there, even indians [indigenous] enter there now.

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Javier Marin - Artesano Venezolano - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Ecological awareness is universal these days, especially among young people. Javier explains his own use of natural and biological materials, a use that does not involve the destruction of any living creatures, but rather the reuse of materials that have been jettisoned by their original animal owners.

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Caption 37 [es]: Esto se rutila la piedra hasta que quede en forma bruta
Caption 37 [en]: You chip away the stone until you have the rough form

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Javier Marin - Artesano Venezolano - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

As an artesan, Javier Marin works with a variety of materials, employing many techniques to create his pieces. He has been kind enough to take the time to explain some of these materials and processes. Javier’s father, in the days well before email, used to transmit telegraph messages via morse code in the building adjacent to where his son now works.

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Caption 43 [es]: La molemos con un mortero hasta que queden extractos muy finos.
Caption 43 [en]: We grind it with a mortar until we get very refined extracts.

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Profesor de matemática - Entrevista

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

With a difficult subject like math, it really helps to have a friendly, likeable teacher to help you through all the mental gymnastics required, and to give you a boost of confidence when needed. Andrés Valencia is just such a guy! Luckily for us, he agreed to chat!

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Caption 24 [es]: y así se motiven a estudiar hasta la materia.
Caption 24 [en]: and be more motivated to study the material.

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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 39 [es]: Tenemos poco tiempo pero hasta ahora...
Caption 39 [en]: We haven't been together long, but so far...

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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 34 [es]: los niños hasta tres, cuatro años normalmente están
Caption 34 [en]: kids up to three, four years old are normally

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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 40 [es]: En el aeropuerto nos espera Aleix, el chico que nos guiará hasta el pueblo.
Caption 40 [en]: At the airport waiting for us is Ledge, the guy who will guide us to the town.

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Federico Kauffman Doig - Arqueólogo - Part 3

Difficulty: 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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Caption 27 [es]: lo que fue esta civilización... que hasta hace veinte años pasaba olvidada
Caption 27 [en]: about this civilization... which up to twenty years ago went unnoticed

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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 33 [es]: hasta el colegio de nuestros hijos, nuestras hijas,
Caption 33 [en]: to our son's school, our daughters' (school),

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Can an educated public really create a kinder, gentler, consumer society? Do informed buyers make decisions more sensitive to their world? Can you have your cake and eat it too? Some activists think that voracioius consumers need not be subdued, but only that their desires be tweaked, redirected…

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Caption 25 [es]: si entendiese hasta qué punto lo que hacen...
Caption 25 [en]: if they understood to what extent what they do...

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De consumidor a persona - Short Film - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

De consumidor a persona means “From consumer to person,” and that’s a transformation of psyche the world may need to undertake if it’s going to survive peak ecological crises. Un Solo Mundo Produciones is a production company in Granada, Spain that produces engaging films revolving around social and environmental themes important to the planet as a whole.

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Caption 23 [es]: hasta que te acuestas.
Caption 23 [en]: until you go to bed.

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José Rodríguez - La Finca

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

José Rodriguez, the caretaker of a beautiful finca, or farm, is kind enough to show us around and tell us a bit about the area and himself. You will probably realize that pues, as José employs it, is a common muletilla (“filler” word), used to add a bit of emphasis or just as a matter of speech style, and doesn’t really always have to be translated (though it can often be thought of as akin to “well”).

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Caption 22 [es]: Eso no llega hasta muy largo por allá.
Caption 22 [en]: That doesn't extend too far over there.

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