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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 22 [es]: La coca para nosotros es una vida.
Caption 22 [en]: For us, coca is life.

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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 60 [es]: una democracia efectiva, que le dé sentido a nuestra vida cotidiana
Caption 60 [en]: an effective democracy that gives meaning to our everyday lives,

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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 37 [es]: Toda la vida he estado en el PAN, como ustedes saben, y he estado muy contento.
Caption 37 [en]: All my life I have been in PAN, as you know, and I have been very happy.

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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Felipe Calderón is running for president of Mexico as the candidate of PAN, Partido Acción Nacional. “The National Action Party” is also the party of Mexico’s current president, Vicente Fox. Felipe’s campaign slogan? Para que Vivamos Mejor, “So we can live better.” We know there must a word play parody of this phrase, but we haven’t found it yet!

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Caption 30 [es]: Sencillo, todo fue su vida sencilla pero sin ninguna pena.
Caption 30 [en]: Simple, all his life was simple but without any sadness.

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Tu Rock es Votar - Comercial de TV - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Just over a quarter of Mexico’s 127.5 million people are aged 18-24, and as such the “youth vote” could easily make or break any candidate in Mexico’s upcoming election on July 2. Patterned after the “Rock the Vote” campaign in the USA, Tu Rock Es Votar is running a television, radio and web campaign that hopes to improve voter turnout in the Mexican youth population despite a general desencantado (“disenchanted”) attitude found amongst all eligible voters.

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Caption 5 [es]: Si lo piensas, hay muchas cosas que afectan tu vida,
Caption 5 [en]: If you think about it, there are many things that affect your life,

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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 50 [es]: que los pobres nunca, nunca, nunca, nunca en la vida aquí... aquí pudieron entrar...
Caption 50 [en]: where poor people never, never, never, never in their lives here... here they were allowed to enter...

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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 6 [es]: se le quite la vida a ningún animal.
Caption 6 [en]: the life of any animal is taken.

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Javier García - Me Gustaría, Remix

Difficulty: Intermediate

Cuba, Spain

Me Gustaria blends Cuban son, guajira and charanga, accented with a little hip-hop. Javier Garcia “would like” to please your musical palate, give it a listen!

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Caption 27 [es]: Mi vida con la tuya, mi nena
Caption 27 [en]: My life with yours, my girl

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Javier García - Lagrimas Negras

Difficulty: Beginner

Cuba, Spain

If Javier doesn’t get you swinging, swaying and stumbling over your two left feet with this tune, you’re at the wrong site! The trumpet is courtesy of the incomparable Arturo Sandoval, who we had the pleasure of seeing at the Blue Note a while back. A drunken and noisy Tom Jones showed up mid-set with full entourage, causing the fiery Sandoval to call for ¡cállate!

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Caption 35 [es]: Tiene lágrimas negras como mi vida
Caption 35 [en]: It has black tears like my life

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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 2 [es]: se pudo comprobar el impacto en la vida de sus pobladores.
Caption 2 [en]: they could prove the impact in the lives of its inhabitants.

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Zurdok - Para Siempre

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

In English “forever” is a really long time, it’s also, you’ll notice, written as a single word. In Spanish “for ever” is expressed as “for always,” also a long time, and is written as two distinct words, para siempre. Zurdok has been infecting Mexico, and the world, with its catchy tunes since 1994.

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Caption 1 [es]: Dentro de mi vida
Caption 1 [en]: Inside my life

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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 10 [es]: Que tu vida vale más que yo
Caption 10 [en]: That your life is worth more than me

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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 6 [es]: Que te quedes a mi lado y que más nunca te me vayas, mi vida
Caption 6 [en]: That you stay by my side and you never go away again, my darling

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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 79 [es]: mientras la vida se repite una y otra vez a la misma velocidad...
Caption 79 [en]: while life is repeated time and time again at the same speed...

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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 43 [es]: es dar herramientas a la sociedad para promover el desarrollo y mejorar el nivel de vida.
Caption 43 [en]: is to give society tools to promote development and improve the standard of living.

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