Welcome to Miami's Calle Ocho, a street in Miami which allows us to catch a glimpse not only of Cuban culture, but also the various other Latin American cultures which merge and congregate there.

Meet Mariano Martinez, boat driver and tour guide of Port Lligat. He’ll tell you about how he got here, what the boat trip is like, but don’t ask him too many questions!!

We have the debut music video from La Vida Bohème -- an Indy, punkish Venezuelan band with a bit of French in its name. Playing on roof tops in Caracas, the band delivers a subversive song in just a few words. And then they are kidnapped. "Viva la résistance," says the writing on the wall (also dropping in a bit of French). This is one band worth following.

Carolina teaches about the apocopation, or shortening, of a small group of masculine singular adjectives in Spanish.

Having noticed a lot of confusion among her students regarding the usage and meaning of reflexive verbs and pronouns, Venezuelan Spanish teacher, Carolina Graterol, clarifies these topics with some useful examples.

Carolina gives us an in depth explanation of the verb "dar" (to give) in various contexts and sentences.

Teacher Carolina shares this lesson to help us differentiate between three Spanish verbs that have a very similar meaning.

Carolina teaches us the difference between the Spanish verbs "saber" and "conocer" [to know], which are similar but not interchangeable and used in different contexts.

Carolina, a Venezuelan Spanish teacher, teaches us the difference between the Spanish verbs, "mirar" (to look at/watch), "ver" (to see) and "buscar" (to look for) and gives us examples of sentences in which they might be found.

Because the Spanish words/expressions "haber" and "a ver" and "si" and "sí" sound exactly the same, their very different meanings are often confused. Spanish teacher Carolina enlightens us as to their differences.

Carolina teaches us how to correctly express "tonight" (esta noche) and "last night" (anoche) in Spanish and cautions us against some commonly used but erroneous expressions for these concepts.

Carolina teaches us about a few copulative conjunctions in Spanish and gives us examples.

Carolina teaches us about disjunctive and copulative conjunctions- ways to express "or" and "or else"- in Spanish.

Carolina explains some common errors she has noticed among her students in order to preclude us from making them ourselves.

Carolina shares with us more common mistakes made by students learning Spanish.