Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain Andalusia
Fifty percent of European food produce ends up in the trash, an alarming figure which says little for our manner of production, distribution and consumption.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Los Reporteros explores the issue of food waste in first world countries where the majority of the problem takes place at the end of the food chain during food distribution and commercialization.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
See how a food bank in Spain is collecting food that's about to expire (or food with dented packaging) to distribute to those in need.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Despite enormous problems with hunger throughout the world, humanity continues to needlessly throw away half of our usable food supply. Los Reporteros examines various proposals for alleviating this situation.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Banana Campus is a "super social" network, a web space where college students can share and learn from one another's unique experiences.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Chile
Los Tetas got together in their native Chile in 1994, where they honed a unique blend of funk, hip hop, and soul, and since then have bopped around the Americas, living in New York and Mexico. This track features a good natured appearance by fellow Chilean Germaín de la Fuente, whose romantic crooning has been swooning latin lovers since the early 70’s.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
What was Colombia like before Pablo Escobar burst onto the scene? Find out in the introduction to this documentary in which key figures from the era reveal details about one of the country's darkest historical chapters.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Renowned journalists and even one of the nation's ex-Presidents weigh in on what the atmosphere was like in Colombia during the times in which the cartels began to acquire massive power.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Experts on Los Tiempos de Pablo Escobar [The Times of Pablo Escobar] tell about the formation of the infamous "Muerte a Secuestradores" [Death to Kidnappers], or MAS, a Colombian paramilitary group formed in the eighties with the goal of combatting kidnapping as well as furthering the interests of their supporters: Colombian drug cartels, politicians, U.S. corporations, and wealthy landowners.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Let's continue to examine the context in which Pablo Escobar began to rise to unparalleled power and the way in which Colombian society initially condoned this provincial man who was beginning to amass a drug trafficking fortune.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
As Pablo Escobar's popularity continues to soar to the point of being worshipped like a God in Colombia, he continues to publicly deny his drug trafficking ties.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
By acting like a kind of Robin Hood who helped the poor in his city, Pablo Escobar had a great deal of social and political impact on Colombian society.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Politics seduced many power-hungry drug traffickers in Colombia, and Pablo Escobar and Carlos Lehder were just two of the criminals who successfully burst onto the political scene.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
As Escobar makes public in the Congress of the Republic his opposition to the United States-Colombia Extradition Treaty, journalists like Guillermo Cano and public figures such as the Minister of Justice, Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, begin to become more vocal about their opposition to him.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara's accusations against Pablo Escobar radically change the history of the Medellin Cartel, and when Lara is murdered, there is no doubt who is behind it. When Escobar is removed from Congress, a battle ensues between him and Colombia's political elites.
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