Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
From one of Europe's most innovative libraries in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor tells us about the great Colombian writer after which the library is named.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Victor tells us more about the life of young García Márquez, his beginnings as a writer and the origin of one of his most famous novels: One Hundred Years of Solicitude.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
This time, we'll learn about Gabriel García Márquez's attitude towards Bogotá, his stint in Paris, and a poignant turning point in his life.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain, Venezuela
This time, Victor takes us to Barcelona's famous Santa Lucía Christmas Market, which has been taking place since seventeen eighty-three! Let's hear more about it from a couple of life-long vendors.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
From Tarragona, our Venezuelan friend Victor interviews his wife about how she has felt about integrating into a new society: Catalonia.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Let's hear Victor's daughter Valeria talk about her personal experience emigrating to Spain and she feels that traveling to other countries is an invaluable experience for all of us.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Born in New York but raised primarily in Puerto Rico, Victor Manuelle is identified primarily with salsa romantica and salsa monga. Discovered by salsa superstar Gilberto Santa Rosa at a high school graduation party where Manuelle jumped on the stage, Victor has gone on to become one of the best-selling salsa performers of recent years.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Venezuela
Manuel Rosales attempted to become the next president of Venezuela. He had the support of much of the middle class, the upper class, and even some of the lower class, but in the end the populist appeal of Victor Hugo Chavez was just too big of a hurdle. Don’t feel too bad for Manuel, he is still governor of the state of Zulia.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Venezuela
Not only did poor Manuel Rosales lose the election for president, but winner Hugo Chavez’ supporters are trying to knock him out of his post as governor of Zulia. In a faux futuristic recounting of a would be history, this wildly hopeful presidential campaign ad (disguised as a movie trailer) not only dared Venezuelans to vote for change, but dared to sell a bearskin before actually catching the bear.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Spain
José Peñafiel, a member of the brotherhood in Tobarra, Spain, a municipality in the Albacete province, explains to us about some of its famous Holy Week observances.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Antonio Manuel Martínez Alfaro, a drummer from Tobarra, Spain, tells us a bit about the famed Holy Week celebrations there, during which drumming can be heard non-stop for one hundred and four hours from Good Wednesday to Easter Sunday.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
Spain
Antonio Manuel Martínez Alfaro, the drummer from Tobarra, Spain, explains how some of Holy Week's most important items- his cross, his robe and his drum- were passed down to him from previous generations.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Colombia
"A La Nanita Nana" is a traditional lullaby in honor of the Baby Jesus that has become a very popular Christmas carol within the Spanish-speaking world.
Difficulty:
Beginner
Spain
Gonzalo from Spain invites us to listen to the beautiful Christmas carol, "Campana sobre campana" [Bell on Top of Bell].
Difficulty:
Beginner
Colombia
This time, Jacky teaches us another beautiful Christmas carol, "Noche Paz" [Night of Peace], to the tune of "Silent Night."
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