Difficulty: Beginner
Chile
Listen to the single, “Sin Excusas,” from Chico Trujillo’s 2008 album, Plato Único Bailable. The enormously popular music group, Chico Trujillo, branched off from the Chilean ska-punk group, Lofloripondio, creating a unique genre of Cumbia music known as “Nueva Cumbia Chilena.”
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Chayanne sings (and dances) to tell us all about Lola, who does not sound like a nice woman. Pity the fool that stands between Lola and her shallow pursuits!
Difficulty: Beginner
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican pop star Chayanne is infatuated… Not so much with a girl as with her succulent lips and mouth. He can’t get her mouth off of his mind!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Puerto Rico
Enjoy the video for the song "Si no estás" (If you're not here) from the Puerto Rican singer Chayanne. This song is the third single from the album No hay imposibles (There are no impossible things).
Difficulty: Intermediate
Panama
One nice morning we found these friendly guys running around Panama while training to participate in different US marathons. One of them is the manager of a professional soccer team. These friends are great proof of how exercise keeps us in good shape and great spirits throughout our lives.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Panama
Our Panamanian friend is proud of historic Cerro Ancón. He even knows some poetry about its lush history. Let’s listen in to learn more about el corazón del universo.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Panama
With the right guide atop Cerro Ancón, you can learn about the most important spots in Panama City without fighting traffic. We were lucky enough to find a great guide to show us this beautiful city from on high.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Colombia
Cata and Cleer teach us how to order food at a restaurant.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Mexico
The Centro de Cultura Casa Lamm is composed of an art gallery, an art school, a cultural center, a bookstore, and, yes, the phenomenal Restaurante Lamm—all housed within a magnificent old mansion in the colonia Roma section of D.F. (Mexico City). Whether you want to sit down for a succulent meal of say, squash blossom lasagna, or just chill late-night with friends in the glass-encased courtyard, you are definitely going to want a fresh fruit margarita at the ready!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Colombia
Hostel owner, Esteban Barrera, introduces us to some of the tourist attractions one can encounter in the famed Getsemani neighborhood just outside of the Walled City of Cartagena, Colombia.
Difficulty: Advanced
Colombia
Historian and guide, Henry Quinteros Marrugo, acquaints us with the history of Cartagena, Colombia, including its numerous invasions and the role of the San Felipe de Barajas fortress.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos and Xavi, Carlos' Spanish friend, invite us to observe the difference in pronunciation between the Spanish from Spain and Latin American Spanish, particularly as regards the letters "c" and "z."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
With several examples, Carlos and Xavi continue to demonstrate to us the difference in pronunciation of the letters "c" and "z" in Colombia and Spain.
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
While in Colombia, the second person plural pronoun, "ustedes," is typically used to address more than one person as "you," both formally and informally, in Spain, "vosotros" is much more commonly used on an informal basis. Carlos and Xavi provide us with several examples of how the same idea would be expressed using either "ustedes" or "vosotros."
Difficulty: Beginner
Colombia
Carlos and Xavi point out to us a number of cases in which different words are utilized for the very same object or concept in Spain versus Colombia.
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