Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Venezuelan locals talk to us about "cocuy," an agave-based liquor which is produced locally in Falcón, Coro, Venezuela, comes in many flavors and is even rumored to have medicinal and/or aphrodisiac qualities!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Zoraida takes us on a tour of some prominent sites in the colonial zone of Coro, Venezuela, in the state of Falcón, which was Veneuzela's first capital.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Yabla introduces us to Yepez, a painter from Venezuela.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Yolimar Gimon, one of the ten finalists in the "Mrs. Venezuela" contest in 2012, tells us a bit about how the contest gives the chance to a bit more mature women to prove their abilities outside of the home as well as what her participation in the contest meant to her.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Juan Bautista López, a.k.a. Yátu, is considered one of the forefathers of Venezuelan rock and has been an important influence for many Latin American artists. Available via all the major platforms, his music combines alternative rock, blues, and punk. Visit his Instagram page via the following link.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Venezuelan rock and blues singer-songwriter Yátu performs his song, "Tú la quieres aplicar" [You Want to Apply It], which delighted audiences at the International League of Music Festivals and Artists.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
The talented Yasmil Maruffo has composed for, written for, and backed musicians ranging from Phil Collins to Ricky Martin. Yasmil wrote the music for Rumba en mi Corazón, and he co-wrote the lyrics with Servando Primera. Servando and his brother Florentin made it a hit. Here we catch a rare glimpse of Yasmil performing for a small group of friends.
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: Intermediate
Venezuela
Our friend Victor from Venezuela speaks to us from FITUR, Madrid's international tourism trade fair, about this exciting event and the "industry of happiness."
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Have you heard of La Boquería Market? Victor kicks off his video series from Barcelona, Spain, from there, Catalonia's largest and most popular market.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
From Barcelona, Spain, Víctor tells us the story of the famous "Catedral del Mar," an ancient church from the Middle Ages on which the author Ildefonso Falcones based his homonymous novel and which, in turn, inspired the series on Netflix.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
This time, we accompany Víctor to the emblematic Palace Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, visiting even the suite in which renowned artist Salvador Dalí slept and received visitors.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Spain, Venezuela
Let's join Victor on a tour around one of Barcelona's oldest, liveliest, and most diverse neighborhoods: El Raval, where renowned painter Pablo Picasso once resided!
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Our friend Víctor has gone to Barcelona to learn a bit about the history of Admiral Christopher Columbus and the emblematic sites that he inspired. Let's join him on this tour that starts from the Hotel Colón.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Victor continues his Columbus-themed tour, this time, at the Christopher Columbus monument built for Barcelona's Universal Exposition in 1888.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
From Tinnell Hall in the Plaza del Rey [King's Square] in Barcelona, where Columbus met with King Ferdinand just four months following an assassination attempt on this monarch's life, Victor shares with us more interesting historical facts about Christopher Columbus.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Once upon a time, the Roman emperor Augustus made the wonderful city of Tarragona, in Andalusia, the capital of the Roman Empire. Victor tells us more about the history of this enchanting city.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Did you know that Antonio Gaudí had a reputation as a great mystic who is currently on a list to be canonized? Don't miss out on hearing more about these and other interesting details about the life— and death— of this extraordinary architect.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Despite a lot of recent, negative publicity surrounding Venezuela's political and economic crises, there are many wonderful things about this country and its capital city of Caracas. Join our host, Victor Diaz, as he shows us one of its iconic sites, Plaza Francia and its obelisk.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
This time, Victor takes us on a tour of Caracas's most impressive shopping center, the Centro Comercial Ciudad Tamanaco [Tamanaco City Shopping Center]. Built in nineteen seventy-six to showcase Caracas as one of Latin American's most avant-garde cities, the complex experienced its heyday in the seventies and eighties but still retains its spendor today.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
From Caracas, Venezuela, a longtime portrayer of Santa Claus at Christmastime shares with us how he originally fell into the job and what it means to him.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Our friend Victor Diaz from Caracas, Venezuela, introduces us to Judith Zuniaga, the director of the the Suma Deportes [Suma Sports] club, who tells us about its unique approach to the sport of swimming.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
Víctor Díaz takes us to a beautiful little town called Galipán, located forty minutes away from Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Venezuela
As the fifteenth birthday of young girls in Venezuela and most other Latin American countries marks a special rite of passage into womanhood, it is traditional for the family to throw them a big birthday bash.
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