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Mexico Moves Ahead
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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL We've all heard that Brazil's economy is on the up and up (it recently overtook the UK as the world's sixth biggest economy), but here's news of another economy that's looking good - Mexico. Some experts predict that...
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3/31/12
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Latin America: a Number, a Word, a Song
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NIVEL SUPERIOR As 2011 draws to a close, we've tried to end the year with something a little more upbeat than all the doom and gloom which seems to be in the very air we're breathing. A number, a word...
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12/23/11
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Indian Señorita
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With the current crisis, largely caused by the collapse of the building sector, Spain is having to depend on tourism more than it ever has. So it's heartening to read of this simple initiative, which has been taken by the...
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10/10/11
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The China of Latin America
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NIVEL INTERMEDIO Another Latin American success story this time from SNB - ten reasons why Paraguay is special, and in some areas, surprisingly even a rival to China. (Above you can see some of the celebrations.) I'd love to visit...
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5/12/11
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Liberators of Latin America
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NIVEL INTERMEDIO Two centuries ago, they were hunted them as outlaws and traitors across Spain's south American and Caribbean empire. Often they were captured, tortured and executed. But in Latin America they were known as the "liberadores", the liberators. These...
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3/24/11
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Almodóvar's Skin
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NIVEL INTERMEDIO Every two years or so, a new film by Pedro Almodóvar comes along, and it's always news. The arrival of the first images from his latest project - not due for release until after the summer - made...
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1/27/11
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Back with a Song
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NIVEL INTERMEDIO After a short while away, SNB goes musical today with a song by the great Juan Luis Guerra which fuses Latin America and Japan into this happy, bouncy tune. Guerra has now won 15 Grammys - this time,...
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11/17/10
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¿Qué piensa una persona cuando recibe el Premio Nobel?
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NIVEL SUPERIOR As most people interested in Spanish culture are aware, except a class of Erasmus students in Spain whom a colleague of mine is teaching this semester, the Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa has won the 2010 Nobel Prize...
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10/11/10
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