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Jun 2023
25m 38s

Preguntas con Pilar 3: La emigración de ...

SPANISH OBSESSED
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Rob continues his conversations with Pilar. They discuss why so many people are looking to leave Colombia, and what some of the assumptions there are within Colombia about what it's like living abroad. Rob also asks about gender - so simple to understand, yet difficult to get right!

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