Simón Bolívar is known as the Liberator, and he rightly gained this title... but there is another, one who fought as hard as Bolivar but was nowhere near as recognized as the Venezuelan: José de San Martín. Born in Argentina and raised as a Spanish soldier who fought for the Spanish Empire, José de San Martín's eyes were opened to the human desire for free ... Show More
Today
The American Footprint in Latin America (La Huella Estadounidense en América Latina)
The United States and Latin America are connected in a massive amount of ways, and it's not just a matter of geography: generations have grown up listening to American music, watching American TV and Hollywood productions, and receiving a heavy inflow of cultural influences in ev ... Show More
30m 22s
Jan 27
Spanglish, Portuñol, and Llanito: How These Hybrid Languages Came About (Spanglish, Portuñol y Llanito, Cómo Nacen Estos Híbridos)
Hybrid languages - have you ever heard of them? Spanish has at least two main hybrid languages: Spanglish (which you've probably come in contact with at some point) and Portuñol, which features heavily in the border areas between Brazil and other South American nations. But I'm s ... Show More
28m 9s
Jan 20
Guantánamo From the Inside (Guantánamo Desde Adentro)
One of the scariest and most controversial places on the planet is located in Cuba, in a city of the same name: Guantánamo Bay detention camp. Established by President George W. Bush in 2002, following the Islamist attacks of September 11, it was created to house terrorism suspec ... Show More
31m 8s
Feb 2025
543. Death in the Amazon: Aguirre, the Wrath of God
“Anyone who even thinks of abandoning this mission will be cut up into a thousand pieces…I am the wrath of God!”
At the height of the age of exploration, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, one story in particular gripped the imagination of European colonialists: El Do ... Show More
1h 7m
Aug 2025
José Cuervo Rebuilds a Tequila Empire
August 28, 1920. In the town of Tequila, fireworks burst overhead as people celebrate Mexico’s independence. Then… gunshots. Malachías Cuervo, heir to the famous tequila dynasty, has just reignited a bitter feud with his family’s rivals, the Sauzas. For decades, his brother José ... Show More
37m 6s
Mar 2025
Argentine : que devient le pays sous la tronçonneuse de Javier Milei ?
« L’Argentine est devenue un exemple mondial (…) d’une nouvelle manière de faire de la politique », s’est félicité Javier Milei lors de son discours remarqué au Forum économique de Davos, le 23 janvier 2025. Un peu plus d’un an après sa prise de pouvoir, le pr ... Show More
21m 34s
Aug 2025
167. Me Estafaron en Colombia (I was scammed in Colombia)
En este episodio te revelo cómo perdí todos mis ahorros, qué aprendí de la estafa y cómo estaexperiencia marcó mi adolescencia. A través de esta historia personal, aprenderás vocabulario, expresiones reales del español colombiano y conocerás más sobre nuestra cultura y los desafí ... Show More
17m 41s
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