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Visiting La Cumbrecita Hamlet in Córdoba, Argentina
Certain places you visit have far more sentimental value than others. Having the opportunity to finally visit where Audrey grew up in Argentina was a thrill. The tiny Hamlet of La La Cumbrecita, located nearby Villa General Belgrano and a couple hours away from Córdoba city, is an adventure playground for those interested in ziplining, rafting, hiking or other outdoor adventures. It's also a great place to relax and eat German cuisine while sipping on craft beer. Audrey was thrilled to revisit having been gone for nearly a decade. Come join us as we show you around.
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Visiting La Cumbrecita Hamlet in Córdoba, Argentina Travel Video Transcript:
So today we are taking a little bit of a day trip. We've left behind Villa General Belgrano and we're going to visit a little village called La Cumbrecita up in the Sierras. And this is where I went to school as a child. So it is going to be really fun walking around and showing you around.
Well, welcome to my primary school. This is where I went to grade 1 through grade 6. Except, at the time the building was a lot smaller. We did not have this whole wing. It was just this. Just that. And in the morning it was primary school and in the afternoon it was high school. So it was a very short school day - 4 hours. And I had recess twice during those four hours. So, not bad for a kid. Tip top education there, yeah.
I think you have a little bit of work to be done. Not too much. Gandolf!
So this is a popular spot on a hot summer day. Yes, apparently it is called La Oja. And everyone has seemed to gather here. There is a little mini waterfall. Yeah, you can go for a swim. Are you going to jump in, Sam? I don't think so. No swimming trunks today? No. That's too bad.
So next up we're heading to the waterfalls and we can hear that off in the distance. But I want to show you these really cool roots first. It is like this weird web running straight across here. Follow me. Don't trip. Don't fall! How cool is that. That's very cool. Very cool. And little spooky.
So we had a minor miscalculation. When you look at this sign how far do you think the waterfall is? 25 feet? 25 meters? That's what we thought. But once we started walking we realized, wow, this is like quite far. 25 feet we're not there. 25 meters we can't even hear it. It's 25 minutes. Minutes. So now we know better for the next attraction.
Okay, so Sam now you have visited both Villa General Belgrano, the bigger town, and La Cumbrecita. So what are your impressions so far? Well, I like them both. This particular town I like even more though. It kind of reminds me of the town where I grew up in. It's a bit smaller. And what I really like about this place that is so cool is that it is a pedestrian only town. That's awesome. You drive in your vehicle or in your bus, you get off and then the rest of it is just walking. You don't have to worry about vehicles or anything like that. You're also higher up in the mountains and you experience nature a little bit more here. So that is what I really love about this place. And it is so peaceful. It is. Can you hear the birds chirping? I can hear the birds chirping off in the distance. Chirp, chirp, chirp.
This is part of our Travel in Argentina series. We're making a series of videos showcasing Argentine culture, Argentine arts, Argentine foods, Argentine religion, Argentine cuisine and Argentine people.
All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).
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Armiño negro (1953) aka Black Ermine [Subs: English, Español]
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4 DE JULIO ???? Pelicula - Documental Argentino (Con Subtitulos)
SYNOPSIS
Documentary that investigates the murders of three priests and two seminarians, on July 4, 1976 in the Church of San Patricio, located in the Colegiales neighborhood of the city of Buenos Aires. The military authorities developed the hypothesis of an extremist attack, but the evidence found left no doubt about the participation of a paramilitary group linked to state terrorism.
Credits:
- Research, Script and Direction: Juan Pablo Young and Pablo Zubizarreta
- Executive production: Diego Gachassin
- Editor: Fernando Vega
- Original Music: Martin Iannacone and Daniel Almada
- Sound Design: Fernando Vega and Hernan Gerard
- Daily voiceover, Alfie Kelly: Julio Chavez
- Police Record speech: Claudio Stracquadario
- Additional Research: Cecilia Felix
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SINOPSIS
Documental que indaga en los asesinatos de tres sacerdotes y dos seminaristas, el 4 de Julio de 1976 en la Iglesia de San Patricio, ubicada en el barrio Colegiales de la ciudad de Buenos Aires. Las autoridades militares elaboraron la hipótesis de un ataque extremista, pero los indicios encontrados no dejaron dudas sobre la participación de un grupo paramilitar ligado al terrorismo de Estado.
Créditos:
- Investigación, Guión y Dirección: Juan Pablo Young y Pablo Zubizarreta
- Producción ejecutiva: Diego Gachassin
- Montaje: Fernando Vega
- Música Original: Martin Iannacone y Daniel Almada
- Diseño de Sonido: Fernando Vega y Hernan Gerard
- Locución Diarios, Alfie Kelly: Julio Chavez
- Locución Acta Policial: Claudio Stracquadario
- Investigación Adicional: Cecilia Felix
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(A.H.F) Condor
Condor foi o nome dado à sinistra Operação Condor, conexão entre as ditaduras do cone sul nos anos 70 entre governos militares sul-americanos e com o apoio da CIA, que culminou com a morte de cerca de 30 mil pessoas nos anos 70. Outros 400 mil foram presos e 4 milhões exilados. Roberto Mader conta essa história através de depoimentos emocionantes e surpreendentes de generais e ativistas políticos, torturadores, vítimas e parentes dos desaparecidos. Condor foi filmado em quatro países e traz um material de arquivo, acompanhado de belas composições de Victor Biglione. Vencedor dos prêmios de Melhor Documentário no Festival do Rio e Prêmio Especial do Júri em Gramado em 2007.
1-Tradiciones Peruanas (Ricardo Palma)
Ricardo Palma, inscrito en su partida de bautismo como Manuel Ricardo Palma Carrillo (Lima, 7 de febrero de 1833 – Miraflores, Lima, 6 de octubre de 1919) fue un escritor romántico, costumbrista, tradicionalista, periodista y político peruano, famoso principalmente por sus relatos cortos de ficción histórica reunidos en el libro Tradiciones peruanas. Cultivó prácticamente todos los géneros: poesía, novela, drama, sátira, crítica, crónicas y ensayos de diversa índole.
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01.- Tradiciones peruanas - Primera serie: Don Dimas de la Tijereta (0:14 - 20:49)
02.- Tradiciones peruanas - Segunda serie: Con días y ollas venceremos (20:51 - 35:55)
03.- Tradiciones peruanas - Tercera serie: La gruta de las maravillas (35:57 - 39:57)
04.- Tradiciones peruanas - Tercera serie: La achirana del Inca (39:59 - 44:00)
05.- Tradiciones peruanas - Tercera serie: Los apóstoles y la Magdalena (44:03 - 50:28)
Mexico City | Wikipedia audio article
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Mexico City, or the City of Mexico (Spanish: Ciudad de México, American Spanish: [sjuˈða(ð) ðe ˈmexiko] (listen); abbreviated as CDMX, Nahuatl languages: Āltepētl Mēxihco), is the capital of Mexico and the most populous city in North America. Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centres in the Americas. It is located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus in the center of Mexico, at an altitude of 2,240 meters (7,350 ft). The city has 16 boroughs.
The 2009 population for the city proper was approximately 8.84 million people, with a land area of 1,485 square kilometers (573 sq mi). According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21.3 million, which makes it the largest metropolitan area of the Western Hemisphere, the eleventh-largest agglomeration (2017), and the largest Spanish-speaking city in the world.Greater Mexico City has a GDP of $411 billion in 2011, making Greater Mexico City one of the most productive urban areas in the world. The city was responsible for generating 15.8% of Mexico's GDP, and the metropolitan area accounted for about 22% of total national GDP. If it were an independent country, in 2013, Mexico City would be the fifth-largest economy in Latin America, five times as large as Costa Rica and about the same size as Peru.Mexico’s capital is both the oldest capital city in the Americas and one of two founded by Native Americans, the other being Quito, Ecuador. The city was originally built on an island of Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan, which was almost completely destroyed in the 1521 siege of Tenochtitlan and subsequently redesigned and rebuilt in accordance with the Spanish urban standards. In 1524, the municipality of Mexico City was established, known as México Tenochtitlán, and as of 1585, it was officially known as Ciudad de México (Mexico City). Mexico City was the political, administrative, and financial center of a major part of the Spanish colonial empire. After independence from Spain was achieved, the federal district was created in 1824.
After years of demanding greater political autonomy, residents were finally given the right to elect both a Head of Government and the representatives of the unicameral Legislative Assembly by election in 1997. Ever since, the left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) has controlled both of them. The city has several progressive policies, such as abortion on request, a limited form of euthanasia, no-fault divorce, and same-sex marriage.
On January 29, 2016, it ceased to be the Federal District (Spanish: Distrito Federal or D.F.), and is now officially known as Ciudad de México (or CDMX). Mexico City is now in transition to become the country's 32nd federal entity, which gives it a level of autonomy comparable to that of a state. A clause in the Constitution of Mexico, however, prevents it from becoming a state, as it is the seat of power in the country, unless the capital of the country were relocated elsewhere.
Paraguay national football team
The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol) and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010) and has reached the second round of the competition on four occasions. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions (in 1953 and 1979). Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings is 8th (March 2001) and lowest is 103 (May 1995), and was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996. The national team's most successful period was under the coaching of Argentine Gerardo Martino, who was awarded with the South American Coach of the Year in 2007 and took Paraguay to the quarter-final stages of a FIFA World Cup competition for the first time in history (in 2010) and also to the final of the 2011 Copa América, where Paraguay finished as runners-up. In the entire national team's history at the FIFA World Cup, both Carlos Gamarra and José Luis Chilavert hold the distinction of being selected as part of the All-Star Team, being for the 1998 edition. Paulo da Silva holds the most amount of appearances for the national team with 116 and Roque Santa Cruz is the all-time leading goal scorer with 29 goals.
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My Friend Irma: Psycholo / Newspaper Column / Dictation System
My Friend Irma, created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard, is a top-rated, long-run radio situation comedy, so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated to films, television, a comic strip and a comic book, while Howard scored with another radio comedy hit, Life with Luigi. Marie Wilson portrayed the title character, Irma Peterson, on radio, in two films and a television series. The radio series was broadcast from April 11, 1947 to August 23, 1954.
Dependable, level-headed Jane Stacy (Cathy Lewis, Diana Lynn) began each weekly radio program by narrating a misadventure of her innocent, bewildered roommate, Irma, a dim-bulb stenographer from Minnesota. The two central characters were in their mid-twenties. Irma had her 25th birthday in one episode; she was born on May 5. After the two met in the first episode, they lived together in an apartment rented from their Irish landlady, Mrs. O'Reilly (Jane Morgan, Gloria Gordon).
Irma's boyfriend Al (John Brown) was a deadbeat, barely on the right side of the law, who had not held a job in years. Only someone like Irma could love Al, whose nickname for Irma was Chicken. Al had many crazy get-rich-quick schemes, which never worked. Al planned to marry Irma at some future date so she could support him. Professor Kropotkin (Hans Conried), the Russian violinist at the Princess Burlesque theater, lived upstairs. He greeted Jane and Irma with remarks like, My two little bunnies with one being an Easter bunny and the other being Bugs Bunny. The Professor insulted Mrs. O'Reilly, complained about his room and reluctantly became O'Reilly's love interest in an effort to make her forget his back rent.
Irma worked for the lawyer, Mr. Clyde (Alan Reed). She had such an odd filing system that once when Clyde fired her, he had to hire her back again because he couldn't find anything. Useless at dictation, Irma mangled whatever Clyde dictated. Asked how long she had been with Clyde, Irma said, When I first went to work with him he had curly black hair, then it got grey, and now it's snow white. I guess I've been with him about six months.
Irma became less bright as the program evolved. She also developed a tendency to whine or cry whenever something went wrong, which was at least once every show. Jane had a romantic inclination for her boss, millionaire Richard Rhinelander (Leif Erickson), but he had no real interest in her. Another actor in the show was Bea Benaderet.
Katherine Elisabeth Wilson (August 19, 1916 -- November 23, 1972), better known by her stage name, Marie Wilson, was an American radio, film, and television actress. She may be best remembered as the title character in My Friend Irma.
Born in Anaheim, California, Wilson began her career in New York City as a dancer on the Broadway stage. She gained national prominence with My Friend Irma on radio, television and film. The show made her a star but typecast her almost interminably as the quintessential dumb blonde, which she played in numerous comedies and in Ken Murray's famous Hollywood Blackouts. During World War II, she was a volunteer performer at the Hollywood Canteen. She was also a popular wartime pin-up.
Wilson's performance in Satan Met a Lady, the second film adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's detective novel The Maltese Falcon, is a virtual template for Marilyn Monroe's later onscreen persona. Wilson appeared in more than 40 films and was a guest on The Ed Sullivan Show on four occasions. She was a television performer during the 1960s, working until her untimely death.
Wilson's talents have been recognized with three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: for radio at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard, for television at 6765 Hollywood Boulevard and for movies at 6601 Hollywood Boulevard.
Wilson married four times: Nick Grinde (early 1930s), LA golf pro Bob Stevens (1938--39), Allan Nixon (1942--50) and Robert Fallon (1951--72).
She died of cancer in 1972 at age 56 and was interred in the Columbarium of Remembrance at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.
Bogotá | Wikipedia audio article
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Bogotá
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Bogotá (, , ; Spanish pronunciation: [boɣoˈta] (listen)), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé/Santa Fé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often erroneously thought of as part of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the political, economic, administrative, industrial, artistic, cultural, and sports center of the country.
Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on August 6, 1538, by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh expedition into the Andes conquering the Muisca. The Muisca were the indigenous inhabitants of the region and called the settlement where Bogotá was founded Bacatá, which in the Chibcha language means The Lady of the Andes. Further, the word 'Andes' in the Aymara language means shining mountain, thus rendering the full lexical signification of Bogotá as The Lady of the shining mountain. After the Battle of Boyacá on August 7, 1819, Bogotá became the capital of the independent nation of Gran Colombia. Since the Viceroyalty of New Granada's independence from the Spanish Empire and during the formation of present-day Colombia, Bogotá has remained the capital of this territory.
The city is located in the center of Colombia, on a high plateau known as the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Andes. It is the third-highest capital in South America (after Quito and La Paz), at an average of 2,640 metres (8,660 ft) above sea level. Subdivided into 20 localities, Bogotá has an area of 1,587 square kilometres (613 square miles) and a relatively cool climate that is constant through the year.
The city is home to central offices of the executive branch (Office of the President), the legislative branch (Congress of Colombia) and the judicial branch (Supreme Court of Justice, Constitutional Court, Council of State and the Superior Council of Judicature) of the Colombian government. Bogotá stands out for its economic strength and associated financial maturity, its attractiveness to global companies and the quality of human capital. It is the financial and commercial heart of Colombia, with the most business activity of any city in the country. The capital hosts the main financial market in Colombia and the Andean natural region, and is the leading destination for new foreign direct investment projects coming into Latin America and Colombia. It has the highest nominal GDP in the country, contributing most to the national total (24.7%), and it is the seventh-largest city by size of GDP in Latin America (about USD 159,850 million).The city's airport, El Dorado International Airport, named after the mythical El Dorado, handles the largest cargo volume in Latin America, and is third in number of people. Bogotá is home to the largest number of universities and research centers in the country, and is an important cultural center, with many theaters, libraries and museums, of which the Museo del Oro is the most important,. Bogotá ranks 52nd on the Global Cities Index 2014, and is considered a global city type Alpha − by GaWC.
Latin America | Wikipedia audio article
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Latin America
00:01:57 1 Etymology and definitions
00:02:07 1.1 Origins
00:07:03 1.2 Contemporary definitions
00:10:05 1.3 Subregions and countries
00:10:49 2 History
00:10:57 2.1 Pre-Columbian history
00:12:35 2.2 European colonization
00:14:33 2.2.1 Slavery and forced labor in colonial Latin America
00:17:40 2.3 Independence (1804–25)
00:19:58 2.3.1 Independent Empire of Brazil
00:22:19 2.4 Conservative-liberal conflicts in the 19th century
00:26:01 2.5 British influence in Latin America during the 19th century
00:28:03 2.6 French involvement in Latin America during the 19th century
00:31:25 2.7 American involvement in Latin America during the 19th century
00:31:37 2.7.1 Monroe Doctrine
00:33:24 2.7.2 Mexican–American War (1846–48)
00:35:05 2.8 World wars (1914–45)
00:35:16 2.8.1 World War I and the Zimmermann Telegram
00:36:59 2.8.2 Brazil's participation in World War II
00:40:19 2.8.3 Involvement in World War II
00:40:51 2.9 Cold War (1945–92)
00:41:02 2.9.1 Economy
00:42:27 2.9.2 Reforms
00:43:10 2.9.3 Bureaucratic authoritarianism
00:43:46 2.9.4 US relations
00:45:29 2.9.5 Cuban Revolution
00:46:38 2.9.6 Bay of Pigs Invasion
00:47:12 2.9.7 Alliance for Progress
00:47:47 2.9.8 Nicaraguan Revolution
00:49:34 2.10 Washington Consensus
00:51:23 2.11 Turn to the left
00:52:44 2.12 Return of social movements
00:55:58 2.13 Modern era
00:57:03 3 Demographics
00:57:12 3.1 Largest cities
00:57:27 3.2 Ethnic groups
01:04:19 3.3 Language
01:09:24 3.4 Religion
01:10:04 3.5 Migration
01:12:32 3.6 Education
01:14:46 3.7 Crime and violence
01:17:05 4 Economy
01:17:14 4.1 Size
01:17:38 4.2 Development
01:18:25 4.3 Standard of living
01:19:12 4.4 Environment
01:19:20 5 Inequality
01:20:25 6 Trade blocs
01:21:35 7 Tourism
01:23:39 8 Culture
01:27:56 8.1 Art
01:30:00 8.2 Film
01:33:33 8.3 Literature
01:37:47 8.4 Music and dance
01:42:38 8.5 World Heritage Sites
01:42:54 9 See also
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Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Romance languages such as Spanish, French and Portuguese are predominantly spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America. The term Latin America was first used in an 1856 conference with the title Initiative of the America. Idea for a Federal Congress of Republics (Iniciativa de la América. Idea de un Congreso Federal de las Repúblicas), by the Chilean politician Francisco Bilbao. The term was used by Napoleon III's French government in the 1860s as Amérique latine to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas, (French Canadians, French Louisiana, French Guiana, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed, including the Spanish-speaking portions of the United States (Southwestern United States and Florida) Today, areas of Canada and the United States (with the exception of Puerto Rico) where Spanish, Portuguese and French are predominant are typically not included in definitions of Latin America.
Latin America consists of 13 dependencies and 20 countries which cover an area that stretches from the northern border of Mexico to the southern tip of South America, including the Caribbean. It has an area of approximately 19,197,000 km2 (7,412,000 sq mi), almost 13% of the Earth's land surface area. As of 2016, its population was estimated at more than 639 million and in 2014, Latin America had a combined nominal GDP of US$5,573,397 million and a GDP PPP of 7,531,585 million USD.