Tag Archives: politics
Peace in Colombia: Los #DialogosDePaz Posted by Jakob Gibbons on Dec 23, 2015
Modern history has seen almost constant turmoil in el Mundo Hispanohablante, but very soon Latin America will almost certainly be credited with ending its longest ongoing military conflict. Colombia, the country that’s been in civil war for half a century, is on the verge of brokering an unprecedented peace deal with the rebel Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias…
Spanish Vocabulary: Politics and Elections Posted by Paula on May 28, 2015
Last Sunday Spain held several elections at local and autonomic levels. Many cities changed the political party in charge of government and broke with the usual split between two parties, PP and PSOE. Here we have an interview of Pablo Iglesias, head of the Podemos party, which was part of many coalitions that won in…
Elections en español Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 15, 2008
US elections are around the corner and candidates are doing their best to get votes from the ever-growing Latin communities. John McCain www.johnmccain.com/espanol and Barack Obama www.barackobama.com/espanol have Spanish versions of their websites with lots of useful information. In case your Spanish is a little rusty, here’s a list of some handy political vocabulary. apoyar…