Listen to our Easy Podcast to learn more about Nat King Cole's success singing completely in Spanish and practice your Spanish listening skills! Nat King Cole was a renowned American singer and jazz pianist whose prolific career spanned three decades. In the English-speaking world he

Improve your Spanish listening skills while learning about the fascinating world of las deliciosas empanadas! Empanadas are a type of hand-held pastry with a sweet or savory filling that are popular all over the Spanish-speaking world. Although the precise origins of the empanadas are unknown,

Improve your Spanish listening skills while hearing about Bernardo de Gálvez and his role in the American Revolutionary War. Bernardo de Gálvez was a military leader and government official from Malaga, Spain, who played a key role in the American Revolutionary War. As governor of

Practice your Spanish listening comprehension skills while you learn all about  los deliciosos tacos mexicanos! Tacos are one of the most popular Mexican dishes around the world. The origins of los tacos can be traced back to pre-Hispanic times when the native Mexica people discovered

Improve your Spanish listening skills with this remarkable survival tale of four brave siblings lost deep in the Colombian jungle. On May 1, 2023, a small airplane crashed in the Colombian jungle, the three adults died, but four kids -aged 13, 9, 4, and 1-

Practice your Spanish listening skills by learning more about the 'chasquis' a fascinating communication system of the Incas. The chasquis were the messengers of the Inca empire. This vast empire spread from Colombia to Chile and chasquis had the very important role of maintaining communications

El pozole is a traditional Mexican corn-based soup that is particularly popular during the Independence Day celebrations in September. However, in its origins, it was served as a ceremonial dish that only a chosen few could eat which included human flesh from captured warriors kept

"La Guerra de los cristeros" started when Mexican president Plutarco Elías Calles passed a law aimed at dissolving the power of the Catholic Church in Mexico in 1926. The new law restricted religious freedom, closing down religious schools, depriving the Church of their property rights,

Las Patronas are a group of volunteer women from Veracruz who have been feeding and providing assistance to migrants riding across Mexico aboard the dangerous train known as "La Bestia" on their way to the United States border. Starting in 1995 as a modest family

El mercado de Tlatelolco was the largest comercial center in Mesoamerica. There, locals and people from other regions of the Mexica territory exchanged a wide range of products such as fresh fruits and vegetables (corn, squash, avocados, cacao); animals (hares, quails, deer, fishes); clothing (shawls,