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107 Cards in this Set
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la amenaza
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threat
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el analfabetismo
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illiteracy
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if you are illiterate you don't know your alphabet
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la apatia
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apathy
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los derechos humanos
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human rights
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la desnutricion
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malnutrition
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la explotacion
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exploitation
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la gente indigena
(los indigenas) |
indigenous people
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la guerra
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war
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el hambre
(mucha hambre) |
hunger
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la huelga
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strike
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la injusticia
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injustice
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la manifestacion
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demonstration
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el narcotrafico
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drug traffic, drug trafficking
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la pobreza
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poverty
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la polemica
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controversy
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el prejuicio
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prejudice
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el secuestro
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kidnapping, hijacking
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el SIDA
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AIDS
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el subdesarrollo
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underdeveloped
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el terrorismo
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terrorism
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afrontar
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to confront
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brindar
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to offer
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colaborar (con)
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to help/work with
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collaborate
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desarrollar
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to develop
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donar
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to donate
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elegir (elijo)
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to elect
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enterarse (de)
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to become informed (about)
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financiar
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to finance
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hacer de voluntario/a
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to volunteer
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llevar a cabo
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to carry out
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postularse
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to run for office
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promover (ue)
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to promote
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NOT PROMETER
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respetar
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to respect
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salvar
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to save (someone or something)
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valer la pen
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to be worth it
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la alimentacion
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norishment
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el bienestar
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well-being
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la campana
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campaign
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el/la ciudadano/a
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citizen
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la diversidad
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diversity
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el esfuerzo
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effort
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la inversion
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investment
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el/la lider
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leader
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la lucha
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fight/struggle
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la paz
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peace
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la politica
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politics/policy
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los recursos
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resources
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la tolerancia
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tolerance
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el tratamiento
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treatment
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alarmante
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alarming
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chocante
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shocking
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desafiante
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challenging
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desilusionante
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disappointing
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horripilante
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horrifying
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impresionante
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impressive
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cognat
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inquietante
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disturbing
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cognados
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activista, alarmista, altruista, egoista, extremista, idealista, oportunista, optimista, pesimista
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el Amazonas
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the Amazon region
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la amenaza
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threat
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el/la campesin@
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peasant
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el chama'n
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shaman, medicine man
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la creencia
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belief
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el/la crioll@
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person of Spanish descent in the Americas
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los derechos humanos
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human rights
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el discrimen
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discrimination
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la explotacio'n
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exploitation
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la fuerza
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strength
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la gente indi'gena
los indi'genas |
indigenous people
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la guerrilla
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guerrilla warfare/movement
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los guerrilleros
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guerrilla fighters
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el habitante
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inhabitant
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el maltrato
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mistreatment
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el mestizaje
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cultural, ethnic, and racial blending
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el/la mestiz@
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person of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage
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el poder
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power
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el pueblo
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town; people
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la presio'n
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pressure
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el resentimento
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resentment
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la sierra
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highlands
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la soberania
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sovereignty
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la tribu
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tribe
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aportar
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to continue
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resistir
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to resist
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sobrevivir
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to survive
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sufrir
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to suffer
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temer
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to fear
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actual
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current
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alentador(a)
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encouraging
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amazo'nic@
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pertaining to the Amazon
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andin@
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Andean
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commovedor@
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moving
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dirigente
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ruling
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excluid@
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excluded
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marginad@
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marginalized
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poderos@
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powerful
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popular
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popular, pertaining to the common people
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Cuzco and Machu Picchu, Peru
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cuzco fue la capital del imperio inca
los espan~oles conquistaraon en 1533 las ruinas de inca |
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Cartegena, Colombia
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esta cuidad cariben~a fundada en 1533 por Pedro de Heredia
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Las Islas Gala'pogos, Ecuador
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Charles Darwin-1835
muchas tipicas de animales y plantas |
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La Paz, Bolivia
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la capital ma's alta del mundo
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asesinar
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to assassinate
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saquear
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to sack/pillage
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volar
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to blow up (with a bomb)
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el/la narcotraficante
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drug trafficker
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el/la senderista
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member of Sendero Luminoso
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asilad@
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isolated
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Sendero Luminoso
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el grupo de terrorismo, muy violenta, la Comisio'n de la Verdad y la Reconciliacio'n es la oposicio'n
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