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7 Common Mistakes Gringos Make When Speaking Spanish

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Today, I will talk about 7 mistakes that Gringos or native English speakers make when speaking Spanish. This article will help you avoid these mistakes when speaking Spanish. I have a friend from Nueva York (New York) who is staying with me here in Medellín while he looks for a place to live. He came here to Medellín to study Spanish. He is going to be taking classes at a local university. He arrived about a week ago and he Read More

Colombian Conflict: Failure of Successive Negotiations on an Ongoing Violence

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Introduction The Colombian conflict is one of the world´s oldest of internal armed conflicts. The creation of the main guerrilla groups still active (FARC and ELN) dates from the years 1950 and 1960. The extension of this confrontation can be explained both by internal political developments (weakness of the territorial state presence, exclusive control of power by the two traditional parties) and external influences (diffusion of the revolution in the 1960s, drug trafficking in the 1970s). Since then, the country Read More