Travel Spanish - FREE WEB RESOURCE

Hola,

This is a good web site with tons of excercises, audios, etc. and it's FREE

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/travel_spanish

Adios!

Ron Chavez

VIDEO SONG: Siempre hace frío

feeling like practicing your Spanish? Try singing this mariachi song!

CANCION = SONG

Siempre hace frío

Este corazón, que aún te adora
Ya está muriendo, tarde con tarde
Como se muere la luz del día

Ya no puedo mas, tú me haces falta
vuelve comingo, alma de mi alma
vidita mía

¿Adónde estás?
¿Adónde estás?

Matame cielo, tragame tierra,
llevame Cristo si no vuelves mas

Ya podras tener el mundo entero
Y entre tus manos toda la dicha
de otro cariño mejor que el mío

Pero ya verás, que todo acaba
Y al verme solo, como hoy me siento
Siempre hace frío

Autor: Cuco Sanchez

NEW GROUP at Bloomfield Centre, Halifax

SPANISH GROUP LESSONS

BEGINNERS I

An introduction to Spanish.

The foundation!, pronunciation, numbers, colours, basic / survival vocabulary, including: days of the week, months of the year, time; directions, prepositions, question words, important verbs, sentence structure, short dialogues, all present tense.

Tuesday Evenings: 7:30pm – 9:00pm

Classes start January 29th, 2008 / 10 weeks

Instructor: Ron Chavez

Location: Bloomfield Centre, 2786 Agricola St.

HalifaxFee: $150 (Plus one $5 fee for class printed materials).

For more information and registration, contact Ron Chavez at 495-7067
or email: spanish.halifax@gmail.com

La Isla de Pascua, Chile

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Halifax! Spanish Group Lessons

SPANISH GROUP LESSONS

BEGINNERS I

An introduction to Spanish.

The foundation!, pronunciation, numbers, colours, basic / survival vocabulary, including: days of the week, months of the year, time; directions, prepositions, question words, important verbs, sentence structure, short dialogues, all present tense.

Tuesday Evenings: 7:30pm – 9:00pm

classes start January 29th, 2008 / 10 weeks

Instructor: Ron Chavez

Location: Bloomfield Centre, 2786 Agricola St. Halifax

Fee: $150 (Plus one $5 fee for class printed materials).

For more information and registration, contact Ron Chavez at 495-7067or email: spanish.halifax@gmail.com



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Spanish Lessons - January 2008!

SPANISH GROUP LESSONS

BEGINNERS I

an introduction to Spanish. The foundation!, pronunciation, numbers,colours, basic / survival vocabulary, including: days of the week,months of the year, time; directions, prepositions, question words,important verbs, sentence structure, short dialogues, all presenttense.

Wednesday Evenings: 7:30pm – 9:00pm

classes start January 16th, 2008 / 10 weeks

Instructor: Ron Chavez

Location: North Woodside Community Centre, 230 Pleasant St., Dartmouth.

and for those more advanced ...

BEGINNERS I I (NEW)

Thursday Evenings: 7:30pm – 9:00pm

classes start January 17th, 2008 / 10 weeks

Instructor: Ron Chavez

Location: North Woodside Community Centre, 230 Pleasant St., Dartmouth.

Fee: $150 (Plus one $5 fee for class printed materials).

For more information and registration, contact Ron Chavez at 495-7067
or email: spanish.halifax@gmail.com

FELIZ NAVIDAD Y UN PROSPERO 2008!

All the best for 2008!

Ron Chavez

see you all in January.

Spanish group lessons - Winter 2008

SPANISH LESSONS

BEGINNERS I
an introduction to Spanish. The foundation!, pronunciation, numbers,colours, basic / survival vocabulary, including: days of the week,months of the year, time; directions, prepositions, question words,important verbs, sentence structure, short dialogues, all presenttense.

Wednesday Evenings: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
classes start January 16th, 2008 / 10 weeks
Instructor: Ron Chavez
Location: North Woodside Community Centre, 230 Pleasant St., Dartmouth.

BEGINNERS I I (NEW)
Thursday Evenings: 7:30pm – 9:00pm
classes start January 17th, 2008 / 10 weeks
Instructor: Ron Chavez
Location: North Woodside Community Centre, 230 Pleasant St., Dartmouth.

Fee: $150 (Plus one $5 fee for class printed materials).

For more information and registration, contact Ron Chavez at 495-7067
or email: spanish.halifax@gmail.com

Dispatches from the South: Demonization of Venezuelan Constitutional Reforms Increases

Two weeks ago a series of alarming articles began to circulate in the international press about Venezuela's constitutional reform process. At a speed not matched even during Venezuela's 2006 presidential elections, newspaper readers were inundated with wrongdoing after wrongdoing allegedly committed by President Chavez. Reuters, the LA Times, New York Times, Washington Post, and many more characterized the democratically elected president of that South American nation as a strongman hoping to consolidate power through the passage of some 69 constitutional updates. Polls were cited, opposition leaders were quoted, and the general tone was set: the reforms are inherently undemocratic and serve only to centralize state power.

The following week, after the groundwork had already been laid, some of those same news dailies issued editorials expanding upon their already existing bias. The Chicago Tribune wrongly reported that the reforms would bar due process during states of emergencies. The Washington Post claimed- against all evidence- that the reforms would curtail freedom in Venezuela. The Washington Times inaccurately stated that Chavez "controls most major Venezuelan media", an allegation easily refuted by a quick internet review of Venezuela's print and TV media. This particularly uninformed editorial followed an opinion piece earlier in the month penned by none other than long time Cold War player, Oliver North, who believes Chavez has "pulled a coup" on the Venezuelan people. Similar and more egregious opinion pieces were disseminated in the national press.

However, if you still weren't sold on the idea that constitutional reform was undemocratic, you were led to believe that Venezuelan's just weren't sophisticated enough to determine their own path. An opinion piece published by the Los Angeles Times over the weekend served as a case in point. "Venezuela's path to self-destruction" by William Ratliff concluded that although Venezuelans would likely approve a set of constitutional reforms in early December they would not have done so on their own accord. Rather, they will have been duped by the President and sadly won't realize until it is too late.

As the reform vote nears, and Venezuelans mobilize to express their will at the ballot box this Sunday, it is imperative that we hold the press accountable. During the next few days please check the VIO homepage and news section for more balanced coverage on the process unfolding there. You can also submit your own opinion by authoring an oped and sending it in to your local paper.

Read this weeks more balanced news on Venezuela here.

Spanish - Quick Fix

Thanks Doug for sending to us this excellent link:

Hola Ron

Here is the link to the BBC Spanish site http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/index.shtml

the beginners program is http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/spanish/lj/itinerary.shtml

Doug