Andrew T
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I don't know if you've brushed up on your Spanish.
I don't know if you've brushed up on your Spanish.
I don't know if you've brushed up on your Spanish.
I'm sure you're envying my stumbling through all these Spanish names throughout this series.
I'm sure you're envying my stumbling through all these Spanish names throughout this series.
I'm sure you're envying my stumbling through all these Spanish names throughout this series.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel you. I mean, for me, I think one of the difficulties, I have been learning Spanish like all my life. The difficulty is when you're speaking at a momentum in one language, at least in my experience, it's really difficult to switch the patterns of pronunciation to the other language. You know, the way that Spanish like reads vowels is different from how English reads vowels.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel you. I mean, for me, I think one of the difficulties, I have been learning Spanish like all my life. The difficulty is when you're speaking at a momentum in one language, at least in my experience, it's really difficult to switch the patterns of pronunciation to the other language. You know, the way that Spanish like reads vowels is different from how English reads vowels.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I feel you. I mean, for me, I think one of the difficulties, I have been learning Spanish like all my life. The difficulty is when you're speaking at a momentum in one language, at least in my experience, it's really difficult to switch the patterns of pronunciation to the other language. You know, the way that Spanish like reads vowels is different from how English reads vowels.
So it's hard to like... quickly switch in and switch out.
So it's hard to like... quickly switch in and switch out.
So it's hard to like... quickly switch in and switch out.
I can imagine. But yeah, the La Matanza of 1932 was a massacre orchestrated by the dictatorship of General Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez that aimed to crush the present uprising that was sparked by systemic poverty and land dispossession.
I can imagine. But yeah, the La Matanza of 1932 was a massacre orchestrated by the dictatorship of General Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez that aimed to crush the present uprising that was sparked by systemic poverty and land dispossession.
I can imagine. But yeah, the La Matanza of 1932 was a massacre orchestrated by the dictatorship of General Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez that aimed to crush the present uprising that was sparked by systemic poverty and land dispossession.
Tens of thousands were slaughtered, many of them indigenous people, and the anarchists and labor movements in the country suffered immense losses, as activists were either killed or forced underground. This marked the beginning of decades of military rule, designed to protect the interests of the land-owning oligarchy, the 14 families that practically own everything in El Salvador.
Tens of thousands were slaughtered, many of them indigenous people, and the anarchists and labor movements in the country suffered immense losses, as activists were either killed or forced underground. This marked the beginning of decades of military rule, designed to protect the interests of the land-owning oligarchy, the 14 families that practically own everything in El Salvador.
Tens of thousands were slaughtered, many of them indigenous people, and the anarchists and labor movements in the country suffered immense losses, as activists were either killed or forced underground. This marked the beginning of decades of military rule, designed to protect the interests of the land-owning oligarchy, the 14 families that practically own everything in El Salvador.
But despite this repression, radical organizations have persisted, The mid to late 20th century saw the rise of armed revolutionary groups, culminating in the Salvadoran Civil War from 1980 to 1992. The war pitted the primarily Marxist-Leninist and Socialist factions against the US-backed Salvadoran military dictatorship.
But despite this repression, radical organizations have persisted, The mid to late 20th century saw the rise of armed revolutionary groups, culminating in the Salvadoran Civil War from 1980 to 1992. The war pitted the primarily Marxist-Leninist and Socialist factions against the US-backed Salvadoran military dictatorship.