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When I read I like multiple angles of the story to make my own mind about the topic and
that's why I read Spanish newspapers. Although the paper is in another language you can
always use google's free tool, translate, to read any piece of information in english
The information that you read might not be the whole story that why it is wise to read
international news. One of the reasons that I enjoy reading Spanish news is that it has a
different spin than the regular news I watch. Narcotics for instance is a big issue and
normally I learn about problems in state’s like Arizona or New Mexico. However, when I want
to know how the Spanish newspapers are delivering the news I turn to them. Because I travel
quite a bit south in areas like Mexico, Columbia, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia news is important.
Deciding on a destination is easy right? This year I decided to go on a trip with my friends
who are traveling for spring break/ any time they get an excuse to travel down there I've
always been an adventurous person, I've traveled to Columbia, Mexico, Peru, and Jamaica
but I've kind of been blinded by the fact that it was going to be fun without thinking about the
possible dangers. So this year I decided to be cautious and and read up in the local spanish
news about conflicts in the area.
None of my friends encounted any problems while on spring break but they should have
been a little more careful because its good to know where the danger lies to avoid it. Scuba
diving and whale watching was fun and they felt protected by local police that patroled the
nearby towns. They ventured outside of the beach and took public transportation and taxis
too and they told me the people were very friendly.
Practicing my spanish is a challenge and thats why I find myself reading the local spanish
newspaper because I want to become fluent so I read from here spanish newspaper. My
friends speak a little bit of spanish and when we get together we try to practice it with our
own copies of the paper.Some of the stories I get from the newspaper are missed in English,
not sure why, but take for instance art gallery. Are gallery openings in my neighborhood are
not covered well at all, not that the art itself is latino but it made me wonder if it was just
uninteresting to readers why my local paper kept skipping this kind of journalism in the paper.
Apart from that I always end up wondering what other areas of the paper that I read normally
are being excluded. I tell you it has opened up my horizons about other things as well like
music, I normally just listen to top 40 or electric but I discovered Spanish rock and groups like
Mana, Juanes, or Camilla. I’m sure you’ve heard Shakira and Pitbull but listening to them in
another language is a bit refreshing. Well after writing this article I feel like it’s time for a
vacation to the warm south borders.
