1. Episode 33: El Milagro del Café (The Coffee Miracle)

   by Duolingo on Thu 27 June 2019

   

   Since he was a kid, Tito Vargas has dreamt of having his own coffee plantation. It’s a dream his parents tried very hard to dissuade him from pursuing because they knew first-hand the uncertainty and hardship of the coffee trade. But Tito persisted, and he too would learn of the ups and downs of life as a coffee farmer, until he found a solution that had been right under his nose that whole time.

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2. Episode 32: El activista

   by Duolingo on Thu 20 June 2019

   

   When Danilo Manzano came out to his family, they didn't accept his sexuality and asked him to hide it from the world. But a key friendship would inspire Danilo to not only embrace his identity publicly, but to become an outspoken activist for LGBTQ rights in Ecuador.

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3. Episode 31: Buscando el Río Hirviente (In Search of the Boiling River)

   by Duolingo on Thu 13 June 2019

   

   Andrés Ruzo grew up listening to his grandfather tell a story about a river with boiling waters in the Amazon. When he later became a scientist specializing in geothermal energy, he set a goal for himself: Go deep into the jungle and find that river.

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4. Episode 30: Bicimáquinas (Bicycle Machines)

   by Duolingo on Thu 06 June 2019

   

   Carlos Marroquín has always been an inventor. But he wasn’t putting that talent to much use in his native Guatemala until he saw a rare sight on the road that stopped him in his tracks: bicycles. That turning point led Carlos to transform the lives of many farmers and towns through his bicycle-inspired inventions, or as he calls them, bicimáquinas.

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5. Episode 29: El Maestro del vino (The Wine Master)

   by Duolingo on Thu 30 May 2019

   

   Héctor Vergara escaped dictatorship in Chile in the 1970s and fled to Europe, where he landed in the restaurant industry. There he discovered a passion and talent for wine that led him to become the first Master Sommelier from Latin America. But his biggest impact on the world wouldn’t take place until he found his way back home, where no one even knew what a sommelier was.

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