{"id":17490,"date":"2023-02-14T21:17:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T20:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/?p=17490"},"modified":"2023-02-23T11:29:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T10:29:39","slug":"miguel-mendez-latino-dancer-his-latino-culture-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/en\/miguel-mendez-latino-dancer-his-latino-culture-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Miguel M\u00e9ndez, a latino legend from Nikaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He came to Slovakia to study 37 years ago and he never left. Thanks to him, we discovered Latino culture even before it was cool. Dancer and diplomat, and sometimes both at the same time, is doing everything he can to connect the two worlds &#8211; ours and Nicaraguan. Miguel M\u00e9ndez.<\/p><p>Don\u00b4t miss on our new worksheet that is available with the podcast. We wish you pleasant moments listening to our podcast and improving your English.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TheBridge_podcast_Miguel.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bnr-worksheet-en-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bnr-worksheet-en-1.png 840w, https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bnr-worksheet-en-1-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bnr-worksheet-en-1-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bnr-worksheet-en-1-480x120.png 480w, https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/bnr-worksheet-en-1-600x150.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: A Latino legend from Nicaragua\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5G4dvRfr0FyFrmcFssaPYP?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5G4dvRfr0FyFrmcFssaPYP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/5G4dvRfr0FyFrmcFssaPYP<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He came to Slovakia to study 37 years ago and he never left. 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Don\u00b4t miss on our &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/en\/miguel-mendez-latino-dancer-his-latino-culture-project\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":17491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Miguel M\u00e9ndez, a latino legend from Nikaragua - The Bridge<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thebridge.sk\/en\/miguel-mendez-latino-dancer-his-latino-culture-project\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Miguel M\u00e9ndez, a latino legend from Nikaragua - The Bridge\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He came to Slovakia to study 37 years ago and he never left. 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