A country of the most beautiful women in the world...

It's time for Venezuela Everyone! :)

It's la Guerita.

Let me share with you some things I know about this country...

Venezuela borders with Colombia, Brazil and Guyana

Venezuela - big, fascinating, diverse & beautiful. It's one of the very few places in the world, where you can find pristine beaches and water, large palm trees, high mountains, vast plains, enormous waterfalls, tropical forests, and sand deserts all in one country. It's is also extremely rich when it comes to biodiversity and the ethnic backgrounds of its human inhabitants. The people of Venezuela come from multicultural and multiracial mixes of all kind. Their population is composed of indigenous people, people of African descent, Europeans such as the Spanish, Italians, Germans and Portuguese, and even Arabic people.

Miss Venezuela 2015

Many say that this multiracial diversity is the main reason why Venezuelan women are considered to be the most beautiful females in the world. Up to this day Venezuela holds a record for winning the highest number of beauty contests on Earth! I dare to say that Venezuelan music is as fascinating as its beautiful women. Every region has its own musical traditions. The capital, Caracas, has a very rich history of Venezuelan merengue music, which is quite different from the Dominican merengue; salsa is also huge in the capital. The area of vast plains and farms closer to the border with Colombia developed a unique, Venezuelan-only style of music called Joropo.

Angel Waterfalls of Venezuela 

There are many more styles of music in Venezuela, but I will not talk about them in this post, and save them for the upcoming episode of Latin Soundzz. During the episode we will talk about the most influential artists, their music styles, and play you the best Venezuelan songs of all times. On a side note guys, Venezuela is also home to one of the best soap operas ever produced. Venevision, their home network responsible for production, has recorded many great novelas. In fact, the very first telenovela of my life (the first one I watched) was "Samantha" produced by Venevision in 1998. I don't remember it too well anymore, but I do remember being engaged and entertained by that series. I wish I had some free time to watch it again. It would probably bring me some nice memories. I'm curious if any of you saw this novela. Don't forget to listen to us this upcoming Monday, on November 9th on ksfsmedia.net/radio.

Telenovela "Samantha" produced by Venevision

All you have to do is copy and paste or type this link into a browser, and the radio icon will appear with the live broadcast. We will be waiting for you at 10 am Pacific Time. You can listen to us on a computer, laptop, tablet or your phone as long as you have Internet connection. I will have some more fun facts about Venezuela for you guys, and we will talk about everything in more detail. See you on Monday! :)        

The country of tango, vino, delicious steak, and...

How are you guys, it's la Guerita!

Next Monday, on October 26th, we will take you on a journey through Argentina. I personally cannot wait for this episode!! Argentina is definitely one of the "closest to my heart" Latin American countries. Don't get me wrong though; I like and admire all of Latin America. I am interested in music, history, and culture from all the countries.

I am just extra excited about the Argentina episode, because I am more familiar with this country & its music in general due to being exposed more to it over the years. Just like each of you, undeniably, have your own areas and/or topics of interest; you all have certain things you just know more about in general, whether it is due to the degree of exposure, personal history, environment, attachment etc.

Argentina is known for many things ranging from delicious foods through diverse landscapes to extraordinary musical scene. I don't mean to talk about all of these things in this post in detail, because you can just google Argentina and read about everything you can find, and focus on whatever you are interested in. I do want to talk in this post about my experience with Argentinian music in particular. Everything started for me with the very famous Argentinian telenovela of the late 90s called "Muneca Brava" starring a highly talented Uruguayan born actress, Natalia Oreiro, and an extremely charismatic Argentinian actor Facundo Arana. This novela was a very long series (over 250 episodes!), and it was broadcast in so many countries all over the world, including my country of origin, Poland. The series proved to be great in many different aspects: the story, the characters, its cast, script value, and... MUSIC!!! That's exactly right! Music in itself was a huge part of this series. Not just the theme song, and background songs performed mainly by Natalia Oreiro, but the live music and bands who were featured on the novela as part of the "bailanta" scenes.

Scenes from the bailanta (a local, popular nightclub/ dance club where the main characters would go for entertainment) turned out to be a goldmine for discovering great music. A large amount of different bands and artists were featured throughout the series promoting themselves and at the same time popularizing some great Argentinian music all over the globe. This is how I, a girl from Poland, got into it, started learning Spanish on my own & continued to explore the culture, geography, history and music of Latin America.

Make sure to join me and el Chuy this upcoming Monday at 10 a.m. as we take you on a musical journey through Argentina, and share with you some interesting facts about this exciting country. You can listen to us for FREE all over the world, just go to this website: ksfsmedia.net/radio & enjoy!



Lotzz of love,
La Guerita