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    La Camioneta Documentary (Guate)

    I am very interested in this documentary since I saw the bribes daily..

    Synopsis:
    Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. Since 2006, nearly 1,000 camioneta drivers and fare-collectors have been murdered for either refusing or being unable to pay the extortion money demanded by local Guatemalan gangs. LA CAMIONETA follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.




    http://www.lacamionetafilm.com
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    colour me intriqued.

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    • #3
      Nice! I lived on these camionetas in Guatemala.
      "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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      • #4
        Does anyone remember "Camioneta de Leon," the Spanish version of "Leon's Truck?" I think it was basically a word of wisdom filmstrip.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
          Does anyone remember "Camioneta de Leon," the Spanish version of "Leon's Truck?" I think it was basically a word of wisdom filmstrip.
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          • #6
            I think "camioneta" must be a Guatemalan word. When I have used it in conversations with people who speak Mexican, Argentinian, Honduran, Nicaraguan and even Salvadoran Spanish, they don't seem familiar with the word. For example, it was always "bus" in El Salvador back in the day.

            All that aside, the documentary looks sad, but fascinating.
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            • #7
              The mexicans I knew used it for truck.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
                I think "camioneta" must be a Guatemalan word. When I have used it in conversations with people who speak Mexican, Argentinian, Honduran, Nicaraguan and even Salvadoran Spanish, they don't seem familiar with the word. For example, it was always "bus" in El Salvador back in the day.

                All that aside, the documentary looks sad, but fascinating.
                There're a lot of words that are exclusive to Guatemala.
                Last edited by Commando; 11-05-2013, 10:06 AM.
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Commando View Post
                  There's a lot of words that are exclusive to Guatemala.
                  camioneta isnt one of them.
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Commando View Post
                    There's a lot of words that are exclusive to Guatemala.
                    .
                    Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                    There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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                    • #11
                      oh yeah, baby! Complete with film strip beeps and introductory authentic Aztec art design!
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                        camioneta isnt one of them.
                        Not the word, really, but usage. I've been made fun of for speaking like a hillbilly Chapin in places like Peru.
                        "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Commando View Post
                          Not the word, really, but usage. I've been made fun of for speaking like a hillbilly Chapin in places like Peru.
                          In Bolivia buses were called "bus," "flota," and "autobus." Smaller public transit minivans were "micros" and "trufis." Trucks were "camionetas," or "camiones," depending on the size.
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                          • #14
                            Bus was bus. Trucks were camionetas on occasion, but more often than not they were trocas. Yay for stateside Spanish.
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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Surfah View Post
                              Bus was bus. Trucks were camionetas on occasion, but more often than not they were trocas. Yay for stateside Spanish.
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                              "I'm anti, can't no government handle a commando / Your man don't want it, Trump's a bitch! I'll make his whole brand go under,"

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