Study Spanish in Venezuela

Unique Language Program in Merida, the Jewel of the Andes

Study Spanish in Venezuela with Global Exchange and combine your language study with a true education in Latin America's most progressive social movements. Meet with human rights activists, rural agricultural workers, labor unions, community activists, journalists, and government as well as opposition figures, and see for yourself the unprecedented social change that is occurring at this historic time in Venezuela and the region.

We invite you to travel to Venezuela with Global Exchange to dig past the headlines and explore the changes occurring in Venezuela, Latin America and the hemisphere as a whole while experiencing intensive Spanish language instruction. We offer both two-week and semester-long programs.

At the crossroads of the Andean mountains, the Caribbean coast, the Amazon rainforest, and the Amacuro River Delta, Venezuela's wondrous natural diversity and beauty combined with its visionary social justice agenda guarantee an exciting -- and unforgettable -- experience.

Program Highlights:

  • Study in an intesive Spanish Language Program in Merida, Venezuela, at the foot of the Andes.
  • Travel to educational and health care social programs (the "missions") in urban areas and dialogue with participants and community leaders
  • Learn about the oil industry- Venezuela's key source of national income- and Venezuela's role in economic regionalization, meeting with high-level representatives.
  • Meet with small coffee farmers in the Andes mountains to hear their experience of land reform and ecologically-sound farming methods.
  • Dialogue with religious leaders, labor leaders, women's organizations, human rights groups and Bolivarian circles
  • Find out about new programs for women under the new constitution, and perspectives of indigenous peoples and people of African descent in Venezuela.
  • Visit sites of the Literacy Campaign and learn about its successes and challenges.

  • View Sample Itinerary for this Tour

    • Our language school partner is the Iowa Institute. For more information on their high-quality and well-respected language school click here.

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    Language School Dates

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    2009
    May 30, 2009 - June 16, 2009

    July 04, 2009 - July 21, 2009

    August 01, 2009 - August 18, 2009

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