Peace and Conflict

This lesson turns to la paz y el conflicto (peace and conflict), themes that let you discuss war, migration, diplomacy, and reconciliation. The grammar centerpiece is the hypothetical conditional with "si + imperfect subjunctive", the structure for imagining how the world could be different.

Master the vocabulary of both conflict and its resolution. Conflict terms include la guerra (war), el conflicto armado (armed conflict), la violencia (violence), el refugiado (refugee), la frontera (border), el desplazamiento (displacement), and la crisis migratoria (migration crisis). Peace terms include la paz (peace), el acuerdo (agreement), la negociación (negotiation), el diálogo (dialogue), la reconciliación (reconciliation), la tolerancia (tolerance), and la convivencia (peaceful coexistence). V