Government, Politics and Social Issues

Our final lesson addresses el gobierno (government), la política (politics), and the problemas sociales (social issues) that dominate public debate. Vocabulary includes el estado (the state), el/la presidente/a (president), el/la ciudadano/a (citizen), la ciudadanía (citizenship), las elecciones (elections), votar (to vote), el voto (the vote), and la democracia (democracy). Political ideas span la libertad de expresión (freedom of speech), los impuestos (taxes), and las leyes (laws). Pressing social issues include la pobreza (poverty), el desempleo / el paro (unemployment), la desigualdad (inequality), la inmigración (immigration), la corrupción (corruption), and el cambio climático (climate change). To fix problems, governments may aprobar una ley (pass a law), invertir (invest), or redu