Ola listeners, this season of the Duolingo Spanish podcast, we are revisiting some of our favorite

stories about people and their animal friends.

Stories that show just how amazing that Bond can be.

Today we're going to Chile for an episode from March 2021.

There you're going to meet Maria Campos, who falls in love with a stray dog and adopts him.

Little did she know that her sweet Pibé would become internationally famous.

Keep listening for his backstory and stay tuned until the end for an update about Maria and her furry friends.

Let's get into it.

In early 2011, there was unrest in the streets of Santiago, Chile.

Students from across the country were protesting to demand access to free public education.

Hundreds of police officers wearing riot gear faced off with the protesters.

First came the water cannons, then the tear gas.

But amid the smoke, one protester held his ground.

A black street dog was barking or laderando.

He's la drava a lot of the police.

It's like a unsoldado that decendia to the students.

The segia the front

it always resisted.

In the streets, people called this four-legged protester,

Matapagos. It's a Chilean slang word that literally means police killer.

It refers to the fierce way he defended protesters against the riot police.

He never actually hurt anyone, but he wasn't afraid to bark, especially when he was under attack. Sien-E la Drava, the front of the protesters.

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