11 Marzo 2010

Several times a week we have program visits. These visits are so informative but sometimes, such as after a week of classes, and Spanish, and readings, they are a bit hard to handle. On Thursday we went to a conference at CIEM- basically a center for the study of world economics. Hate to say it, but we’re not looking too good, people. We learned a bit about the free trade agreements and some counter movements which are promoted for more equality in the markets. (ALCA vs ALBA). Then we headed to the center of Asian investigations. I take my classes through at the center that is the Asian centers equivalent except for N. America. The presenters were a bit nervous because a lot of what they had to say had to do with the wrongs committed by the United States in dealing with Asia. They talked about some interesting stuff, but this visit was the most unrelated to what I’m interested in and experiencing here. Thursday was a day of visits (I am writing this on the 17th. I’ve gotten quite behind again).