Buenos Aires – day 1

Sorry I am so late to make my first post while in Argentina, but this is the first day I could access Wi-Fi in the dorms we are staying in while in San Juan, Argentina.  But first, I want to talk about my experience while in Buenos Aires, the first city we went to...

Winona and San Juan

On the second day that we were in San Juan, we went to a ceremony where all of the aspects of the society of San Juan were in attendance: the governer of the state as well as other high ranking politicans (imagine Mark Dayton coming to an event that celebrates...

Sarmiento, FDR, and Obama?

When I told people in Argentina that I knew nothing about Argentina or Sarmiento (the first president of Argentina) before I came, their faces fell.  But when I told them what I have learned and how Sarmiento is simular, if not greater than our greatest progressive...

Welcomed with open arms

We have been welcomed with open arms here in San Juan, by everyone from the governor of the province to the minister of education and the US embassy. They have kept us busy from early in the morning until very late at night, so it has been difficult to find time to...

Ceremony at the birthplace of Sarmiento

Earlier this week we were honored at the house of President Sarmiento. It was another event with lots of ceremony and press, and made us all realize how important our visit to San Juan is for the people here. The director of this historical place, which is now a...