Thursday, March 28, 2013

The Lecture in Spanish

Ricardo Lagos

Palestra com o Ex-Presidente da Chile Ricardo Lagos

                Our purpose to visiting the University of São Paulo was to watch a lecture given by the Ex-President of Chile Ricardo Lagos. It took Adriel and me awhile to finally find the right Auditorium but eventually we got there and even arrived early. A few minutes later we met with Ana and her friend and after some brief chit-chat, we entered the room. All was good during the thorough presentations as they introduced each important person in the room. It wasn’t until President Ricardo Lagos started speaking that we realized that the whole thing was going to be in Spanish. Normally, I’m able to understand roughly 80% of what’s being said due to its similarity to Portuguese, but not when the topic involves complicated economic and political terms. We lasted for about an hour before discreetly exiting the room. From what I understood of the lecture, it discussed the importance of minimizing the income division between the rich and poor class and the effect it has on a country.

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