Meridith Price recently wrote “Intern Spotlight: Opening Doors in Chile” and “Can English Really Open Doors“? When I heard the news of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile on the morning of Saturday, February 27th, the first thing I did was log into Facebook. With telephone [...]
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Aftermath of Chilean Earthquakes
A week after the powerful earthquake, measuring 8.8 in magnitude, the people of Chile began three days of national mourning yesterday. It may take several more weeks to completely understand the enormity of the damage caused by the earthquake last Saturday, the more than 120 aftershocks, and the s[...]
March 4th, 2010 - 4:29 pm § in Around Town, Chile
Can English Really Open Doors?
As soon as Meridith Price had her first taste of travel, she knew she’d been struck with a bad case of wanderlust. While searching for a cure for her condition in Latin America, she found herself petting alpacas in Cusco, mountain biking in the San Pedro de Atacama desert, dining al fresco in San [...]
Intern Spotlight: Opening Doors in Chile
As soon as Meridith Price had her first taste of travel, she knew she’d been struck with a bad case of wanderlust. While searching for a cure for her condition in Latin America, she found herself petting alpacas in Cusco, mountain biking in the San Pedro de Atacama desert, dining al fresco in San [...]
Redemption for Our Hearts, for Haiti
Last Saturday in my humble studio apartment in Santiago, I couldn’t think about much except Haiti. After spending the day in thought, I concluded Haiti has traumatized me personally as it probably has many of you. We cannot begin to comprehend the images of bodies being buried and never iden[...]
