“No hay nada más divertido que alguien de fuera de Estados Unidos diciendo a los americanos lo que son”. Prof. Chuang, 23 de Enero de 2008. El semestre pasado asisití a una clase sobre Comunicación Internacional. Más de un tercio de los estudiantes éramos extranjeros y la profesora nos pidió en varias ocasiones que describiéramos la …
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Day of the Dead and Halloween, not the same
By Cristina Fernández Pereda While the United States has exported its commercial Halloween customs across the globe, other countries still celebrate their own traditional Day of the Dead. Every July 13, people in Japan celebrate the Obon, a two-day Buddhist celebration where the Japanese pray for the souls of their ancestors. In the same way …
Living is an 'Art'—Youth Programs help shape their future
By Cristina Fernández Pereda The Art of Living Foundation is the largest volunteer-based non-governmental organization in the United States. Just a short walk from U-Street station in Washington, the organization works closely with the United Nations. The foundation’s volunteers have assisted victims worldwide after events like Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Beslan tragedy …
A country's hideouts
I feel I tried to start from the very end. I tried to explain sucha complex country as it is the United States without understanding it first. I tried to explain it even before coming here. Last week, in my International Communication class, the teacher invited the American students to understand their country before trying …
Blood diamonds
By Cristina Fernández Pereda Diamonds have become a symbol of love. According to Amnesty International, few customers can be guaranteed that their precious stone has been obtained legally. According to a report from the organization, only 37% of the companies contacted could guarantee that they obtained their diamonds without violating human rights. This report was …
From work to school
By Cristina Ferández Pereda No nation in the world can presume that there are no child laborers among its people. More than 240 million children work every day instead of going to school. They load rocks and sand, handle explosives, crawl in tunnels of mines or work in water. Many times they use dangerous tools, …
Don't eat the entire world
By Cristina Fernández Pereda It’s easy to find salmon; look in any supermarket. It comes to us from Chile, where it is mass-produced. They produce it in the South and we consume it in the North. The same is true of the Argentinean soy, the Columbian flowers or the sugar from Latin American countries. These …
Man against man – Millennium Objectives (7)
By Cristina Fernandez Pereda Guaranteeing environmental sustainability is one of the Millennium Objectives that 189 countries have agreed to reach before 2015. Until now, the agreement of the countries consisted in promoting social and political awareness to better the environment. The current problem is rooted in the depletion of natural resources. Moreover, soil renewal and …
