Uruguay here we come! During our super early morning today, we rode a boat all the way to Uruguay. Even though we were all tired, it was exciting to travel to another country by boat and spend the day exploring a new place. We visited Colonia, where we spent the day walking around the historic…
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Day 7: Perón and Recoletta
Visiting Buenos Aires gave me a firsthand look at how deeply Juan Domingo Perón shaped Argentina’s healthcare system, particularly through his support of labor unions and public health infrastructure. At the Museo Evita, I learned that Perón believed healthcare was a right that should be available to every Argentine citizen, regardless of their economic background….
Gus Coleman – Day 7: Peronism
Today we took a deep dive into Argentinian history, more specifically focusing on Peronism. This provided a very important insight into the development of Argentina’s healthcare system and the political influences behind it. We started with a walking tour around Buenos Aires, and learned about the city’s political history, influences by the aristocratical families, and…
Day 7 – Exploring Buenos Aires
We spent our day today walking around Buenos Aires and learning more about the history and the culture surrounding the city. Every time we talked about an old historical neighborhood or certain ports and stations, the idea of Peronism would come up almost every time, referring to the political party started by Juan Peron in…
Learning about Peronism
Although we did not visit any hospital or site visits today, we still learned a significant amount of information about public healthcare through cultural and historical tours and visits. We started today off with a three hour walking tour of Buenos Aires. On the tour, we passed monuments that are very significant to Argentinian nationalism…
The Legacy of Peronism
Today was an eventful day yet again, now exploring the history of Argentina through museums like the Evita museum and a walking tour of Recoleta ending in the cemetery. This historical context is critical to the understanding of the Argentinean healthcare system, especially through the role of General Juan Peron and Evita to the development…
Day 7: Exploring Argentina’s History and Culture
Today we did not visit any hospitals, but still had an educationally packed day. We started our day with a walking tour of Recoleta. We visited Palacio San Martin. We also visited Kavanagh Building which is the tallest building in Latin America. It reminded me of the Cathedral of Learning from home except not as…
Day 7: Public Health and Peronism
Today’s activities focused much more on the history and politics of Buenos Aires, but it also helped explain many of the healthcare structures we have been learning about throughout the trip. We started the morning with a walking tour through the city, where we learned about the families and political leaders who helped shape Buenos…
Day 6: Public vs. Private Healthcare in Buenos Aires
Today gave us the opportunity to directly compare public and private healthcare delivery systems in Buenos Aires by visiting multiple hospitals throughout the city. We spent most of the day in the Palermo and Recoleta neighborhoods, where we toured both private hospitals, Sanatorio Mater Dei and Clinica Bazterrica, as well as the public Hospital Juan…
Day 5: Inequality Across Municipalities
Today’s visits to La Matanza gave me a much better understanding of how economics and funding directly impact healthcare and education throughout Buenos Aires Province. Although La Matanza and the City of Buenos Aires are geographically close and have similarly large populations, the differences between them were immediately noticeable. La Matanza faces significantly higher poverty…
Public vs Private ~ Day 6
Today we visited many clinical practices such as Sanatorio Mater Dei, Hospital Fernendez, and Clinica Baterricca. At Sanatorio they were founded by a Germany movement with sisters of Schoonstatt. They provide healthcare to the large area of Palmero. They are a nonprofit private hospital whose main focus is quality of care more than luxury. Their…
Day 7: A Day of History in Buenos Aires
One week into the trip already, which is absolutely insane because of how fast it has gone by! Today focused on the culture and history of Buenos Aires and Argentina itself. We started the day by taking a walking tour around the city. The tour was super interesting because we were able to walk throughout…
Day 7: Walking Through Recoleta
This morning in Argentina, we went on a walking tour through the Recoleta area of Buenos Aires. It was very cool exploring such a historic and beautiful part of the city while learning more about Argentina’s culture and history. During the tour, we saw many important landmarks and learned about the influence of European immigration…
Day 6: Two Sectors of Healthcare
Today was mostly spent exploring the Palermo and Recoleta neighborhoods in the northern part of the city. Our first stop was Sanatorio Mater Dei, one of the nicest private hospitals or clinics we have seen so far on the trip. The building felt very modern, organized, and welcoming. After that, we visited Hospital General de…
Day 7: Walking Tour & Peronism
After a late night out in the city, we had to wake up early for a three-hour walking tour through the Recoleta area. During the tour, we got to see a lot of historical buildings, statues, and famous landmarks around the city. The last stop on the tour was the famous Recoleta Cemetery, which was…
Peronism and Healthcare Politics
Day 7! Today, we did a walking tour of Recoleta, exploring the city and learning about the history of the different areas. I found it very interesting that Recoleta has a section of the city in which many British immigrants moved, and there is a large clock tower donated to Argentina by Britain in this…
Day 7 – A Walk through History
After a late night in the city, we woke up early to start our 3 hour walking tour of Recoleta. We were able to see many historical statues and buildings. The final stop of the tour was the Recoleta Cemetery. A cemetery built by Argentina’s wealthiest families. The mausoleums were beautiful and full of art…
The Perón Era! (Day 7)
Today we got a walking tour through the city of Buenos Aires to learn about the rich history and culture of the place. It was so interesting to hear about the families that “built” the city, and getting to see all the people out on the nice Saturday morning. We then took a trip over…
Day 7 – Retiro walking tour, Recoleta Cemetery, Evita Perón Museum
Today we toured the area we’re staying in, Retiro. We saw many famous landmark buildings and the famous cemetery where wealthy aristocratic families as well as Eva Perón are buried. While learning about Evita, we also learned some more about the president Perón and how he had an impact on the Argentine healthcare system. General…
Day ~7 Evita Perón
Today we were able to do a walking guided tour of Buenos Aires to describe the higher power families and they interactions between each other. As well as how infulstructute built by the families was very political and acted as social movements We also were able to go to Eva Peron museum to learn how…