To start off week two, we headed to Universidad Austral’s downtown campus. The first presentation was about OMINT insurance which is one of Argentina’s leading private, prepaid insurance companies. OMINT provides medical coverage and operates its own medical centers. Earlier in the trip we visited Clínica Bazterrica which is one of their medical clinics in…
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Day 8: From Buenos Aires to Colonia
Today we visited a small town called Colonia right on the Uruguay border. After an hour boat ride we arrived to one of the most interesting towns I have ever been to. The architecture in Colonia is especially amazing. Each building is built mainly out of stone and has been preserved over hundreds of years….
Day 9: Omint, AMENT and COVID-19
Today was a very information-heavy day. We started the morning by heading to the downtown campus of Universidad Austral. We had the opportunity to sit in on a classroom session and listen to several speakers discuss different aspects of Argentina’s healthcare system. First, we learned about the private sector and the major players within the…
Prepaid VS Obras Sociales
Today we went to the city campus of Austral, where we had numerous speakers. In the morning, we had the medical director from OMNIT and then 2 representatives from Amtena. We learned that prepaid insurance companies and obras sociales are both important parts of the healthcare system because they help people access medical care, doctors,…
Day 9 – Austral University – Omint, AMTENA, Austral Solidarity Hospital
Today we walked just a few blocks from our hotel to the Austral University downtown campus. Once we arrived, we met with an official from OMINT, a private health insurance company, and learned about the structure and day to day operations of private healthcare in Argentina, including how coverage is organized, how patients access care,…
Quick Trip to Uruguay!
Day 8! After waking up bright and early at 6am, our group took a bus to a huge airport-looking boat dock called Buquebus. There was a cute little shop where we would get breakfast and coffee. I ended up ordering a slice of chocolate and vanilla swirl bread, and Cami got a lemon loaf that…
Day 8 – Colonia, Uruguay
Today we woke up early to get on a boat to Uruguay! This was not something I was aware of that was happening until before I got the itinerary but I’m so happy that I was able to go. We started the day by getting on a big boat that took us across the Rio…
Day 8 – Two Countries, One Trip
Today marks one week into our study abroad trip. Instead of exploring Argentina, we did something completely different, and took a boat to Colonia, Uruguay. In Colonia, we took both a walking and bus tour. For the walking tour, we saw areas of the city that had no roads for cars and only cobblestone paths….
Day 8: One Trip Two Countries
Today we had an exciting day and went to Colonia, Uruguay. We took a boat and it was a less than two hour ride. Colonia is right on the water. However, the water is brown due to heavy metals and clay. We started the day with a walking tour of Colonia. It was very windy…
Day 8 – Day Trip to Uruguay
We got a bit of another break today and went on a day trip across the Silver River to Colonia, Uruguay for the day. After a bit of a rocky boat trip across, we began our walking tour around Colonia, looking at the historic district that once belonged to the Spanish and Portuguese prior to…
Uruguay ~ Day 8
Today we got to go to Uruguay by boat! It was such an unexpected amazing experience. In the morning I regretted not bringing a jacket as it was FREEZING. The lady gave us a very nice walking tour and described the impact of the nature we walked around. Many of the buildings were beautiful and…
Day 8: A Day Across the Ocean
Today was a day full of adventure! We woke up bright and early to head over to Uruguay. We boarded the boat at 8:30 in the morning and then went straight into a walking tour once we arrived. During the tour, we explored the lower part of the town along the coast, which was absolutely…
Us in Uruguay!
Today was such an exciting day! We woke up bright and early to board a boat from Buenos Aires to Colonia, a small town on the coast of Uruguay. The boat ride only lasted about an hour and a half, and I slept for most of it. Upon docking, we started with a walking tour…
From Argentina to Uruguay (May 17)
Today we visited Uruguay! We took a boat over and took a walking tour. My fun fact is how we visited the bull ring, and they used to have actual bull fights there, but they can’t ever since a law was passed on animal cruelty. We were along the water the whole time, and the…
From Pitt to Uruguay (Day 8)
Today, we took an hour long boat ride to Uruguay. Uruguay is a beautiful country, and it reminded me a lot of Europe. The buildings were very beautiful and colorful, and much like argentina, there were many stray dogs. While on the walking tour, the tour guide pointed out a tree, which is where the…
Colonia del Sacramento
Today we took a day trip to Uruguay! We woke up super early in the morning to get on the giant ferry boat and cross customs into Uruguay. I didn’t know that you had to cross customs twice consecutively, Argentina and Uruguay. The boat ride was fun, although I got a bit motion sick towards…
What is Peronism? (Day 7)
Juan Perón played an important role in developing Argentina’s healthcare system, especially through unions and public healthcare programs. During his presidency, Perón helped the working class and expanded social welfare. He believed healthcare should be available to everyone, not just the wealthy. One of his biggest contributions was strengthening labor unions. Under Perón, unions gained…
Perón and Evita (May 16)
Today we did a walking tour of the city. We learned about the past concerning Evita and her husband Perón. Since there weren’t an employed class, husbands and wives used to work together on a subsistence farm. Many jobs were very dangerous, and top loaders would often fall into the blast furnace and die. This…
Day 8: Goodbye Argentina, Hello Uruguay
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…
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….