USD Magazine Fall 2006

BACKGROUND PHOTO BY JON GILBERT FOX/GETTY IMAGES

[GUADALAJARA] I just finished taking two business classes in the Guadalajara Summer Program and have been to Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta and Guanajuato with a big group of USD students. It has been a lot of fun and also a lot of work. Among the most important things I experienced this summer were watching the World Cup games and experiencing the election process. Mexico did not do as well as everyone wished in the World Cup, but Felipe Calderon — the candidate I preferred to win the elections — emerged victorious, and the process through which it occurred marked a very interesting experience in my life. Similarly, my father won election as mayor for Nogales (through that same party, the PAN), and further attached me to the whole electoral process. Now that the election is over, the real work begins, in both this city and this country, which both require so much work. — Marco Martinez ’08

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