Latin America 101

Size, population Oil Investment Immigration BRICs

Largest Countries by Landmass 1. Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles) 2. Canada 9,330,970 sq km, (3,602,707 sq miles) 3. China 9,326,410 sq km, (3,600,947 sq miles) 4. USA 9.166,600 sq km, (3,539,242 sq miles) 5. Brazil 8,456,510 sq km, (3,265,075 sq miles) 6. Australia 7,617,930 sq km, (2,941,283 sq miles) 7. India 2,973,190 sq km, (1,147,949 sq miles) 8. Argentina 2,736,690 sq km, (1,056,636 sq miles) 9. Kazakhstan 2,717,300 sq km, (1,049,150 sq miles) 10. Sudan 2,376,000 sq km, (917,374 sq miles)

Mapping the World

Size and Shape: The Peters Projection

Linguistic Diversity

Guatemala

Primeros Pasos – InterAmerican Health Alliance Primeros Pasos/ IAHA is a NGO founded by VU medical student Brent Savoie Offers preventative pediatric care to over 1000 patients/ month outside of Quetzaltenango InterAmerican Health Alliance is housed at Vanderbilt Alternative Spring Break site since 2005 Approved clinical rotation for VU medical students

Midwifery/ School of Nursing CLAS and Vanderbilt School of Nursing offer an optional one semester add-on to the midwifery program Vanderbilt midwife nurses work with midwives and Primeros Pasos medical clinic to support women’s health initiatives

Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital – Shalom Foundation alliance ≈ 2 surgical missions per year to Guatemala Rotations for pediatric interns at Manos de Amor health & dental clinic The Moore Center for Children’s Health will open in 2010 in Zone 1 of Guatemala City

Biomedical Engineering Service learning course developed and taught by Cynthia Paschal (Spring 2009, Spring 2010) During Spring Break students work on medical equipment at Shalom surgery center in Guatemala City Targets students from the Universidad del Valle for graduate student recruitment

Vanderbilt Owen School of Management Collaboration between CLAS and Owen faculty and students Applying Project Pyramid model to create economic development opportunities in Guatemala

Program in K’iche’ Mayan Center receives funding from the U.S. Department of Education to teach Mayan languages Intensive K’iche’ Summer Program in Nahuala; sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Center for Latin American Studies and the University of Chicago (offered 2008, 2010)

Vanderbilt Cancuén Archaeology Project Cancuén Archaeology Park is located on the Passion River in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Directed by Vanderbilt Professor Arthur Demarest Trains students from Universidad de San Carlos and Universidad del Valle Integrates local development and health projects and eco-tourism opportunities

ConexiónGuatemala ConexiónGuatemala brings together humanitarian mission efforts based in Nashville and focused on Guatemala CLAS facilitates meetings and manages member listserve, directory of local organizations working in Guatemala, and calendar of mission trips to Guatemala

Institute for Coffee Studies Housed at CLAS Investigates the health benefits of coffee and historical, economic, and social aspects of the crop Director Peter Martin has met with leaders of ANACAFE (Asociación Nacional del Café) to explore how to strengthen ties Opportunity to build health and economic development projects in collaboration

VISAGE Guatemala Course Vanderbilt Initiative for Scholarship and Global Engagement Innovative program that combines service-learning and summer study abroad Medicine, Health & Society course “Health, Development, and Culture in Guatemala” offered 2010 Vanderbilt undergraduate students will study the history, culture, and political economy of Guatemala in Spring semester Students apply this knowledge during four weeks of fieldwork in the Primeros Pasos clinic in May and June