Hi everyone! This is Miles Zhang, a third-year exchange student from Beijing, China. I’m really excited being in UBC and starting this wonderful exploration into Latin American histories and cultures. I’ve been learning Spanish and practicing latin daces for two years (motives not related though). I’m thinking of traveling to Latin America some time next […]
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Hello everyone! My name is Erika. I am very excited to be taking Latin American studies at UBC. I have been studying the spanish language for years and have travelled to Spain but I will admit that I don’t know very much about Latin America. I plan to …
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Hi, my name is Julia and I am a first year arts student. I plan on majoring in Linguistics and Psychology, and I hope to get my masters in Speech Language Pathology. I am from North Vancouver, and I would really love to travel more. In high school I we…
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Hello everyone,My name is Mitchell and I am an exchange student from Brisbane, Australia. Whilst I am at UBC I will be studying part of my International Relations major as well as elective courses as part of a dual-degree program. I am looking forward …
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What do Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Muammar Gaddafi have in common? Apart from being responsible, democratically elected leaders, they all had the pleasure of having me live in their countries. I’m Hanna Dandanell, currently a second year student from Brazil hoping to major in International Relations, I’ve lived around the world in 7 different countries […]
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Grēksūdze Tik tukša un pelēka dus pasaule. Bieza skumju un atmiņu sega pārvilkta pār dienām un sejām, pār acīm un sirdīm. Šajā lēnajā gaitā pat Mefistofeļa pūdelis vientuļš smilkst zem drēgnumā dreboša koka. Rudenīga grēksūdze tam dievam, kura vairs nav, … Continue reading →
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