International Study Trips 2007 Mexico – With a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mexico, eight SAIS LASP students studied underdevelopment and poverty in January 2007, by visiting organizations in Chiapas and Mexico City that work on issues including immigration, human rights, education, indigenous rights and youth empowerment.
China – Through a generous grant from the STARR Foundation, sixteen LASP students from both the D.C. and Bologna campuses traveled to Shanghai and Nanjing in March 2007, to research the expanding political and economic links between China and Latin America. Students met with business sector representatives, local political leaders, academics, journalists and Chinese graduate students.  LASP students meet with Jóvenes Constructores, a group that helps youth by working on public construction projects such as school houses and encourages them to stay in school.
LASP students pictured here are meeting with them at one of the work sites in Tapachula, Mexico.
 SAIS students visit Albergue Belén, a refuge for migrants crossing Mexico’s southern border directed by Father Flor Maria Rigoni.
Tapachula, Mexico.
Visit to the Jóvenes Constructores office.
Tapachula, Mexico.
Chiapas Trip Students Meet with a Zapatista Junta de Buen Gobierno at Caracol #2. Oventic, Mexico
China Trip Students Meet with Chinese experts on Latin America: Niu Haibin, Deputy Director, Center of Latin American Studies
Shanghai Institute for International Studies
Zhu Hong Bo, Director, Department of Latin American Studies, Fudan University Board Director, Chinese Association for Latin American Studies, School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University
Prof. Zhang Jiazhe,Senior research fellow, China Institute for Latin American Studies, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University
Two students from the LASP China Trip outside the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Students had the invaluable opportunity to visit the Shanghai Stock Exchange. While there, they were able to see the trading floor and meet with Economist, Danian Situ, to better understand the Chinese currency issue and dynamics of the growing equity market in China.
 China Trip Group outside SAIS Nanjing Center
China Trip Visit to SAIS Nanjing Center Briefing with Robert Daly, former director of the SAIS Nanjing Center.
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