Comments on: Farewell, not Good-bye to Mexico… http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3 Welcome to the discussion! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:46:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Hatch http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-6 John Hatch Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:47:31 +0000 http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3#comment-6 Welcome to the Class of '62 RPCVs! and welcome back to WDC area. I think there were at least six of us in '62 who were accepted into Peace Corps at graduation; and Yale use to lead the country in the 60s in number of PCVs/# graduates. It was interesting to hear of your impressions of Peace Corps service and compare them with mine of 45 years ago. Except for the kind of work (and access to internet and phones!) the fundamentals seems to be the same. Congratulations on following through on your dreams---I hope others from '62 will do so and/or have done so. Welcome to the Class of ‘62 RPCVs! and welcome back to WDC area. I think there were at least six of us in ‘62 who were accepted into Peace Corps at graduation; and Yale use to lead the country in the 60s in number of PCVs/# graduates. It was interesting to hear of your impressions of Peace Corps service and compare them with mine of 45 years ago. Except for the kind of work (and access to internet and phones!) the fundamentals seems to be the same. Congratulations on following through on your dreams—I hope others from ‘62 will do so and/or have done so.

]]> By: Tom Chapman http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-5 Tom Chapman Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:22:51 +0000 http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3#comment-5 Thanks, Al, and to Mike for your interest and support. One correction: The final photo was not "of" our apartment, but "from" our apartment! (Would have been nice.) To answer Al's question, yes, I am concerned that they could be on a downhill slide. A weak economy and diminished oil revenues could bring in a (more) disfunctional government and social unrest. As I wrote above, I believe that the US has a large stake here, and we should be paying more attention and providing more support. Tom Thanks, Al, and to Mike for your interest and support.

One correction: The final photo was not “of” our apartment, but “from” our apartment! (Would have been nice.)

To answer Al’s question, yes, I am concerned that they could be on a downhill slide. A weak economy and diminished oil revenues could bring in a (more) disfunctional government and social unrest. As I wrote above, I believe that the US has a large stake here, and we should be paying more attention and providing more support.

Tom

]]> By: Al Chambers http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-3 Al Chambers Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:35:42 +0000 http://yale1962.org/speakout/?p=3#comment-3 What a delight to read Tom and Donna's detailed and personal summary report of their Peace Corps tour and see some of their photos. We had followed bits and pieces of their time in Queretaro because Tom was such a solid contributor to the web site while they were there. My question, Tom and Donna, is whether you are concerned that the combination of the government battle against the drug lords and the rapidly declining oil production from the Cantarell field threaten to make a Mexico "a failed state," as some believe? Al What a delight to read Tom and Donna’s detailed and personal summary report of their Peace Corps tour and see some of their photos. We had followed bits and pieces of their time in Queretaro because Tom was such a solid contributor to the web site while they were there. My question, Tom and Donna, is whether you are concerned that the combination of the government battle against the drug lords and the rapidly declining oil production from the Cantarell field threaten to make a Mexico “a failed state,” as some believe?

Al

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