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AIESEC is the world´s largest student organization in 107 countries and in short, it´s an organization that develops globally minded leaders through conferences, working in a local committee, and participating in internships abroad. Basically, the local committees work with local companies to create internships for people in other countries while the committees in other countries are doing the same thing for students of all other countries (including Americans). Each local committee then sends members to other countries to participate in an interns
hip and live with the local comittee. It´s a great way to meet people from all over the world. I´ve gotten to meet people from Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, tons of people from the US and many more. The day after I arrived in Chile, the AIESEC conference began near Valparaiso at a small Chilean resort (but less a resort and more like just a Chilean vacation place for the weekend). This was the annual conference for the Southern Cone which brought together all the AIESEC members of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. It was basically a week of getting to know other people, learning about how to better perform in our local committees, and also learn how to be better leaders. The conference is run by members of AIESEC so basically it´s just a lot of fun. I found out quickly the differences between the Spanish that I learned and the Spanish of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. First of all, in Ch
ile many of the ´s´ are cut off at the end of the words so at times it can be difficult to understand. Not to mention the rapid speed at which many speak. And of course different vocabulary for many things that I had learned. I had a lot of catching up to do. During the day we would have sessions and then by night party. I have found that I´m quite the fan of Chilean and Argentine music because it´s all about dancing and it certainly gets you in a good mood. I was introduced to the Argentine drink Maté which is made by putting yerba (an herb) into a container called maté with hot water. It´s a very social drink and is normally passed around to everyone. During the conference, there was always someone drinking maté. Interestingly enough, due to its similar appearance to marijuana, it has not been unknown for gringos to attempt to smoke it when passed maté. It has a lot of caffeine and being the caffeine fiend I am, I´m sure I´ll be drinking a lot of it in the future. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage)
AIESEC is the world´s largest student organization in 107 countries and in short, it´s an organization that develops globally minded leaders through conferences, working in a local committee, and participating in internships abroad. Basically, the local committees work with local companies to create internships for people in other countries while the committees in other countries are doing the same thing for students of all other countries (including Americans). Each local committee then sends members to other countries to participate in an interns
hip and live with the local comittee. It´s a great way to meet people from all over the world. I´ve gotten to meet people from Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia, Poland, South Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, tons of people from the US and many more. The day after I arrived in Chile, the AIESEC conference began near Valparaiso at a small Chilean resort (but less a resort and more like just a Chilean vacation place for the weekend). This was the annual conference for the Southern Cone which brought together all the AIESEC members of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. It was basically a week of getting to know other people, learning about how to better perform in our local committees, and also learn how to be better leaders. The conference is run by members of AIESEC so basically it´s just a lot of fun. I found out quickly the differences between the Spanish that I learned and the Spanish of Chile, Argentina, and Uruguay. First of all, in Ch
ile many of the ´s´ are cut off at the end of the words so at times it can be difficult to understand. Not to mention the rapid speed at which many speak. And of course different vocabulary for many things that I had learned. I had a lot of catching up to do. During the day we would have sessions and then by night party. I have found that I´m quite the fan of Chilean and Argentine music because it´s all about dancing and it certainly gets you in a good mood. I was introduced to the Argentine drink Maté which is made by putting yerba (an herb) into a container called maté with hot water. It´s a very social drink and is normally passed around to everyone. During the conference, there was always someone drinking maté. Interestingly enough, due to its similar appearance to marijuana, it has not been unknown for gringos to attempt to smoke it when passed maté. It has a lot of caffeine and being the caffeine fiend I am, I´m sure I´ll be drinking a lot of it in the future. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_(beverage) 
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