Pedro Garza Trys International Politics
As Summer Visitor To South America
A Texas A&M senior who as
pires to work for the U. S. State
Department in Latin America got
a taste of International politics as
a summer visitor to Chile.
Pedro Garza, 22-year-old gov
ernment major from Santa Rosa,
spent nine weeks in Chile as
A&M’s first winner of a $950
John F. Kennedy Scholarship.
Also aiding his participation
as an “experimenter in interna
tional living” was a $150 scholar
ship provided by the A&M Mem
orial Student Center Travel Com
mittee.
Garza jetted to La Serena, 300
miles north of Chile’s capital city
of Santiago, where he visited a
month with a middle-class fami
ly and spent the rest of the time
touring the countryside.
Political conversations with
Chileans kept Garza fired up for
democracy. All communist par
ties are legal in Chile and univer
sity students lean to the left,
Garza discovered. And although
students attacked U. S. foreign
policy in Viet Nam and the Dom
inican Republic, most said they
would like to study in the United
States if the opportunity should
arise.
During two weeks in Santiago,
Garza visited the national con
gress where he watched the cham
ber executives and senate in
action.
It was the respect young Chil
eans show for parents that im
pressed Garza. “Their family
unity is great,” he said. “Children
are always asking their mother
if they can do something for her,”
he added.
The trip was not without humor
and embarrassment.
“I just
One “experimenter” a girl from
New York who did not under
stand Spanish too well, was asked
by Chileans if she had a pleasant
nap.
“Oh, yes,” she smiled,
love meatballs.”
Garza found soccer to be the
most popular sport in Chile.
“I watched four games,” he re
called. “Those people take the
game seriously. A referee was
hit by a drink bottle during one
game. Another game was de
layed 15 minutes by fans throw
ing oranges and apples at the of
ficials.”
“People are rabid about soc
cer,” Garza continued. “When
Chile was playing in the world
championships in England, every
Chilean listened on radio. And
when Chile lost, they blamed the
loss on the coach.”
Time stands still in Chile. At
least the girls seem not to notice
it. Garza was amused by their
disregard for schedules.
“If a party is set for 8 o’clock,
nobody gets there on time,” he
said. “I went to a party on time
once and nobody showed up for
two hours. Another t i m e, a
friend and I had dates. We went
to the girls’ house and talked for
two hours. Then the girls had to
eat supper. We got to an 8
o’clock party at 11:30, but no
body seemed to mind.”
Garza’s trip home from Miami
made him appreciate the United
States more than ever.
“I hitch-hiked 1,600 miles in
51 hours with only two hours
sleep,” he said. “Chile was beau
tiful, but I saw many places be
tween Florida and Texas just as
pretty.”
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