Thursday, April 15, 2010

First Lady begins last day in Mexico


First Lady Michelle Obama’s schedule has been full since landing in Mexico City Tuesday night.

Today's she's scheduled to meet with employees of the U.S. embassy and speak with youth leaders.

Wednesday, she visited the Ibero American University, a Roman-Catholic school for Mexico City’s elite, according to the Houston Chronicle, and Escuela Siete de Enero, an elementary school.

She highlighted the “youth bulge” in Mexico, where the majority of the population is young.

Her companion was Mexican First Lady Margarita Zavala, and their discussions were also youth-oriented, about drug-addiction prevention and treatment of unaccompanied migrant children, according to the Los Angeles Times.

She also visited the presidential compound and the National Museum of Anthropology, where the National Children’s Chorus and the Carlos Chavez Youth Symphonic Orchestra performed, reported the Washington Post.

In a session with journalists, she invoked her time in Chicago, reported the Chicago Sun-Times. "Growing up in Chicago on the South Side, I lived next to one of the largest Mexican-American communities in the city," she said.

Source: Houston Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, AP, Chicago Sun-Times, the Sydney Morning Herald

Photo: AFP

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Who cares?! She is not important and is not a publically appointed representative.