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children who live there. She travels
there once or twice a year to see her
family; she has nine grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren. Her
daughter served as an ambassador
from Costa Rica to the U.S. for
several years, and her son owns
a restaurant and various other
businesses, including coffee and
trucking operations.
For MacGuire, Costa Rica will
always be a second home and
a second country. She is proud
of the country’s emphasis on
education and its increasing focus
on service and technology. In
2011, she published a memoir of
her experiences titled Married to a
Legend, Don Pepe.
Though MacGuire left BSC and
migrated to Costa Rica without a
diploma, she went on to achieve
prominence in a time of great
change and unrest in a foreign
country.
“I was just an average person who
got tossed into an extraordinary
situation,” MacGuire said. “But I
wanted to demonstrate that a first
lady can do more than serve tea and
cupcakes. That’s what I want to be
remembered for.”
Check out the
trailer for the
documentary:
sparkmedia.
org/projects/
first-lady-of-the-
revolution.
BSC hosts 23rd symposium on Latin America
Undergraduates from some 20 colleges and universities planned to share
their original research and creative projects at the 2015 Latin American Studies
Symposium on campus, April 24-25.
The symposium, themed “Extreme Events in Latin America,” covers politics and
culture, the global economy, literature, the environment, public health, gender,
art, and more. All sessions and talks are free for BSC students and those not giving
papers and are open to the public.
A pre-screening of the documentary First Lady of the Revolution was scheduled to
be the culminating event of the symposium at 5 p.m. Saturday in Norton Theatre.
Henrietta Boggs MacGuire, the film’s subject, planned to be present along with the
filmmakers to answer questions at the open event.
Also on Saturday, Dr. Douglass Sullivan-González, associate professor of history
and dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of
Mississippi, was to discuss the cholera epidemic that occurred during Guatemala’s
civil war in the 1830s at 1:45 p.m. in Norton Theatre. On Friday, April 24, Dr.
Richard Olson, professor and director of extreme events research in the Department
of Politics and International Relations at Florida International University, was to
deliver the keynote address at 4:30 p.m. in the Norton Theatre.
The interdisciplinary conference was established at BSC in 1992 to foster research
in and awareness of Latin America. This year’s sponsors include the Sklenar Center
for International Programs and the Student Government Association.
For more information, contact Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Vincent
Gawronski at .