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Visit to Latin America 2007
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush meet President Tabare Vazquez of Uruguay and his wife, Maria Auxiliadora Delgado de Vazquez at the Main House, Estancia Anchorena, in Colonia, Uruguay, Saturday, March 10, 2007. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush meet President Tabare Vazquez of Uruguay and his wife, Maria Auxiliadora Delgado de Vazquez at the Main House, Estancia Anchorena, in Colonia, Uruguay, Saturday, March 10, 2007. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
In March, Mrs. Laura Bush traveled with President George W. Bush to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. During her trip Mrs. Bush highlighted literacy and education programs as well as visiting important cultural sites. In this photograph, members of the Patzun Dance group performs the dance, "La Danza de los Venados," Monday, March 12, 2007, during a visit to Iximche, Guatemala, by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush and President Oscar Berger of Guatemala and his wife, Mrs. Wendy Widmann de Berger. White House photo by Paul Morse Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a discussion at the AlfaSol literacy program Friday, March 9, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Students who complete the literacy program are eligible to enter Brazil’s Youth and Adult Education (YAE) national program, which offers skills training for specific employment opportunities. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush visits the AlfaSol literacy program Friday, March 9, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush talks with Mrs. Marisa Leticia da Silva, wife of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil at the Hilton Sao Paulo Morumbi hotel, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, March 9, 2007. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush visits Projecto Aprendiz Friday, March 9, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Initiated by Brazilian journalist Gilberto Dimenstein, Projeto Aprendiz assists at-risk youth through educational, sports, cultural and job opportunities within their own neighborhood. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush listens to a musical performance at Projecto Aprendiz Friday, March 9, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Developing the concept of the neighborhood as a school, the program supplements school education with a wide range of community-based activities. The work carried out by Aprendiz has been recognized by UNICEF as a best practice project to be disseminated worldwide. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush talks with a little boy at Projecto Aprendiz Friday, March 9, 2007, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. White House photo by Shealah Craighead President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush meet President Tabare Vazquez of Uruguay and his wife, Maria Auxiliadora Delgado de Vazquez at the Main House, Estancia Anchorena, in Colonia, Uruguay, Saturday, March 10, 2007. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush tours Colonia del Sacramento with Maria Auxiliadora Delgado de Vazquez, wife of the President of Uruguay in Colonia, Uruguay, Saturday, March 10, 2007. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush tours Escuela de Artes y Oficios with Mrs. Lina Moreno De Uribe, wife of President Uribe of Colombia. Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 11, 2007. Mrs. Bush talks to an artist during the tour. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush play with a young girl during a visit Monday, March 12, 2007, to the Carlos Emilio Leonardo School in Santata Cruz Balanya, Guatemala. The couple visited a medical readiness and training exercise site at the school. White House photo by Eric Draper Mrs. Laura Bush participates in a discussion at Camino Seguro (Safe Passage) with Wendy Widmann de Berger in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Sunday, March 11, 2007. The program was founded by an American for children of families working in the Guatemala City garbage dump. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
Mrs. Laura Bush talks to children at Camino Seguro (Safe Passage) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, Monday, March 12, 2007. White House photo by Eric Draper Mrs. Laura Bush poses with performers Monday, March 12, 2007, after a demonstration of a Mayan Ritual competition in Iximche, Guatemala. President and Mrs. Bush visited three Guatemalan villages during the morning hours before departing for Mexico, the last stop of their five-country, Latin American visit. White House photo by Paul Morse
Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Margarita Zavala, wife of President Felipe Calderon of Mexico, tour Mayan ruins in Uxmal, Mexico Tuesday, March 13, 2007. White House photo by Shealah Craighead Mrs. Laura Bush and Mrs. Margarita Zavala, wife of Mexico President Felipe Calderon, applaud a performer of the Cultural Center for Yucatecan Children Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at Hacienda Ochil near Temozon in Mexico. White House photo by Shealah Craighead
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush walk with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon and Mrs. Margarita Zavala upon their arrival Tuesday, March 13, 2007, to Hacienda Temozon in Temozon Sur, Mexico. White House photo by Eric Draper

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