History +

Who am I?

Clue: As a medical student, I traveled around Latin America and saw the conditions of the poor. I wrote a book about the trip and it became a movie in 2004 called The Motorcycle Diaries. Who am I?

1 City. 26.2 Miles. 37,000 Runners.

Each fall New York City celebrates the NYC marathon, which, with over 37,000 runners, is the largest marathon in the world. According to legend, in ancient Greece a soldier ran this distance from the city of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon.

India-China Friendship Year

India and China don’t seem at all alike. When you look at the differences between their governments, religions, and even their climates, the two countries seem to share only the fact that they exist on the same continent.