What We Must Do To Gain Our Latin Friends' Hearts

About the Book

This book is divided in three sections, which the author considered very important to improve future relations with Latin-American countries and the large Latino community in the United States. The first one is how the two cultures view each other. The second one is an analysis of the Latino community in the USA. And finally, he offers some advice for Americans traveling to the Latin countries. Not less important is the standing of the Latino community inside the USA, their concerns and their sensitivities to social and political matters. This is a book for everyone—from the common person, to the ambassador going to serve in a Latin country, to the businessperson serving Latin-American communities, to travelers to these countries, and politicians trying to understand where they have failed to connect with the growing Latino groups.

About the Author

Dr. Basilio Padilla is a physician who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago. He was in private practice for more than fifteen years in the Peru–La Salle area (state of Illinois) from 1983 through 2000. He was an assistant professor at Rush University Medical Center. He was also a gynecologist for the Heart City Health Center in the city of Elkhart, Indiana, for three years in association with Elkhart General Hospital. During all these years, he was a community lecturer and writer of numerous articles on public relations, politics, and medicine. He has traveled to many Latin-American countries and learned much from his experiences overseas. In the Peru–La Salle area, he was medical director of St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley, Illinois, chief of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department for fourteen years, and chief of surgery at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. He has done multiple medical missions to help the poor and writes for several newspapers.