President Ollanta Humala of Peru visits MIT
Ollanta Humala, the president of Peru, visited the MIT campus on Wednesday, meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, faculty members and students. Humala was accompanied by a delegation that included Peruvian ministers of education, defense, foreign relations, and foreign commerce and tourism, as well as the U.S. ambassador to Peru. The visit to MIT rounded out a three-day tour for Humala that also included meetings with President Barack Obama in Washington and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick in Boston. The visit was Humala’s first official trip to the United States since his election as Peru’s president in 2011.During the 90-minute visit, held at the Media Lab, Reif warmly welcomed Humala, speaking to the delegation in his native Spanish. “We have followed your commitment to science and technology,” Reif told Humala. “Hearing that another country is like-minded … this is music to my ears.” “Working on the world’s biggest problems entails...