Cádiz
will host the IX
International Congress of the Spanish Language
, which was scheduled to be held from March 27 to 30, 2023 in Arequipa (Peru) and which ultimately will not take place due to the political instability of the Andean country.
This was announced by the director of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), Santiago Muñoz Machado, after the unanimous decision of the Language Academies meeting in ASALE plenary session.
Cádiz will deal with the "total" organization of the congress because a shared headquarters would produce "coordination difficulties".
Cádiz has been the city that has met the conditions to maintain the scheduled dates for the celebration of the Congress -- "or close days"--, while the Academies have promised to celebrate the next Language Congress in Arequipa.
"The Government of Spain, to whom the financing is responsible, has shown availability to
meet the expenses of the Congress
and we have also contrasted with the Casa del Rey its availability, which is also absolute. We have chosen Cádiz for many reasons, since it has mobilized his candidacy for a long time and has mobilized many institutions for many months", explained the academic.
The city of Cádiz aspired to host the X Congress of the Spanish Language in 2025, with a candidacy that was promoted by the Cádiz Press Association and supported by the Provincial Council, the Cádiz City Council, the Junta de Andalucía and other institutional entities. like the Senate.
The International Congress of the Spanish Language will be inaugurated by the King and was expected to bring together more than 250 international lecturers and speakers in March 2023, with the central theme of miscegenation and interculturality.
Academics, writers, linguists, historians, thinkers, editors, creators, teachers, journalists and scientists, among others, had already confirmed their participation in the different sessions of the program. europa press
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