On Monday, the President of the State, Salvador Illa, inaugurated the Catalonia Pavilion at the Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL). “The FIL is the beginning of the renewal of Catalonia’s brotherhood with Latin America,” said the head of government, who appeared accompanied by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Colboni, and the Advisors for Culture, the European Union and External Action, Sonia Almodóvar and Jaume Deutsch, respectively.
“There are two values that have caught my attention since my arrival in Mexico,” Ella said upon arriving at the podium. “Hospitality and dynamism. Both are welcoming lands. We are witnessing a new phase of cultural and social dynamism and this is reflected in FIL,” the Prime Minister continued. The exhibition began last Sunday in that Mexican city and its doors will remain open until the seventh day.
Illa has called for this “renewed fraternity” with Mexico to be an opportunity to “recover all the cultural ambition” of Catalonia. He explained that this plan includes Barcelona exercising its “dual cultural capital” in the Spanish and Catalan languages. He added: “We will do this without complications.” presidentwho emphasized that the literary event in Guadalajara also represents a great opportunity to demonstrate Catalan gastronomy, audiovisual production and plastic arts to the Latin public.
The Catalan government now wants to deepen its relations with Latin America and sees Mexico as the spearhead in achieving this goal. Illa once again thanked the Mexican people for welcoming the thousands of Republican refugees who arrived to escape the civil war of the previous century. “We acted as a bridge between the cultures of Latin America and Spain,” he added, after referring to the Catalan capital’s role in the conflict. Boom latin america.
The Catalan capital is the guest of honor of the 39th edition of FIL and Generalitat wanted to take advantage of this tractor to show off even more. Catalonia has a 135 square meter stand, where 110 publishers can showcase their work in different formats. This represents a 71% increase in editorials compared to the previous year. In addition, a total of 10 Catalan literary agencies complete the delegation organized by the Catalan Institute of Cultural Institutions (ICEC), the Gremi d’Editors de Catalunya, and the Associació d’Editors en Llengua Catalana.
he president He has been on an official visit to Mexico since last Saturday and will remain in the Latin American country until next Thursday. With an agenda that combines historical memory events and institutional cooperation, the President now devoted yesterday to selling the richness of Catalan culture and the potential of the publishing sector at one of the most important exhibitions in the sector.
Before attending the FIL Forum, Illa met with his counterpart from Jalisco, Pablo Lemos. Having picked up the theme of their meeting in Barcelona last April, the two leaders signed a memorandum of cooperation on various topics, including cooperation between their research centers and artificial intelligence and supercomputing. “We have many possibilities and common points to enrich each other,” Ella said.
In order to strengthen these relations, the two presidents conspired to obtain a direct flight between the two cities. It is currently possible to travel from Madrid and Barcelona to Mexico City and, depending on the month of the year, to Cancun, but there are no connections with other large cities such as Guadalajara. “The degree of cooperation existing between the two cities justifies a direct line,” Lemos defended.