Silvio Rodriguez concert in Mexico
Mexico City, June 10 (RHC)-- The IX Latin American Conference of Social Sciences (CLACSO) closes today, Friday, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), with a concert by Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez in the capital's Zócalo.
The forum began last Tuesday and 10,000 academics from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from other continents, responded to the call to debate 34 proposed topics and dozens of subtopics in 250 panels and 600 round tables.
The theme of the event was "Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Knowledge, struggles and transformations", which served as a guide for the preparation of the work program and the interventions that, due to their massive nature, simultaneously occupied 23 streaming channels in an attempt to cover 105 activities.
Apart from the delegates, the entrance to the numerous enclosures and tents made available by UNAM for the largest event of this nature in the Americas was free to the public, as was the Book Fair of the social sciences and humanities and the film festival.
The literary show, which also closes this Friday, was attended by publishers, booksellers, distributors, literary agents, librarians, designers, translators and all those involved in the various areas that are part of the value chain of the book in Latin America and the Caribbean.
It is worth mentioning that Clacso devoted one of its forums to Cuba, with the participation of a large delegation of more than 40 academics representing the many Cuban universities and organizations affiliated to the Latin American Council of Social Sciences.
The Cuban Revolution, threats, challenges and dangers, was scrutinized by professors from the island and researchers from universities of the continent, and the conclusion was that, despite the difficult situation the Cuban people are going through, they will win in this new situation.
Rogelio Sierra, rector of the Higher Institute of International Relations "Raúl Roa García", presented the International Political Journal, and his compatriot José Ramón Cabañas, director of the International Political Research Center, published by that academic institute, Cuadernos de Nuestra América.
The meeting is considered a milestone in the region's social sciences and humanities, and received dozens of congratulations during the course of its sessions for addressing the crucial issue of inequalities in a profound, highly professional manner, supported by important and complex research.
There were many themes and sub-themes related to the theme, such as care society; gender violence; violence and security policies; feminisms and dissidence, and many more.
The official closing ceremony will be in charge of the general director of Clacso, Karina Batthyány, at UNAM and from there they will go to the Zócalo for the concert of Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez.
