Hugo Chávez inaugurates International Book Fair, dedicated to Cuba
CARACAS
President Hugo Chávez inaugurated the 2nd Venezuelan International Book Fair (FILVEN), where Cuba is the guest country of honor, on November 2, at an event where the first books produced by the Cultural Fund of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) were launched.
At the Parque del Este, a spacious open-air venue, where this fiesta of books and reading was opened, the Venezuelan leader received a collection of these valuable titles, including the biography of Venezuelan national hero Francisco de Miranda, by historian Carmen Bohórquez; an essay by Cuban historian Francisco Pividal regarding the anti-imperialist anticipations of the Liberator Simón Bolívar; La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age), an anthology of José Martí’s ideas on Our America; and a biographical sketch of the life and work of the Cuban national hero by Cintio Vitier.
Other titles launched included a compilation by Argentine writer Atilio Borón on the subject of Imperio e imperialismo (Empire and Imperialism); Operación Cóndor (Operation Condor) by Stella Calloni; Propagandas silenciosas (Silent Propaganda) by Ignacio Ramonet; Todo Calibán by Roberto Fernández Retamar, and a selection of Mark Twain’s chronicles of the United States, which because of their critical look at life in that country, would appear to have been written today, commented Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto, who presided over the launching of these books.
President Hugo Chávez inaugurated the 2nd Venezuelan International Book Fair (FILVEN), where Cuba is the guest country of honor, on November 2, at an event where the first books produced by the Cultural Fund of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) were launched.
At the Parque del Este, a spacious open-air venue, where this fiesta of books and reading was opened, the Venezuelan leader received a collection of these valuable titles, including the biography of Venezuelan national hero Francisco de Miranda, by historian Carmen Bohórquez; an essay by Cuban historian Francisco Pividal regarding the anti-imperialist anticipations of the Liberator Simón Bolívar; La Edad de Oro (The Golden Age), an anthology of José Martí’s ideas on Our America; and a biographical sketch of the life and work of the Cuban national hero by Cintio Vitier.
Other titles launched included a compilation by Argentine writer Atilio Borón on the subject of Imperio e imperialismo (Empire and Imperialism); Operación Cóndor (Operation Condor) by Stella Calloni; Propagandas silenciosas (Silent Propaganda) by Ignacio Ramonet; Todo Calibán by Roberto Fernández Retamar, and a selection of Mark Twain’s chronicles of the United States, which because of their critical look at life in that country, would appear to have been written today, commented Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto, who presided over the launching of these books.
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
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