Hay Forum will hold its first edition in Panama

For the first time in Panama, on January 23 and 24, There is a Foruminitiative There is a Festivalliterary and ideological event created in Hay-on-Wye in Wales 37 years ago and with a presence in countries such as Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Spain.

With more than 20 years of presence in Latin AmericaHay Forum is coming to Panama to offer the public another option among local events where literature and spaces are created for promotion dialogue topic of interest.

He There is a Panama City Forum (https://www.hayfestival.com), in its first edition and designed as a sustainable event over time at the local level, will take place in three places: Applehe Museum of the Interoceanic Canal and Anita Villalaz Theatre.

Programming includes 16 activitiessuch as round tables and conversations, and 35 guests (writers and experts from various fields) domestic and international.

Guests include personalities such as the writer John David MorganOrit Btesh, Olga de Obaldía, Miroslava Herrera, Guillermina de Gracia, Lina Vega, Humberto Vélez, Wade Davis, Daniel Mordzinski, Sergio Dahbar, Alfonso Múnera, among others.

The activities will be conducted from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., afternoon and evening activities have a value of 7 dollars, and the entrance to to students It is free access with prior registration at https://acortar.link/zj2wdy.

Regarding activities in the morning, both days festivalwhich will be held in La Manzana will be free for all participants.

Cristina Fuentes La Rocheinternational director of the Hay Festival, said that they are glad to be in Panama for the first time with the Hay Forum, shorter and more focused format on topics and proposals.

They will be addressed global problems with the aim of fomparticipate in dialogue such as climate change, human rights, gender equality, cultural management, literature, challenges of investigative journalism, original worldviews, among others.

Finally, La Roche expressed an interest in holding the ua festival sustainable annually in Panama.

#Culture For the first time in Panama, the Hay Forum, an event that originated in Hay-on-Wye, Wales, will be held on January 23rd and 24th, in three locations: the Canal Museum, La Manzana and the Anita Villalaz Theater.

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