Hay Festival Cartagena 2023

Democracy: the least imperfect system of government developed by societies. How can it be improved? Why is it so important to defend it? Three specialists will talk about one of the key matters for the future of humanity. With the political scientist Ivan Krastev (Bulgaria), Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria, and a permanent boardmember of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna; the Ukrainian writer and activist Victoria Amelina; and Carole Cadwalladr (United Kingdom), British investigative journalist with The Guardian, famous for uncovering the Cambridge Analytica and Facebook scandal. In conversation with Moisés Naím.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

Maria Ressa (Philippines), is the journalist that won the Peace Nobel Prize in 2021 for work denouncing Duterte's regimen, corruption and and brutality; she will be presenting her latest book, How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future, a call to the world to raise awareness about social media misinformation and a passionate manifesto about the importance of the freedom of press to ensure democracy's health versus abuse of power by those who control media, said Rodrigo Duterte o Mark Zuckeberg. In conversation with Lydia Cacho.

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A society that offers its citizens quality public services, where peace and access to education are guaranteed, is also a less violent and unequal society, one where cultural manifestations flourish. We speak to four experts who, from their various specialities, present ideas about how to achieve this equity. With Darrel McLeod (Canada), a writer who was chief negotiator for land claims with the Canadian Federal Government and Executive Director of Education and International Affairs of the Canadian Assembly of First Nations before turning to writing; Paula Marcela Moreno (Colombia), former Minister of Culture, Chair of Corporación Manos Visibles and author of Soñar lo imposible and Maria Ressa (Philippines), journalist, winner of the Peace Nobel Prize in 2021 for work denouncing Duterte's regimen, corruption and and brutality. In conversation with Karim Ganem Maloof.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available

Oleksandra Matviichuk (Ukraine), a lawyer and activist with the Center for Civil Liberties, winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize together with Memorial and the activist Ales Bialiatski; and the artist and writer Victoria Amelina (Ukraine), will talk to Catalina Gómez Ángel about their country, the war that has changed the life of its inhabitants irreversibly and how to continue working in the midst of war.

Simultaneous interpreting from English to Spanish available