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BBC Mundo digital journalism workshop, with Alejandro Millán
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Casa Quellaveco
A journalist from one of the world’s most important and prestigious media outlets will give a digital journalism workshop aimed at university students. This member of the BBC Mundo, Alejandro Millán, team will explain the working model of the Spanish-language section of this British news service, which is over a hundred years old and is renowned for its news rigour and quality, focussing particularly on audio-visual content creation and managing the social media.
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Universidad Católica de Santa María - Campus Umacollo
Carlos Umaña (Costa Rica) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, together with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for raising “awareness about the humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for their efforts to achieve a prohibition on such weapons”. In this conversation with Pablo Cateriano, Umaña will talk about environmentalism and the need to eradicate nuclear weapons from the world, as well as his work as a scientist and activist. In conversation with Ricardo Grundy, director of the School of Political Science and Government at the UCSM.
Américo Zambrano Romero in conversation with Victoria Guerrero Peirano
Our dead
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
Américo Zambrano Romero (Peru) is a writer and journalist who is known for his ability to tell complex stories, bringing a human dimension to the cold statistics of crime. Winner of the 2023 National Journalism Prize, he talks to us about his recent book, Nuestros muertos, an in-depth investigation focussing on the events of 2023 after the failed coup attempted by Pedro Castillo in Peru. In the book, the author examines the decisions taken by the government to try and stop the protests that marked the beginning of its mandate. In conversation with Victoria Guerrero Peirano.
Screening of the documentary Los tsiname. La comunidad de Bolivia donde las personas envejecen más lento
Followed by a talk with Alejandro Millan and Matías Zibell
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
This event involves the screening of a 15-minute documentary, followed by a conversation between Alejandro Millán, producer of the documentary and BBC Mundo journalist, and Matías Zibell. The Tsimane are one of the 36 indigenous nations officially recognised by the plurinational state of Bolivia. Its 16,000 semi-nomadic members live in the Misión Fátima region, a remote corner of the Bolivian Amazon. Experts believe that it is their very isolation that contributes to the unique way in which this ethnicity ages, something that scientists have been studying for decades.
Hamja Ahsan, Agustina Bazterrica, Ekaitz Cancela and Juan Manuel Robles in conversation with Karima Ziali
New narrative paradigms
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Teatro Municipal
Official narrative, non-hegemonic narratives. How do the guests at this event position themselves? We talk to Hamja Ahsan(United Kingdom), Agustina Bazterrica(Argentina), Ekaitz Cancela (Spain) and Juan Manuel Robles(Peru) about their ways of narrating, and their choices when it comes to telling stories and representing reality. In conversation with Karima Ziali.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Price: S/15.00 (PEN)
With the support of British Council and Casa Árabe
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Universidad Católica de Santa María - Instituto Confucio
Two journalists from one of the world’s most important and prestigious media outlets, Alejandro Millán (Colombia) and Matías Zibell(Argentina), will give this digital journalism workshop aimed at university students. The two members of the BBC Mundo team will explain the working model of the Spanish-language section of this British news service, which is over a hundred years old and is renowned for its news rigour and quality, focussing particularly on audio-visual content creation and managing the social media.
Hari Kunzru, Jonathan Castro and Karima Ziali in conversation with Karen Bernedo
Equalities: Who tells our story?
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (teatro)
We talk about our challenges as global societies from non-hegemonic perspectives. Hari Kunzru, a graduate of Oxford University with a Master’s degree in Philosophy and Literature from the University of Warwick, has been a member of the executive board of the English PEN and named by Granta as one of the "best young British novelists"; he has also won various awards, such as the Observer Young Travel Writer of the Year and a British Book Award. In May this year he published his new book, Blue Ruin. Jonathan Castro (Peru) is a political and investigative journalist who works for the La Encerrona outlet. Karima Ziali is a Spanish writer and researcher of Moroccan origin. She has a degree in Philosophy, a Master’s in Anthropological Research and a doctorate in Migratory Studies. Her first novel is entitled Una oración sin dios. In conversation with Karen Bernedo.
Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available
Price: S/15.00 (PEN)
With the support of the British Council and Accion Cultural Española, AC/E
Gemma Ruiz Palà, Julio Villanueva Chang and Iban Zaldua in conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo
On magazines
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (auditorio)
Magazines which include long-running reports, magazines that support the use of a minority language, magazines that act as platforms for new writers. With the journalist and writer Gemma Ruiz Palà (Spain); Julio Villanueva Chang, founding editor of the magazine Etiqueta negra;and Iban Zaldua, who was a member of the team which published the magazine of literary activism Volgako Batelariak.In conversation with Felipe Restrepo Pombo, writer, journalist and former editor of Gatopardo magazine.
Price: S/10.00 (PEN)
With the support of the Instituto Ramón Llull and the Instituto Etxepare
Gonzalo Zegarra, who studied Law at Peru’s Pontificia Universidad Católica and did a Master’s in the discipline at Yale, is the former editor of Semana Económica and is a member of major press councils. He will talk about his book La democracia del click y del TikTok, which deals with the challenges of the social media for politics, highlighting both their capacity to democratise public voices as well as their potential for creating intolerance and polarisation, emphasising the need to reinvent democratic institutions in the digital era. In conversation withDaniel Mitma.
Xabier Díaz de Cerio in conversation with Andrea Chanove
The ABC of Peru’s climate
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Universidad Católica de Santa María - Instituto Confucio
Xabier Díaz is a writer and journalist of Spanish origin, known for his work on matters related to ecology and sustainability, and for his dedication to documenting the environmental matters and challenges faced by Latin America. In his new book, Abecedario Climático Peruano, he presents over a hundred illustrated words, with stories and photos collected in the coastal, mountain and rainforest regions of Peru over the course of fifteen years. The work highlights the local eco-heroes who lead climate action, while also preserving ancestral knowledge, and it combines personal testimonies with an analysis of the effects of climate change on different communities. In conversation with Andrea Chanove.
The Peruvian filmmaker Lucho Llosais a director and producer. After time spent as a journalist and film critic, he has since worked making films, being the first Latin American to make three big budget films in the US movie industry. His production company, Iguana Films, creates series and films in Peru and other countries in the region. He has directed films such as Hour of the Assassin, Sniper, The Specialist, Anaconda, The Feast of the Goa and Tatuajes en la memoria. He has also made television series, such as Gamboa and the soap opera Carmín. In addition, he has also worked in the theatre, and on the creation of the “museums of the image” concept. This year he publishes his autobiography, Secretos de un latino en Hollywood. In conversation with Enrique Planas.
Diego Enrique Osorno in conversation with Camila Osorio
El País event
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Teatro Municipal
En la montaña is a book about the encounter between the journalist and documentary-maker Diego Enrique Osorno (Mexico) and the Zapatista movement, which is 30 years old this year. This text, which is a mixture of reporting and personal reflection, begins in 2021 with the invitation sent to him by the Zapatista National Liberation Army to join the crew of the ship La montaña, in which a Zapatista delegation was to cross the Atlantic Ocean, beginning a journey of visits to Zapatista communities around the world over the course of many months. His task was to be a witness to register the events of that journey. In conversation with the El País journalist, Camila Osorio.
Federico Rivas, Diego Enrique Osorno and Américo Zambrano Romero in conversation with Clara Elvira Ospina
What is happening in the Americas?
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (auditorio)
A look at the state of the continent along with some distinguished journalists and festival guests. With Federico Rivas (Argentina), El País correspondent; Diego Enrique Osorno(Mexico), an independent writer and reporter who contributes regularly to Mexican and international media outlets, and author of En la montaña,a book about the Zapatista movement on its 30th anniversary; and Américo Zambrano Romero (Peru), investigative reporter and author of Nuestros muertos,a book about the failed Pedro Castillo coup in Peru. They will talk to Clara Elvira Ospina (Colombia), a journalist with more than 30 years of experience in Colombia and Peru, and founder of the independent media company Epicentro.
Juan Manuel Robles in conversation with Paola Donaire
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Colegio de Abogados (auditorio)
The writer and journalist Juan Manuel Robles (Peru) will talk to Patricia Donaire about his latest book. In 2017 he was included on the Bogotá39 list as one of the 39 best Latin American fiction writers aged under 40. Author of non-fiction, novels, essays and short stories, his most recent publication is Tragedia en Collins Avenue,an outstanding work of literary non-fiction that recreates the events of 24 June 2021 in Miami, when the Champlain Towers South building, a 13-storey block, collapsed, causing the death of 98 people. Roblesuncovers a hidden world of corruption that lies below the surface in opulent Miami Beach, but also reveals the diversity of voices, cultures and nationalities that converge in this complex and moving story.
Screening of La Montaña, presented by Diego Enrique Osorno
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Centro Cultural Peruano Norteamericano (auditorio)
The Zapatista movement takes to the high seas, and this event is the one portrayed by Diego Enrique Osorno in the documentary La montaña.For over 50 days, he shared with the crew of this ship, and with seven Zapatista representatives, a journey that emulates the one in which the conquistadors came to the New World. Now, the indigenous world makes contact with Europe in order to bring the news of communities that resist. The director will present the documentary.
