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Leila Guerriero, Leonardo Padura and Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Javier Moreno

The world of El País in it’s first 50 years

Cartagena 2026, 

As well as being three of Latin America’s most renowned writers, Leila Guerriero Argentina), Leonardo Padura (Cuba) and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia) are all El País columnists. They will talk to Javier Moreno Barber, exdirector of the Spanish newspaper, about how they tackle writing, why it is so important for the reputation of a newspaper to have high profile columnists, and how they contribute to maintaining the narrative, cultural and social bridge between Latin America and Spain.

Leila Guerriero, Leonardo Padura and Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Javier Moreno