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Cuban Ambassador meets with Rector of the University of La Serena
In what constitutes his first visit to the capital of the Coquimbo Region, Ambassador Adolfo Curbelo expressed his intention to establish ties that allow the development of cultural activity and the improvement of students and academics from both countries.
A fruitful meeting was held at the Central House of the University of La Serena, by the Cuban ambassador to our country, Adolfo Curbelo, and the highest university authority, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés.
On the occasion, the Rector of the ULS thanked the visit of the diplomat and the delegation that accompanied him, also made up of José Miguel Hernández, in charge of Political Affairs, and Luis Aguilera, president of the Society of Writers of Chile, Coquimbo Region, among other regional representatives.
''It was very important to come visit this university, there is a very special link with this region thanks to the figure of Gabriela Mistral. In Cuba there is a Gabriela Mistral Chair, since she is a very well-known and loved personality in our country. It is necessary to stimulate academic contact that allows this relationship to deepen,'' the diplomat said.
The meeting was conducive to holding the first conversations about future joint activities, especially in cultural matters, in order to carry out, among others, an intense work of compilation and subsequent publication of texts around the figure of the distinguished Gabriela Mistral and his writings referring to his stay on the island in the 50s and the figure of José Martí and Cuban culture. Added to this is the intention to generate academic activities related to both characters.
That is why the director of Extension of the ULS, Dr. Catalina Cvitanic, and the director of the Mistralian Center, Dr. Rolando Manzano, also participated in this meeting, who outlined the possibility of carrying out different cultural and artistic exchange initiatives in the future, intended to promote knowledge regarding the identity of both nations.
At the end of the meeting, both authorities shared a gift and committed to continuing the necessary conversations to carry out the first joint activities in the coming months.