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Fourth edition of the Festival Centroamérica Cuenta, 2016
The 2018 edition could not be held in Managua due to the socio-political crisis then affecting Nicaragua, and so the festival had to be transferred to neighbouring Costa Rica, where in San José we were also assisted by the Cultural Centre of Spain. In May 2019, we again travelled beyond our borders, fulfilling our commitment to reschedule the sixth edition of Cuenta. In this adventure we were accompanied by a group of Spanish writers, including Ray Loriga, Juan José Armas, Edurne Portela, Alfonso Armada, Alfonso Mateo-Sagasta and, once again, Berna González Harbour, who with Luisgé Martín and José Ovejero are regulars at our festival. As well as round table discussions, the Festival featured a wealth of open, relaxed conversations during which Central American writers had the opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions with authors from other parts of the world. These contacts have been maintained beyond the festival and have resulted in many instances of multicultural exchange and creation. In the CCSN premises in the Costa Rican capital, San José, we organised a special selection of our programme, with book presentations and discussions, as well as special activities for children, aimed at sharing cultural manifestations and highlighting the cultural riches of the indigenous peoples of Central America, thus fulfilling one of the goals of the Network of Cultural Centres, that of fostering exchange among cultural agents.
