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The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation has presented the book Hernán Cortés en el siglo XXI. V Centenario de la llegada de Cortés a México at the Ateneo de Sevilla. The book gathers the conferences and papers of the international congress that was given the same name and was held in the Extremaduran towns of Medellín and Trujillo in 2019. It brought experts in the multifaceted figure from Medellín from both sides of the Atlantic together, such as Christian Duverger, Esteban Mira Caballos, Rodrigo Martínez Baracs, Alicia Mayer, María del Carmen Martínez Martínez, Ramón Tamames Gómez or Martín Almagro Gorbea, among many others.

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation has presented the book Hernán Cortés en el siglo XXI. V Centenario de la llegada de Cortés a México at the Ateneo de Sevilla. The book gathers the conferences and papers of the international congress that was given the same name and was held in the Extremaduran towns of Medellín and Trujillo in 2019. It brought experts in the multifaceted figure from Medellín from both sides of the Atlantic together, such as Christian Duverger, Esteban Mira Caballos, Rodrigo Martínez Baracs, Alicia Mayer, María del Carmen Martínez Martínez, Ramón Tamames Gómez or Martín Almagro Gorbea, among many others.

The President of the Regional Government of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, highlighted the importance of the historical, artistic and cultural heritage of Extremadura through the UNESCO mentions this Thursday and assured that “these recognitions are not just ours”, but rather a “heritage of all mankind”.

The I Guadeloupean World Heritage Sessions will analyse how to preserve, manage and disseminate the values of World Heritage Site Assets.

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and National Heritage have organised the concert “La canción del Emperador”, which is performed by Duo Orpheo and is to be held next Saturday, 18 September, at 13:00pm, at the Royal Monastery of Yuste (Cáceres).

The jury of the 14th edition of the Carlos V European Award, granted by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, has decided to award the prize to German Chancellor Angela Merkel in “recognition of her long political career in the service of Europe, having been a strong supporter of the European integration process and of the important strategic role of Europe in the international scene”. This was announced today at a press conference by the General Director of External Action of the Regional Government of Extremadura and President of the Executive Committee of Yuste Foundation, Rosa Balas, along with the Director of Yuste Foundation, Juan Carlos Moreno.

The former president of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, winner of the European Carlos V Award in 2004, has died at the age of 81.

On Monday, the president of Regional Government of Extremadura and the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, Guillermo Fernández Vara, advocated “understanding the role we must play from Spain and also from the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste, better than ever; that of serving as a bridge between the European Union and Latin America”

Aiming to analyse the current situation and seeking answers within the framework of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, as well as examining the development of a renewed agenda in the relations between the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean that contributes to addressing common challenges, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and EU-LAC Foundation are organising the course “European Union-Latin American and the Caribbean Relations: A Renewed Agenda and a Programme for Recovery under the SDGs”

The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation has inaugurated the course “Diplomacy in the Worlds of Charles V: Negotiation and Dialogue’”, which will be held virtually from 5 to 9 July, within the programming of Campus Yuste’s international summer/autumn courses.