Intellectuals from different spheres of society from 15 countries coincided in the importance of thinking and acting with an integration vision inherited from our forefathers and thinkers of other epochs and current times during the 2010 Ibero-American Culture Festival.

 
Born out of a need of intellectuals, researchers and students from the island, the forum gathered dozens of thinkers from different parts of Latin America whom in round tables, panels or through conferences transmitted the reality of each of their countries.

 
That is why Dr. Eduardo, Director of the Cuban National Library and president of Honor of the institution, believed that the meeting was important within the cultural panorama because it allowed the discussion of important issues.

Talking about the history of Cuba´s way of thinking or dedicating a space to reflect on the Bicentennial of the Independences in America turned this meeting into an ideal place to promote the development of a integration ideology.

Dr. Jose Valero Mata, from the University of Valladolid, Spain, also affirmed that the forum contributed to new ideas in facing the socio political debate in Ibero America, with the obligation of opening to reflective issues regarding liberal models that dominate the world.

 
Names like Cuban Felix Valera and Jose Marti and Venezuelan Simon Bolivar among others were mentioned in the conference as a tribute to those that helped make up models and the ideals of a more just and peaceful world.

The meeting´s sessions were like open classrooms for people that were anxious in learning about their roots, to question and find responses to a number of doubts that arise from reading or studying.

 
The National Social Science Award laureate, Aurea Matilde Fernandez reflected on the importance of the event when she affirmed that spaces like this one allowed one to learn where this type of thinking is moving towards and where to go in order to be more free and defend self determination of our future.
 

That is why every October, Holguin has a special moment reserved for those
that are looking for the light of knowledge and integration as a guide for the future sisterhood of Ibero American nations and the world.