Germán Díaz Barrio, born in Buenavista de Valdavia, Palencia province, is now a resident of Valladolid.

Being bilingual or even multilingual should be seen as an asset and resource to schools and communities, rather than a deficit that needs to be remedied, said Maria Franquiz, a bilingual education expert and University of Utah professor who spoke at Baylor University on Tuesday.

Instituto Cervantes is a not for profit organization created by the Spanish government in 1991. Its mission is to promote the Spanish language and to contribute to the advancement of the cultures of all Spanish speaking countries and communities.

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America Reads Spanish is organizing its third Children Books Workshop and Expo for professionals in the city of Chicago. This event is being arranged to provide a tool for teachers, district administrators, librarians, distributors and other professionals of the industry.

The Spanish Association of Cultural Magazines (ARCE), based in Madrid, is an association of publishers of cultural journals and magazines. It was established in 1983 following the initiative of several publishers of this type of publications.

“The future of Spanish is being decided in the USA”, says the director of the Institution, Luis García Montero.

The jury, this year presided by Daniel Fernandez, editor and president of Edhasa