With this new presence, Luis García Montero, Director of the Institute, wants to reinforce the prestige of the Spanish language and the pride of Spanish speakers in their culture.
The Instituto Cervantes inaugurated yesterday, June 23rd., a branch in El Paso, Texas, the second most important city on the long border between the United States and Mexico. With the opening of the new branch, which will depend on the Cervantes center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Institute takes another step forward in their strategy to reinforce the prestige of the Spanish language and the pride of the Spanish culture among Spanish-speaking Americans.
The director of the Institute, Luis García Montero, inaugurated this branch accompanied by the Spanish Ambassador to the US, Santiago Cabanas, and the Consul General in Houston, Julia Olmo. The Cervantes Institute is housed in free-of-charge facilities provided by Southwest University, where they will have access to other areas in the university to hold cultural activities.
The Institute thus advances in their work so that Spanish will no longer be considered a "second-rate" language in the United States, diplomatically fighting the "English first." A claim that is not limited to the state of Texas, but extends to California, New Mexico and Florida, all of them where Spanish is part of the daily life of their population.
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