Havana, March 17, 2025 – The President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, participated this Tuesday in the inauguration of the fourth edition of the International Colloquium “Patria” which brings together approximately 400 national and international delegates from 47 countries.

Under the theme «We are peoples weaving networks», the event, held at the University of Havana, will discuss the use of digital content and platforms as tools for social mobilization, political participation, and the shaping of power.

The program includes conferences, theoretical workshops, and exhibition fairs, with this edition dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the multi-state channel Telesur—founded by Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez—and the 40th anniversary of the Faculty of Communication at the University of Havana.

Sponsored by the Union of Cuban Journalists and with the collaboration of Casa de las Américas and the Hermanos Saíz Association, the Colloquium ‘Patria’ provides communicators, academics, politicians, activists, and interested citizens with a space for reflection on the opportunities and challenges of technopolitics.

This forum has been held since 2022 as part of the Cuban Press Day celebrations and pays tribute to the newspaper Patria, founded in 1892 by National Hero José Martí to disseminate libertarian ideas and unite Cubans around the need for independence from the Spanish metropolis.

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