Spanish is not only the language of my soul, but it’s the language of the memory, of my emotions, the first language I began to write and to think in. - Marjorie Agosín

Since the earliest history, poetry and the spoken word have been the pulse of human civilization.

The search for identity and belonging is also a motif for the human condition of the twentieth century-a century defined by displacements and migrations.

antisemitism has always existed in Latin America, as evidenced by the many nations that remained neutral during the Second World War. The barbarism of the Nazis was often praised in military circles, and some Latin American countries only joined the Allies because of pressure from the United States. One of the few Latin American intellectuals who stood up against fascism and spoke about the impending fate of European Jews was Gabriela Mistral...