


#Imagenes de diogenes y boquechivo registration
The stands of the different state ministries will take advantage of the Fair's installation to promote their products and services.Īmong there will be the Central Electoral Board, that due to the delay in obtaining the biometric data for the new "cédula" (identity and voter registration card), will take advantage of the visitors to the Fair to get them to register and promote the initiative.
#Imagenes de diogenes y boquechivo install
The Ministry of Culture will one again install the "Colmadon of Books"-a reference to the noisy corner markets so popular in the barrios-where the ministry will offer all of the books that they have published.Īmong the awards this year will be one for Harold Priego, the cartoonist famous for his "Diogenes & Boquechivo". The novelty this year is the Comics Pavillion, the Boulevard of the micro-story, the pavilion of the Casa de Teatro, and the space dedicated to the recently deceased authoress Corin Tellado.

Referring to the sales of books, teaching materials and food among other things that form part of the offerings, Lantigua said, "I think that the Fair will encourage, during these 14 days (the time the fair will last) the economy here in Santo Domingo." Jose Rafael Lantigua said that they managed to do the set up, that includes 50 items, by following an austerity plan. Diógenes y Boquechivo comenzaron a publicarse en Diario Libre en mayo del 2003, y fueron un éxito inmediato. He looked optimistic, since he thought that considering the issue of the economic crisis that has the attention of the politicians, the number of participants might be reduced, which, for his own tranquility, did not happen. 'El caricaturista dominicano, creador de Diógenes y Boquechivo, Harold Priego, falleció de un infarto alrededor de las 4:00 de la tarde de este sábado, después de que en un año sufriera dos preinfartos. The Minister of Culture who was seen yesterday was walking around following the set up closely. This XII edition of the Book Fair, that has Brazil as the honored guest, will include the visit by some important international writers and intellectuals such as Fray Betto, one of the leading thinkers on liberation theology and author of more than 40 books.Īlso, Nelida Piñon, the first woman to occupy the presidency of the academy of letter in Brazil, along with Adolfo Castañon and other intellectuals will make appearances.Īlejandro Arvelo, the director of the Book Fair, promises to make this fair the most "beautifully" organized of the last five years.
