The National Secretary of Culture, Leonardo Cifellisurprised everyone by touring the Buenos Aires Book Fair this afternoon, after announcing that he will not participate in the opening ceremony that will take place late at night.
In recent weeks there has been a long back and forth between the authorities of the El Libro Foundation, the organization that runs the Fair, and the authorities of the national government, but everything seems to be settled with this official visit: Cifelli was present at La Rural without custodians and paying the entrance.
As Infobae Cultura learned, he had recommended going without security, and so he entered the fairgrounds on opening day.
The secretary toured the pavilions and spoke with editorial representatives. Furthermore, he left with a book under his arm: he bought The City and its uncertain walls from the Japanese bestseller Haruki Murakamia novel published just a month ago by the Tusquets label.
The head of the National Library accompanied Cifelli Susana Soto Pérezand the head of CONABIP Raul Escandar. Next week, Escandar will be in charge of launching the 19th edition of the Libro% Program at the Book Fair.
Cifelli will not attend the opening ceremony, which takes place this afternoon. This was confirmed by Infobae Cultura. Because? “It doesn’t seem to you that money should be spent on redoubling security, as was said, and the inconveniences that this may cause to the Fair authorities,” they commented from their surroundings.
On the other hand, the Head of the Buenos Aires Government would be there Jorge Macri -who would speak at the event- and his Minister of Culture, Gabriela Ricardes.
It is worth remembering that the Ministry of Culture decided not to have its usual stand at the Book Fair and to use that money, as expressed by the same officials, in the purchase of books that reach 744 popular libraries that will update their bibliographic collection, dependent on Conabip. .
