Punta Arenas, sede del XXV Congreso Mundial
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Congreso Mundial Punta Arenas 2024
Punta Arenas, capital of the Region of Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica, will host the next Congress of the Worldwide Association of Women Journalists and Writers (AMMPE) at the end of September 2024.
As a geographical point, Punta Arenas is at the end of the world and invites us to Antarctica. However, its latitude puts it at the top of the world and this changes our paradigms.
Therefore, the invitation to our members is to climb to the summit and, from its height, to have another look at the problems and challenges we have as a society, especially in terms of women's rights, the protection of freedom of the press and freedom of expression and the need to ensure that journalists and writers can develop in safe environments free of violence.
All these issues will cross our World Congress. To this end, we are working with more than seven universities in Chile, trade associations and also generating partnerships with other academic entities and foundations outside Chile that are dedicated to journalistic excellence and literary promotion.
The AMMPE World Congress will have a central figure: Gabriela Mistral. A special distinction will be created and a narrative chronicle contest will be held at Latin American level, which will be awarded during our meeting.
For the time being, we have defined five panels that will deal with the following topics:
Panel 1: Literature, Journalism, Language and Gender.
Panel 2: Science journalism, climate change, cultural bioethics, pandemics and health.
Panel 3: Training of journalists and the adaptation of the curriculum.
Panel 4: Democracy, freedom of expression and journalism practice: fakenews, professional ethics.
Panel 5: New audiences, digital journalism and artificial intelligence.
Pero, esto no será todo. Pues también habrá una charla especial sobre cobertura de noticias en ambientes hostiles y daremos a conocer los resultados de una encuesta mundial, cuyo trabajo de campo comenzará durante el segundo semestre de este año.
These reflections will be given in the midst of tourist visits that will allow attendees to learn about the history and natural beauties of Magallanes.
The invitation is, then, to climb to the summit, where we will be able to observe a different world, where there are limitless possibilities.
Elia Simeone R.
President
AMMPE World
Punta Arenas venue of the XXV
AMMPE World Congress
The XXV AMMPE World Congress will be held in Punta Arenas, capital of the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region. This international meeting will be held at the end of September 2024.
Punta Arenas is located at the southern tip of the American continent, its coasts are bathed by the waters of the Strait of Magellan, a passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is the closest city to the frozen continent, so it is considered one of the gateways to Antarctica.
From Santiago, the capital of Chile, it can be reached by plane in a direct flight that takes three hours and 27 minutes.
Punta Arenas was founded on December 18, 1848 and, being located east of the Andes Mountains, it is the only regional capital of Chile that has sunrises by the sea and sunsets towards the mountains.
Among its architectural landmarks is the Plaza de Armas Benjamín Muñoz Gamero, which has a monument to the Portuguese explorer Fernando de Magallanes and also to the native peoples. Thus, it is a tradition that visitors kiss the foot of a Patagonian aborigine to fulfill the popular tradition that they will be able to visit the city again.
It has five main museums: Braun Menéndez Regional Museum; Maggiorino Borgatello Salesian Regional Museum; Naval and Maritime Museum of Punta Arenas; Nao Victoria Museum; and Museum of Remembrance.
The Nao Victoria Museum, 7.5 km north of Route Y-565, exhibits the scale replica of the ship of the same name with which Magellan found the sea passage that today bears his name and which later allowed him to complete the first round-the-world voyage.
In this museum, there are also full-scale replicas of the James Caird, used by Sir Ernest Shackleton throughout his ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition with the Brigantine Endurance. There is also a replica of the schooner Ancud, the ship that allowed Chile to take possession of the Strait of Magellan in 1843. James Caird, utilizado por Sir Ernest Shackleton a lo largo de sus desafortunada Expedición Imperial Trans-Antártica con el Bergantín Endurance. Además, está la réplica de la goleta Ancud, nave que permitió a Chile tomar posesión del estrecho de Magallanes en 1843.
Another attraction is the Parque del Estrecho, 50 kilometers south of Punta Arenas. It houses the National Historic Monuments Fort Bulnes and the King Don Felipe City or "Puerto del Hambre" (Port of Hunger).
Only 7 kilometers west of the center of the city of Punta Arenas is the Magallanes Natural Reserve, with Magellanic forests where species such as lenga, coigüe and ñirre predominate.
Los Pingüinos Natural Monument is formed by the Magdalena and Marta Islands, which are in the strait 35 kilometers northeast of Punta Arenas.
Another major attraction is the Francisco Coloane Marine Park, located 75 kilometers south of Punta Arenas, the only place in the southern hemisphere where humpback whales feed outside the white continent. With an area of 67,000 hectares, it is the first marine park in Chile and the most important feeding ground for humpback, sei and minke whales.
The Magellanic fauna is rich, and it is possible to see pumas, black-chested eagles, gray foxes, culpeo foxes, condors and other birds. There are also ñandú, caiquenes and, in the waters of the Strait of Magellan, whales, penguins and toninas.