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Buenos Aires, Argentina.  The Basque community in Argentina is experiencing some very intense days where activities and visits are not few.  Remember that in April film directors Aitor and Amaia Merino, singer Joseba Gotzon and photographer Kepa Etchandy; as well as, on an official visit, Asier Vallejo, Director of the Basque Community Abroad of the Basque Government was in the country from the 22^nd-27^th of last month.  Activities were also organized reflecting in each case the commitment and participation of the people.  Besides the Aberri Eguna celebrations and the commemoration of the Bombing of Gernika, there was also the Gure Arropa exhibit at the Museum of Art and the FEVA General Assembly meeting to name a few. 

Looking at May, the tendency doesn’t look much different.  Continuing with programs that began in April, participating in the International Book Fair in Buenos Aires this year has once again given an opportunity to publicize various aspects of the Basque culture, the possibility that will greatly increase at the “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country” this Sunday.  The visitor flow will not decrease and both will include the participation of Toti Martinez de Lezea.

In her first trip to Buenos Aires, the novelist from Vitoria-Gasteiz won’t only present at the Book Fair but will also share time with representatives of the Basque Diaspora in the country.  In her words: “The book fairs are usually very similar, one to the other.  If I make this trip to talk to Basques in Argentina: to tell them and share about our land, mythology, history, customs, beliefs and way of life….”

With this as her goal, her program follows:

Wednesday, May 7^th

-16:00, presentation at the Book Fair with a conference “The Historic Novel: Literary Subgenre? Mode? Literary Tradition?”
-18:30, autographing copies at the Basque stand at the Amarillo Pavilion, Stand #1899

Thursday, May 8^th

-18:00, conference “The Basque Culture in my Books,” at the Library of Congress, Adolfo Alsina, 1835, Buenos Aires, Organized by the Basque Summer University of Buenos Aires.

Friday, May 9^th

-15:00, Talk “The Memory of a Town through Oral and Written Literature,” at the National University in La Plata, College of Humanities.  President of UNLP, Events Hall, “Alfredo Palacios,” Calle 7 # 776, between 47 and 48.  La Plata, Organized by the Basque Chair of Free Thought at the UNLP and the Chair of Spanish Literature I at UNLP.
-19:00, Talk “Women and Literature, the hard Road to be a Woman Writer,” at the Lopez Merino Library. Municipal Library Complex, Francisco Lopez Merino, Palacio Lopez Merni, Calle 49 #835 between 11 and 12.  La Plata.  Organized by the Basque Chair of Free Thought at the UNLP, Euzko Etxea Basque Club, Municipal Library Complex Francisco Lopez Merino and the Secretary of Culture and Education of the City of La Plata.

Saturday, May 10^th

-20:00.  Meeting and talk at Euskaltzaleak in Buenos Aires: The Basque Woman, Matriarch, Crafts, Survival, Witchcraft and Present.  Bernardo de Irigoyen 826, Buenos Aires.

Sunday, May 11^th

-11:00 at 18:00, participating at the “Buenos Aires Celebrates the Basque Country,” Stand Delegation of the Basque Government in Argentina, Av. De Mayo y Florida.