Overview
- The two-day forum at El Colegio Nacional closed on November 13 after public debates on freedom, democracy and contemporary global pressures.
- David Rieff contended that liberalism lacks serious answers to mass migration, middle‑class erosion, artificial intelligence and climate change.
- In the session on authoritarian threats, Paul Berman, José María Lassalle, José Ramón Cossío and Celeste Marcus described how democratic liberties are being used to erode institutions from within.
- Enrique Krauze highlighted book bans in schools as a grave assault on freedom of thought and reading.
- Organizers announced a documentary to link the 2025 conversations with the 1990 Encuentro Vuelta, aiming to preserve and broaden the debate.