Overview
- ASALE issued a unanimous communiqué praising Santiago Muñoz Machado’s leadership and endorsing his program, omitting any mention of the Instituto Cervantes.
- The RAE had previously condemned Luis García Montero’s remarks with a statement of “absolute revulsion” and defended Muñoz Machado’s record.
- Spain’s culture minister, Ernest Urtasun, refused to weigh in on the dispute but described García Montero’s work at the Cervantes as “magnificent.”
- The Instituto Cervantes announced a World Map of Music in Spanish app targeted for June 2026, and Peru’s academy advanced a Pan‑Hispanic Gastronomy Dictionary with ASALE.
- Organizers emphasized debates on mestizaje, plain language, and digital cultures including AI, and no next host city was announced at the close.