Overview

• The four‑day X CILE runs October 14–17 in Arequipa with roughly 300 speakers on U.S. Spanish, mestizaje, clear language, and artificial intelligence and digital cultures.
• At the event’s presentation, Instituto Cervantes director Luis García Montero said the RAE succession would be discussed after the congress, prompting Santiago Muñoz Machado’s curt response, “Ni idea.”
• Days earlier, the RAE plenary issued a unanimous communiqué expressing “absolute repulsion” at García Montero’s remarks, calling them an aggression toward the Academy and its president.
• Police detailed a deployment of 1,372 officers, traffic controls, and temporary restrictions in the historic center, with extra measures for King Felipe VI’s October 15 inauguration following his October 14 arrival.
• Arequipa’s governor said President José Jerí is unlikely to attend, as protests are planned for October 15 and access to the Plaza de Armas will be restricted to keep marches out.