Awarded research proposes the creation of a “panibérico” space – Yahoo Finance Spain

Madrid, Jan 24 (EFE) .- The doctoral research proposes the creation of a multinational community of countries of Iberian languages ​​from all continents has been awarded the Extraordinary Prize of Doctorate in Political Science from the Complutense University of Madrid.

Pick up the book “Parallels and Convergences between the Latin American Community of Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language. Is there a space Iberian countries multinational languages? ” (Last Line), written by the Spanish geopolitician Frigdiano Durántez Alvaro Prados, research supports the articulation of a multinational space countries of Iberian languages.

This geopolitical and cooperative vision, designated as “paniberismo” or ” iberofonía “for Durántez Prados, should be exploited” for the benefit of all peoples iberoparlantes “said the author Efe, a few months ago.

It also emphasized the fact that the Spanish and Portuguese they are “the only two major international languages ​​in quantitative terms are, conversely understandable general”.

According to this scholar, the multinational space provided cover “all continents and would be composed of thirty countries and over 700 million people, constituting a tenth of the planet and the first language block in the world. “

The articulation of this space” panibérico “would, according Durántez Prados,” greater visibility and iberófonos influence the countries, promote horizontal cooperation between countries from various continents, and help to balance the preponderance of English and Anglo-Saxon world views “in favor of the diversity of the international community.

The existence of a space “panibérófono” a “Iberian World” have hinted that several international dignitaries, including Portuguese president Mario Soares and the present King of Spain, Philip VI, also responds according Durántez Meadows, “a historical process Convergence between groups and Portuguese speaking countries, including the Latin American Community of Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries “.

The two main ways of structuring the space would be, according to the author, “The partnership between the Ibero-American Community and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, and the extension of the first.”

The “progressive realization” of this trend is also evident in not strictly governmental spheres, as is For the International Journalism Awards King of Spain that from this edition, have expanded the source of their nominations, to include work with Latin American countries and with linguistic and cultural affinities, the possibility that others are also presented Portuguese-speaking nations of Africa like Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde.

To Durántez Prados, who has driven this proposal since the beginning of the 90s, “the joint Iberian world requires vision and political level, and should be guided and promoted for the benefit of all the peoples of Spanish and Portuguese languages ​​of the world. “

The award-winning doctoral thesis, defended in 2013, it was directed by Heriberto Cairo Carou, dean of the Faculty of Political Science UCM and Redondo Juan Carlos Jimenez, professor at CEU-San Pablo University in Madrid

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