Patricia Ariza is Colombia's new Minister of Culture
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We congratulate Patricia Ariza on her appointment as Colombia's Minister of Culture.
"Theatre director and playwright Patricia Ariza has been appointed by President-elect Gustavo Petro as the new Minister of Culture. She is a feminist artist who has worked for years with marginalised communities, who has been a militant on the left, who is close to movements of independent artists, and who was one of the pioneers of what in Colombia was called the New Theatre."
Read the full article in Spanish in El País.
Submitted by admin on 7 July 2022.