Mexico | Zocalo International Book Fair kicks off - video Dailymotion

Correspondent Daniel Rosas in Mexico offers more details about the cultural fair that promotes reading and literature in the country. teleSUR

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00:00And in Mexico, the so-called International Book Fair began.

00:04Correspondent Daniela Rosas has more details.

00:09When April traveled from the port of Veracruz to Mexico City to spend a few days of rest

00:13with her family, she never imagined that she would find an international book fair that

00:17would impress her in such a way.

00:21I have never seen such a magnitude of books.

00:23I am a fan of reading and all that, and I am really excited to see so many people, so

00:28many books, and so many publishers.

00:35These halls, located in the heart of Mexico, are filled with offers of all kinds of books.

00:40But there is also art, games, and, of course, music.

00:49Families, couples, individuals, all recognize the value of the fair that brings together

01:00both large and small publishers in Mexico's main public square.

01:06Every time the book fair is on, I come because I like to read a lot.

01:12So I always come to see what new books we can take with us.

01:18And we even start to introduce her to reading.

01:25There are big publishing houses, also many bookshops, and also, as is my case, independent

01:31publishers and independent writers.

01:36Since the left has governed the Mexican capital, the fair has developed and is now in its 24-edition.

01:42It has even been a witness and support in the face of disasters, as in 2017 when an

01:47earthquake paralyzed central Mexico.

01:51Ten days later we inaugurated the Zócalo Fair.

01:55It was dedicated to the rescuers and volunteers and there was a memorial space as well, so

01:59that people could have that closeness and that affection and that empathy.

02:06But the International Book Fair in the Zócalo is also a space where governmental and social

02:11organizations promote reading and specialized topics.

02:15Our objective is to distribute our material, we bring everything at 50%, it's just to

02:20recover the cost of the book.

02:27The focus is feminisms, social justice, indigenous struggles, LGBT struggles.

02:36And we always try to prioritize women's voices, peripheral voices, authors, or people

02:41who have always been ignored.

02:47The International Book Fair in the Zócalo is considered the second most important in

02:50Mexico, only after the Guadalajara Fair, due to the number of people it attracts.