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Authors boycott Cartagena literature festival in protest of María Corina Machado’s attendance 

By Cristina Dorado Suaza December 19, 2025
Maria Corina Machado via World Economic Forum. Image credit: Bel Pedrosa

A handful of Colombian and Latin American authors this week said they will not attend an upcoming literature festival in Cartagena due to the planned presence of Nobel Peace Prize winner and Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Cristina Dorado Suaza

Cristina Dorado Suaza is a contributing reporter to The Bogota Post. Originally from Medellín but based in Bogota, Cristina is a graduate of the Universidad Externado de Colombia and has worked as a researcher, fact-checker and journalist for Revista Bacanika, the EMPODERAME foundation, as well as The Colombian Femicides Observatory.

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