{"id":484486,"date":"2025-09-26T10:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/book-fair-suspends-todays-activities-due-to-bad-weather\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T14:40:05","slug":"book-fair-suspends-todays-activities-due-to-bad-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/book-fair-suspends-todays-activities-due-to-bad-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Fair suspends today&#8217;s activities due to bad weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Ministry of Culture <\/strong>reported the suspension of all activities scheduled for this Friday within the framework of the <strong>Santo Domingo International Book Fair 2025 (FILSD 2025)<\/strong>, due to the atmospheric conditions affecting the country. The preventive measure responds to the red alert issued by the Emergency Operations Center (COE) due to a tropical disturbance that has caused heavy rains in the Santo Domingo area.<\/p>\n\n\nThe decision seeks to guarantee the safety of the thousands of visitors, exhibitors, writers, and organizing staff who gather at the Juan Pablo Duarte Plaza de la Cultura, the venue for the literary event.\n\n<strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/estilo\/pabellon-del-comic-un-universo-de-creatividad-en-la-feria-del-libro-2024\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"402413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comic Pavilion: a universe of creativity at the 2024 Book Fair<\/a>\n\nThe FILSD 2025, which pays tribute to historian Frank Moya Pons and has the Latin American Literary Fairs and Festivals Network as its guest of honor, will resume its program of more than 600 activities as soon as weather conditions allow. The fair is expected to continue as normal once the risk is overcome, reaffirming its status as the country&#8217;s main literary event.\n\nThe Ministry of Culture urges citizens to stay informed through the institution&#8217;s official channels and the fair&#8217;s social media, where updates on the reopening of the Plaza de la Cultura will be published.\n\nThe event held its inaugural act yesterday, led by the Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Pe\u00f1a; the Minister of Culture, Roberto \u00c1ngel Salcedo; and the Mayor of the National District, Carolina Mej\u00eda.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Ministry of Culture reported the suspension of all activities scheduled for this Friday within the framework of the Santo Domingo International Book Fair 2025 (FILSD 2025), due to the atmospheric conditions affecting the country. 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