head generalitat, Ximo Puigand Consell Valencia de Cultura (CVC) this Monday full support on your initiative El Campello Town Hall to repatriate the remains of the humanist Rafael Altamira Mexican to the tourist town. This cultural asset fully loaded An ordinary and extraordinary book in the library of El Campello, named after the lawyer from Alicante. very close to municipalityto catch it loyalty.
Thus, both Puig and CVC showed their support. actions initiated by the mayor Juanjo Berenguer (PP)hand in hand with his humanist family and cooperating through the cooperation of the Generalitat, the State Council, the Mexican Embassy and the Spanish Government Embassy Central American country and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Culture.
The President of the Generalitat states that the achievement of this goal requires repatriation and repatriation of the remains of Altamira (Alicante, 1866-Mexico DF, 1951). wife Pilar Redondoto be “a dream come true“and especially”a poetic act of justice”. Puig made these remarks at the close of the CVC’s plenary session to pay tribute to the institution’s director, Alicante historian Joaquín Santo, who died last November, and to show Generalitat’s support for this advisory board’s initiative. The City Council will bring the distinguished lawyer’s body to Spain. An Altamira who was an important figure in Spanish history as she was the first Spaniard to become part of what is known today. International Court in The HagueIn addition to being nominated twice for Nobel Prize peace and honorary doctor By the universities of Bordeaux, Paris, Mexico, Santiago de Chile, Lima, Columbia and Cambridge.
The other action served an opening number plate On the occasion of this plenary session of the CVC, at the entrance of the library and Descendants of Rafael AltamiraIgnacio and Javier Ramos They gave Puig a book about his great-grandfather, especially Leather catalog of the International Congress of Rafael Altamira held in Alicante in 1987.
And he became very emotional because of his presence Santo’s many relatives and friendsincluding his widow Maria Jose Kaparowhich has won the love of assistants and CVC. Santo was also an aide to the Valencian Courts, directed the Juan Gil-Albert Institute of Culture in Alicante, and was a collaborator of INFORMACIÓN. CVC members also highlighted that the plenary was held in El Campello, thanks to the mayor’s invitation and Santo’s insistence on taking the meeting there.
Councilors of Campellera Corporation also participated in the action. The mayors of Mutxamel and BusotSebastián Cañadas (PP) and PP mutxamelero mayor Alejandro Morant (PP), Rafael García Berenguer and council delegate Antonia Moreno in Alicante.
“You have the full support of Generalitat. In this case,” said the President, stating that he will do everything possible to achieve this, referring to the steps taken by the UN. diplomatic unit and for a future as well as the governments of both Spain and Mexico awaiting trip to this countryAmong his duties will be to underline the importance of the figure of Rafael Altamira.
Puig began his speech by noting the career of Joaquín Santo today, “in a society with more monologues”. dialoguethe historian was a deserving “dialogue person”. recognition The Generalitat and himself.
The President also argued The validity of the Altamira legacya necessary memory that is a constant source of inspiration and evokes that generation of men and women of the “Alicante Silver Age” extraordinary generation Bringing the light after the disenchantment of the late 19th century”.
“The window to humanistic knowledge”
For Ximo Puig, the legacy of Altamira was “a window to humanistic knowledgeFor his many aspects as lawyer, writer, thinker, pacifist, historian, educator and literary critic. He remembered that Altamira had thought about it. Justice and education were the basis of peace and coexistence.with. “This is how we commemorate him afterwards. a war year“, Because “There is no peace and freedom without justice.”.
He also referred to the need to revise one’s own beliefs when confronted with others. “At a time when absolute truths abound, this is a valuable asset; Doubt that expresses humility, a word of agreement, an attitude of respect”. “Fewer bonfires and more agora; That is the spirit of Altamira: the word,” he added.
The President also spoke of Altamira, devoted to her community and time, the person who asked the question: “What have you done to make your country better every day?richer, more educated, more hardworking, more free, more respectful of the law, more longing for progress, full of more human meanings, a question added by Ximo Puig challenges “working for harmony and progress”.
“They say that his most famous saying JF Kennedy Its source was in Altamira,” said Puig.Don’t ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”and borrowed another phrase from the US president, ”A society is known not only by the people it produces, but also by the people it respects.”, to point out that the attempt to request repatriation “depicts El Campello: a ‘country grateful to Rafelet’, the land where Altamira deserves to rest.
Retrieve the Altamira figure
As vice president of CVC, Dolors Pedros The company states that “Altamira’s repatriation from exile, where she has always shown her desire to return, is a “” honorable enterprise” of the City Council to which the Valencian Cultural Council is added”Defend Altamira’s figureand we will do whatever it takes to achieve that.”
And the mayor reminded that the CVC Historical Heritage Commission visited La Illeta dels Banyets in 2020, days before the pandemic curfew, and is now showing its impact. satisfaction because the party brought its plenary to El Campello and expressed unanimous support for the Altamira project. “The company that we set out with excitement and many hopes“.
Berenguer noted that some of Santo was “knowledgeable about the Valencian Community and its culture” and “has many friends at El Campello that fortunately includes me.”
Complex procedures
The mayor said, “The aim is nothing more than to ensure that Rafael Altamira and Pilar Redondo are resting permanently at the El Campello cemetery, where if the company is successful they will rest with their parents and father-in-law. This company would not be. Rafael Altamira, from the first minute everything necessary “It’s possible without the direct and determined involvement of his family, who is open to us to cooperate in anything.”exhuming, cremating and transporting burial remains across the ocean to another country is not an easy task.. Reaching an agreement between the two governments and their legitimate heirs involves a lot of… a lot of talk and endless bureaucracy, and we’re still in it… and we’ve been working on it for over a year. “While the final goal has not yet been reached, today is a wonderful opportunity to express our sincere and heartfelt thanks.”
The mayor “first of all thanked the Altamira family, because they know. join forces Receiving a commitment I personally handed over to Rafael Altamira’s long-awaited grandson and Pilar Altamira, who died in 2021, is determined to have his grandparents return to their land like us. dear El Campello. Second, for Mexican Ambassador to SpainAfter receiving our request, he ordered his country’s relevant department to join the request with all the attention of the world. I cannot forget Juan López-Dóriga, the Spanish ambassador in Mexico, and his backup Juan Duarte Cuadrado, who answered and dispatched our call. consul generalManuel Hernández Ruigómez will personally deal with our request”.
death certificates
And he especially emphasized that this person, the consul general, played a key role in the process. He put us in touch with the people in charge of the Cemetery’s Spanish pavilion in the federal district of Mexico. basic communication He speaks almost as often as we do with a leading funeral company in Mexico… . So we got the couple’s handwritten death certificates necessary to move forward or relevant powers“.
The mayor also expressed our gratitude to José María Portillo, a professor at the University of Alicante, who “was interested and interested in learning about the status of the burial of Rafael and Pilar in that enormous cemetery during one of his trips to Mexico. Information that played a key role in speeding up the procedures in Mexico, because With a clear conscience, ladies and gentlemen, we cannot allow the pantheon to represent the deteriorated image we all know.
“Furthermore, sincere thanks to the two Valencian public institutions involved and committed to their contribution. I’m talking about the Generalitat. advisor Rosa Pérez Garijo of Participació, Transparència, Cooperació and Qualitat Democràtica sent us all her support on a corporate visit to ensure that Rafael Altamira and Pilar Redondo rest in peace in El Campello. And, of course, I’m talking about the Alicante Provincial Assembly, which is its president. Carlos Mazon He has been and has been frank about it. ‘Whatever it takes’, he told me personally. “The County Council will always be there, supporting El Campello and the Altamira family.”
“Such support encourages us to keep working day after day, week after week and month after month. We have spent months and months trying to overcome the cumbersome administrative bureaucracy we understand, but it is also true that we are open and determined. The support we receive allows us to predict the expected end. there’s a long way to gobut in the end we will succeed … I have no doubt about it”.