The initiative to distribute 2.5 million books in Latin America ’25 for 25 ‘

Regional Fondo of Economic Culture, Or the Fund for Economic Culture (FCE) plans to launch a Latin American -level effort on “25 to 25”, which will provide 2.5 million books for young people in the region, Pako Ignacio Taibo on Friday.

The FCE Publishing Group has produced 98 low -cost degrees, a total of 3.1 million copies, 9 to 20 pesos (from US 46 cents to $ 1), or around the value of half a sandwich, has made it more accessible to the Mexican population, President Gladia Sheinbam’s daily press conference said.

“The book is the best vehicle, the transporter of the information,” said Taibo. “From 2019 to the present, 21 million books have been made and sold for $ 24 million.”

Tibo said the “25 For 25” collection will be launched at the end of this year by the end of this year, with the end of the year, Argentina, Columbia, Cuba, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico will be launched simultaneously.

Collection Periods Education and Edwardo Kaliano; Mexican Adela Fernandes; And Piad Field Ponnet.

The new project is supported by Cuba’s Gaza de Los Amikas, one of the most influential cultural institutions of Latin America.

The Mexican government and the FCE

The output of the effort comes as Mexico and other Latin American countries have scored low marks in international literacy tests.

In Mexico, One of the three -third -grade students The reading struggles with understanding. Pisa (International Student Assessment Program) In Exam, Mexican students finished 49th internationally.

Same Bisa testMany Latin American countries scored less than Mexico. Columbia 54, PeruTh Place.

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“Books creates exemplary of critical thinking, how to live, and how to live, and destroy damaged neurons, and those who are actively thinking and racist are the destroyers of racism. Machine“Taibo said.

Although it is complicated to create a collection with retail prices from 11 to 20 pesos, the effort of the FCE is very successful.

Taibo explained, “We found out that the price of books was a fundamental obstacle to promote reading. Young people struggling to find money to buy the book they wanted.”

“We were able to reduce prices by reducing new printing equipment, new distribution networks and production costs,” he said.

FCE plans to participate in 100 book fair and 103 exhibitions abroad. It also aims to use other media, including mobile applications and digital equipment.

The system already has an information network, five television programs and five radio shows available in the public media.

“The biggest step may be promoting reading in the reading rooms,” Tibo said about the progress of the FCE to date. “We started with 3,000 rooms. Now there are 21,118 registered citizens reading rooms in the country.”

The new venture is expected to be one of the largest publications in Latin America in recent years.

With reports from The picture of Varagruz And Infoba