Draft:Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española

The International Congress of the Spanish Language (CILE) (in spanish Congreso Internacional de la lengua española) is a forum for reflection on the Spanish language, in which the situation, problems and challenges of the language are discussed. It is held every three years in a city in Spain or Latin America and its organization is in charge of the Cervantes Institute, which fulfills the functions of permanent general secretariat of the Congresses, the Royal Spanish Academy and the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, as well as the organizing country of each edition.

Its motive is to reflect on the situation, problems and challenges of Spanish. They aim to raise awareness of the co-responsibility of governments, institutions and people in the promotion and unity of the language, understood as a backbone instrument of the Ibero-American community at all levels, in dialogue with other languages that are its living common heritage. The participants are writeres, academics, intellectualses, professionalses and experts related to linguistics, communications and Spanish.

History
The triannual International Congress of the Spanish Language was held for the first time in 1997 in Zacatecas (Mexico), and since then editions have been held in various Spanish-speaking countries.

Controversies
Despite its brief history, Congress has not been without its share of bitter disputes. At the first Congress, Gabriel García Márquez's presentation, titled Bottle to the sea for the god of words, advocated for the «retirement of spelling».

Simultaneously with the holding of the third Congress in Rosario, the Argentine Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, inaugurated the Language Congress (sic) to demand the recovery of the memory and identity of the languages of the indigenous peoples of America. On the other hand, the participation of the linguist rosarina Nélida Donni de Mirande, accused by the National University of Rosario of collaborating with the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983).