The Pan-American Pre-University Debate League, organized for the seventh time by the Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European University of the Atlantic, UNEATLANTICO), faces its final stretch this week. Once the different national competitions are over and decide which team will represent each country, discussions between nations will begin.
The National Leagues started in Latin America with the presence of more than 400 students from 14 countries, and more than 80 teams, who first completed a Training Course on Fundamentals of Debate, and defended positions for and against it around whether “Should emotional intelligence be a compulsory subject in universities?”
The winners at the national level will have the opportunity to represent their countries, defending both the pro and con on the following question: “Does unrestricted immigration strengthen or weaken a nation?”
Thus the winners are already known who have the opportunity to represent their respective countries in the VII edition of the League. On the North American and Caribbean side, Crismar College in Mexico, while Santa Teresa College was classified in the Dominican Republic.
For its part, Central America will have the participation of Colegio Javier in Panama, Instituto Educativo San Gerardo in Costa Rica, Colegio La Preparatoria in Guatemala, Macris School in Honduras and Colegio Centroamérica in Nicaragua.
Also, South America will have the participation of the Innova School Larapa of Peru, the Domingo Savio College of Bolivia, the Champagnat Ibagué College of Colombia, the EU Colegio Los Próceres of Venezuela, the British International of Ecuador, the Pedro de Valdivia Peñalolén School in Chile and the Los Robles Aulaviva School in Paraguay.
For his part, the director of the UNEATLANTICO Debate League, Luis Eduardo Prado, highlights that “this seventh edition not only celebrates the diversity and talent of more than 400 debating young people, but also the outstanding trajectory of institutions that have shown exemplary constancy throughout the history of the League” by making a special mention to the Colegio La Preparatoria de Guatemala and Domingo Savio de Bolivia by achieving for third consecutive edition as the winners in their respective countries. Likewise, the talent of schools representing Mexico, Honduras, Chile and Peru is recognized for winning the double championship in their countries.