The winners!
The finals
The top five speakers, Nazly on the right is the top speakerThe tounament is now over. Universidad Simon Bolivar, the team of Pedro Montuenga and Jamil Navarro are the champions. They defeated UCB VV Gabriela Vera and Nelson Villavicencio in the final round on a 5-4 decision.
The last day featured a talk by me (Alfred Snider) about the global debating community and what it means for Venezuela to join it, and a review of the accomplishments Venezuela has made under the leaderhsip of Rita Moncada and the Instituto Venezolano de Debates. Then Brenda Montes and Luis Magallon, formerly of California State University Fullerton) staged a demonstration debate for the audience. I did a short session on training for our judges, who come with impressive backgrounds in various parts of Venezuelan society. Then the final round was held. It was an impressive and dynamic contest.
The top five speakers were announced, and four of them were women, with special recognition of Nazly Escalona who was the top individual debater.
We have a new nation in the family of debating nations. Congratulations, Venezuela.
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ReplyDeleteHello Mr. Snider how are you? my real name is "Pedro Montuenga". Do you think it would be possible to change that, please? Best regards
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