The 2025 Instituto Cervantes yearbook addresses the role of Spanish in international relations

Eduardo González This coming Tuesday, October 28, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, will chair the presentation of the new yearbook "Spanish in the World 2025" by the Instituto Cervantes. This yearbook analyzes, among other topics, the role of the Spanish language in international relations. "Spanish in the World 2025. Yearbook of the Instituto Cervantes" is the main academic publication of the Instituto Cervantes, which annually analyzes the status of the Spanish language and Spanish culture around the world. According to the Institute, the 2025 edition of the yearbook offers updated data on the language in the new report "Spanish: Language for the World," followed by an article on Spanish in international relations. The report then reviews the status of Spanish as a heritage language, with special attention to countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. In the following section, the document reflects on Spanish as an expression of democratic values in fields such as clear communication, gender and citizenship issues, the inclusion of people with disabilities, political communication, the media, and artificial intelligence. Finally, it offers current reports on the Instituto Cervantes, such as those dedicated to the forty years of Spanish as a foreign language and the evolution of the observation of Spanish. It concludes with a directory detailing the Instituto Cervantes' presence on five continents. The presentation event will take place on Tuesday at the Institute's headquarters in Madrid and will feature speeches by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares; the Director of the Instituto Cervantes, Luis García Montero; the Academic Director of the Instituto Cervantes, Álvaro García Santa-Cecilia; the Director of the Global Observatory of Spanish, Francisco Moreno Fernández; Ruth Rubio Marín, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Seville; and María Luz Esteban Saiz, Director of the Center for Linguistic Normalization of Spanish Sign Language.

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