Manuel Pimentel will speak in Estepona about the challenges and changes in today's society

The challenges and changes facing today's societies, from food to the economy, will be the topics addressed by former PP minister Manuel Pimentel at a conference in Estepona. He will be at the Contemporary Cultures Library on June 5th at 8 PM, as reported by the City Council.

The event, titled 'The Geopolitics of the Shopping Basket: Food, Society, and the Upcoming Economy,' is part of the cultural programming of the Library.

Manuel Pimentel was born in Seville in 1961 and is a publisher and writer. Between 1999 and 2000, he served as Secretary General of Employment and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs during José María Aznar's administration. After leaving politics, he became the founder and publisher of the Almuzara Group in Córdoba, where he resides.

He is the author of several novels, essays, short stories, and is a columnist in various print media. In addition, he is a lawyer of counsel at Baker & Mckenzie, and he develops his professional activity in negotiation strategies and conflict resolution. Among other activities, since 2011 he has also hosted the television program Arqueomanía, about archaeology, which airs on La 2.

The venue hosting the conference is known for its own cultural, informative, and creative programming. For this June, the BCC's agenda includes Isaki Lacuesta's film 'One Year, One Night' on the 11th; a performance by pianist Juan Miguel Hidalgo on the 13th playing his own compositions, as well as works by Rachmaninoff and Mompou; the Reading Club meeting on the 18th with 'The Handsomes' by Esther García Llovet; and the celebration, at the end of the month, 27th, 28th, and 29th of June, of the second edition of the Estepona Literary Festival (FLEST).