Patricia Ruiz Ortega, MS, Director of the Internationalization Department, attended the international conference of the International Network for the Promotion of Internationalization of Higher Education in Latin America (RIESAL by its acronym in Spanish) held at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (BUAP) and co-funded by the Erasmus+ program.

This academic space had the purpose of disseminating the achievements of RIESAL in addition to encourage the exchange of good practices, liaison, and the generation of synergies between higher education institutions, governments, and nongovernmental organizations in terms of internationalization in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This event gathered over 120 attendees from RIEASL partner countries (Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Italy, Mexico, and Uruguay) in addition to Argentina, Chile, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay.