Guanajuato, Gto., October 28, 2019.- The Debate Team of the University of Guanajuato (EDUG) participated in the Metropolitan Debate Tournament organized by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies (ITESM) State Campus of Mexico, where nearly 45 teams of public and private universities in the country.

Students Sebastian Bravo, from the Bachelor of Industrial Relations and José Cruces, of the Bachelor of Political Science, participated as Judges in the quarter-final and seminal rounds, respectively.

It is one of the most competitive parliamentary British language discussion tournaments in the country and in addition to the University of Guanajuato students from the University of Guadalajara (UdeG), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Escuela Libre de Derecho, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO), the host University, among others.

It should be noted that, on behalf of the UG, the debate team participated with 3 teams in the general category, 3 teams in the master's category and 3 contractors. The team formed by Luis Felipe Guerrero Orozco (law student) and Alejandro González Orduña (student of Economics) was placed as one of the best teams in the general category however it was their first experience in a tournament of debate of this Type.

Also, in the master's category, the team composed of Sahian Rachel (law student) and José Cruces (student of Political Science) placed as one of the best in that category.

José Cruces Hernández had a great performance as a contractor as, when evaluated, managed to position himself as a leading judge in one of the preliminary rounds and selected as a contractor in the quarter-final round, thus reaching the semi-final of that tournament. While Sebastian Bravo (Industrial Relations student) qualified for the quarter-final round as a contractor.

It is important to remember some achievements of the Debate Team of the University of Guanajuato: they recently took first and third place in the 2019 State Public Debate Competition organized by the Institute of Youth, as well as Best Speaker; first place in the State Oratoria Competition convened by the State Electoral Court. They were national runners-up of the National University Congress of Debate held in Sinaloa; representation at the World University Championships based in Chile; representation, for the third time, in the Legal and Social Commission of Women at the United Nations (UN) as delegates of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) and Mexico.

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