Carlos A. Diaz has been the Regional Coordinator for the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area chapter of the Argentine Atheist Association (Asociación Civil de Ateos en Argentina, better known as ArgAtea) since early 2009. He co-hosted the first Argentine Atheist radio talk show (Nuevos Ayres Críticos), in a Country where the State still maintains an official religion, during 2009. As Regional Coordinator he spoke at the Second Argentine Atheist Congress in April 2010. He currently heads the organizing Committee for the South American Atheist Convention, first of its kind in the region.
Carlos Diaz at the podium, 2010-10-03
Photograph : F. Ward
In order to explain how the “Argentine Civil Atheist Association” came to be, Carlos A. Diaz will explain the intricate relations between Church and Power in Argentina. A history of failure where Argentina went from being the first country in Latin America with public, religion-free education to being the only one with a state supported religion in the present.