Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 31, 2026.
The Central American Higher University Council (CSUCA) successfully concluded the XIII edition of the Central American Interuniversity Festival of Culture and Art (FICCUA 2026), held from July 27 to 31 at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), consolidating this space as the main regional meeting of art, culture and university integration in Central America and the Caribbean.
For five days, hundreds of student artists from public universities in the region shared stages, experiences, and cultural expressions that reflected the richness, diversity, and identity of the Central American and Caribbean peoples, promoting exchange between university communities and strengthening the cooperative ties that distinguish CSUCA.
The opening ceremony brought together university authorities from the region, who emphasized the role of art and culture as fundamental pillars of students' holistic education and as tools for strengthening regional identity, coexistence, and integration among public universities. The Festival began with a colorful parade of artistic delegations and the presentation of the opening work, "Tierra Viva" (Living Earth), a performance inspired by the rich Honduran culture and the diversity that characterizes Central America and the Caribbean.
Throughout the Festival, more than 1,100 student artists, from 12 public universities in Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras, participated in presentations of dance, music, theater, visual arts and other cultural manifestations, reaffirming the commitment of higher education institutions to the promotion of art, creativity and cultural heritage as essential components of university education.
As one of the flagship programs of the CSUCA Regional Student Life System (SIREVE), FICCUA continues to consolidate itself as a space that transcends the scenarios, by strengthening the sense of regional belonging, respect for cultural diversity and the exchange between university communities, contributing to the construction of a more integrated Central America and Caribbean from public higher education.
The Festival coincided with the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Ordinary Session of the CSUCA and the Summit of Rectors, making Honduras the meeting point for important academic, cultural and regional integration spaces that reaffirmed the commitment of public universities to the development of higher education and university cooperation.
At the close of this thirteenth edition, CSUCA announced that the XIV edition of the Central American Interuniversity Festival of Culture and Art (FICCUA) will take place in 2028, hosted by the University of San Carlos of Guatemala (USAC), which will welcome the regional university community to continue this space that, edition after edition, strengthens the integration of Central America and the Caribbean through art, culture and student life.
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