{"id":8507,"date":"2025-03-13T17:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T16:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultura.uc3m.es\/sociedad-debate\/17th-uc3m-national-debate-tournament\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T05:06:49","slug":"17th-uc3m-national-debate-tournament","status":"publish","type":"sociedad-debate","link":"https:\/\/cultura.uc3m.es\/en\/sociedad-debate\/17th-uc3m-national-debate-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"17th UC3M National Debate Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UC3M National Debate Tournament is an intellectual competition featuring team-based dialectical debate, with successive speeches by each speaker (similar to a parliamentary debate), in which each team defends a position assigned by lottery on a controversial and current topic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, Carlos III University of Madrid has established itself as a leader in debate in our country, thanks to the high level of performance demonstrated by our teams in competitions, as well as the meticulous organization of our national debate tournament. 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