That would be a good idea, so people from other countries will be able to participate 
No, it just would have spawned a parade of posts about what kind of a second rate, bottom bin host site can’t handle posts in a different language, and why don’t we just get a new host site, or get a second host site for the foreign language version and link them, blah blah blah.
Okay, she posted the opinions of herself and the other moderators.
The OP has an interesting idea. But say you want a Spanish speaking forum devoted to fighting ignorance. Why not make it a Spanish speaking board devoted to fighting ignorance, with multiple forums? vBulletin installs aren’t that expensive.
Similarly why have it run by the Tribune? Or by Ed? Sure setting up a new board would take some work, but the OP proposes something that’s a lot more difficult than, say, adding an elections forum.