Lack of funds in the provinces: traditional and popular Mendoza festival suspended

Lack of funds in the provinces: traditional and popular Mendoza festival suspended

December 22, 2023 – 2:36 p.m.

The elected mayor of the town justified that “it would be incongruous to try to hold a National Festival with money that we don’t have.”

The Mendoza portal

The traditional National Goat Festivalwhich was celebrated every year between the end of January and February in the Mendoza town of Malarguewas suspended for lack of fundsauthorities of the Mendoza municipality reported.

“We have decided to suspend it, we are not going to carry it out, because obviously if We are requesting an economic, financial and administrative emergencywe cannot do it,” the former governor of Mendoza and elected mayor of Malargue, Celso Jaque.

The National Goat Festival It is a meeting point where thousands of tourists enjoy live artistic shows, horseback riding, food court, tastingsamong others, an ideal event for the entire family which usually brings together some 40,000 people.

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The official explained that this decision is framed within the economic context and the economic emergency where the municipality is located, so he considered that “it would be a incongruity try to make a National Goat Festival that costs a lot of money, money we don’t have“said the mayor.

In this scenario, he recalled: “It would be incongruous to say that we can have the party, when we have told the municipal staff that from now on Salaries will be paid within five business days after the close of each monthbecause we are in financial difficulties.

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The previous edition National Goat Festival featured artists such as Chaco Palavecino, The Beachers, Burnetamong others who gave warmth and color to national and foreign tourists in it Gaucho Estate of Malargüe.


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