After the scandal over the expenses involved in the act of Carolina Cosse and Lula Da Silva at the Municipal Palace at the end of January, the Municipality of Montevideo (MI) reported the payment received by the Argentine artist Lali Espositoand the Brazilian Daniela Mercuryfor the performances that will be offered next Sunday, March 19, within the framework of the “Here we are” festival that will be held on the Rambla de Punta Carretas.
The Espósito show will cost the IM $256,478while that of Mercury, $62,387.
The data was disseminated this Tuesday in a document where it is ensured that “it was omitted to record how much the total cost of the contract amounts to.” National artists will also participate in the event Augustine Morales and Soledad Ramirez, Augustine Padilla, Catherine Vergnes, Laura Canoura, Sofia Alvezand Vanessa Britos.
As detailed by the IM, the call for Espósito rests on the fact that she is a “renowned actress and singer of international renown”, in addition to someone who exhibits “its social commitment to gender equality and women’s rights”. About Mercury, it was said that she is “a dedicated philanthropist” linked to children’s charities, in addition to her “strong feminist and LGBT activism”.
The departmental government, which organized this event on the occasion of Women’s Month, explained that the objective is to be able to “enjoy a great quality show”, in addition to “breaking traditional paradigms and promoting representativeness, leadership, and equal opportunities” within the culture, so that “the voice of women is heard within the national industry”.
Lula’s act on the Montevideo esplanade cost 1.5 million pesos
The act in which the Mayor of Montevideo Caroline Cosse received the new president of Brazil, Lula Da Silvacost 1.5 million pesosbetween the different preparations. The Brazilian president had come to the country to meet with the president Luis Lacalle Pouprior to his meeting with the departmental head.
Said event, where Cosse awarded him the “Greenest” distinction for his commitment to defending the environment, was held on January 25 at the IM building. Now, a month and a half later, the cost of the act was revealed due to a request for reports made by the white mayor Fabian Bravetti.
For the green caps with the IM logo that the demonstrators had on the outskirts of the Municipal Palace, the Administration allocated 10% of the total expense. That is, 150,000 pesos.
Reactions of whites and reds for Cosse’s “little party”
As with the controversy over the act with Lula, the reactions from the local opposition for the expenses of the presentations of Lali and Daniela Mercury were not long in coming.
“If confirmed, Cosse’s little party It will be a scandal,” he tweeted. bravetti along with the news. “Have a million-dollar party with public resources when there are 200,000 Montevideans without sanitation and children playing in the sewage, It is immoral, unfair and unsupportive“, he added.
The Batillista and National Secretary of Tourism of the Colorado Party, Eduardo Sanguinetticriticized the “indifference” of the IM and commented on their social networks: “Montevideo floods when it rains, super dirty, ruined streets, neighborhoods without sidewalks, people wait outside to go to work or return home, children live among the garbage in many neighborhoods, but the mayor spends $250,000 on Lali”.
For his part, the white mayor diego rodriguez He affirmed in dialogue with Underlined: “We see that this is a mechanism of the mayor Carolina Cosse. She has already done it in the Ministry of Industry, in the presidency of Antel, and now she does it in the Municipality of Montevideo: use the resources of all taxpayers for own purposes and political supporters”.
Source: Ambito
