The Municipality of Montevideo announced the transport lines that will be available at the exit of the Here We Are festival, which will take place on Sunday and will be attended by Lali Esposito and Daniela Mercury, among other female artists. On the Uruguayan side, the artists will be Agus Padilla, Vanesa Britos, Catherine Vergnes, Laura Canoura, Agus Morales, Sofía Alvez and Sole Ramírez.
The commune informed in the week that “will cut traffic in both directions along the Presidente Wilson boulevard, between Sarmiento and Tabaré” from 3:00 p.m. and that the bus frequencies will increase in the immediate vicinity. In addition, he shared a picture with the accesses on the day of the festival.
On the Twitter account of the Municipality of Montevideo, they showed the bus lines that will be available.
The investment that sparked the controversy
This Tuesday the IM made public the resolution of the payment to the two international artists: Lali Espósito, whose performance will cost US$ 256,478 and of Daniela Mercury for which the commune will pay US$ 62,387.
On Monday the IM had made public the contracts with these artists, but I had not published the amounts. However, this Tuesday a new document was issued stating that “In the operative part, it was omitted to indicate how much the total cost of the contract amounts to.” The disclosed costs include the Non-Resident Income Tax (IRNR) and VAT that will be exempted.
“The objective of the event, in addition to enjoying a great quality show, is break traditional paradigms and promote representativeness, leadership and equal opportunities in culture so that the voice of women is heard within the music industry,” the IM argued about the spending.
After some criticism for the cache that Lali Esposito and Daniela Mercury will charge the mayor Carolina Cosse, maintained that there are “reasonings of doubtful validity” behind those sayings.
“I have seen that there are some reasonings that establish that what the cost of the cache of an artist It is equivalent to such a thing or to that other, and I want to say that these are arguments of dubious validity, if we want democracy and progress to progress“She said this Friday at a press conference in which she was accompanied by most of the artists who will perform at the festival.
Cosse said that in addition to the festival, the Municipality also works in the most needy neighborhoods, it works making streets, infrastructure, squares “.
“The mayor’s office is going to develop Montevideo Se Adelanta this year, the mayor’s office is illuminating all of Montevideo, it redoubles its health policy, its support for food, it has just received an international award for its policy of promoting healthy eating, with four other cities,” he said.
