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Several Colorado leaders participated in the event this Wednesday, among them, the ministers Tabaré Viera (Tourism), Fernando Mattos (Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries) and Adrián Peña (Environment), as well as the Undersecretary of Industry, Energy and Mining, Walter Verry, the new vice-chancellor, Nicholas Albertoni, and Sanguinetti himself.
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Former President Julio María Sanguinetti and Vice Chancellor Nicolás Albertoni
“Inauguration of the exhibition of the personal documents of José Batlle y Ordóñez, his identity card of 1913 and his civic credential of 1924“, reads Sanguinetti’s Twitter account.
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The opening of the exhibition this Wednesday
The former President of the Republic paid US$4,200 for the identity card and US$6,000 for the credential of the historic Colorado leader at a public auction on Saturday, October 15.
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Personal documents of José Batlle y Ordóñez in the Casa del Partido Colorado
Sanguinetti had already talked beforehand with a group of party friends: together they would buy the identity card and the civic credential. They considered the documents emblematic and they believed they should be in a special display case in the party house.
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The two-time president had told that the moment of the bid was “chopped”what He thought that “I was going to go out less” and that surely that group of friends would “widen” to pay for the identity card and credential.
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Sanguinetti and other Colorado leaders with the party flag
“One imagines Don Pepe voting or presenting the credential at a table. It is good and gratifying that many people want those documents”valued on that occasion.
