5/5/08

Argentina to fete 80th Che birthday


The Argentinean city of Rosario will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the birth of Ernesto Che Guevara, with several activities June 12-15.The program was agreed after several working sessions by Rosario mayor Miguel Lifschitz, other representatives from the municipal government of Che hometown, and members from the multi-sector group of solidarity with Cuba.

Also present were Jorge Luis Mayo, second adviser chief of the Cuban diplomatic mission in Argentina, and Andres Zerneri, author and maker of the monument to Che that will be unveiled.Celebrations will begin June 12 with a massive meeting by Latin American youth.

The opening act will be on June 13 at El Circulo Theater with an institutional panel made up of Hermes Binner, governor of Santa Fe provice, mayor Lifschitz, and Cuban ambassador to Argentina Aramis Fuentes Hernandez.

The Ernesto Guevara statue, designed by Zerneri in the Che Square, will be unveiled June 14. This sculpture was casted in bronze through the donation of keys and small metal objects by thousands of Argentineans and people worldwide.

On June 15, there will be a mass concert at the Flag Monument Park, with singer and songwriters Jaime Ross, Leon Gieco and Juan Carlos Baglietto, as well as several foreign artists.

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