Quito, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) A Cultural Week of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) will start tomorrow as a preliminary to the inauguration of the new headquarters of the regional bloc in Mitad del Mundo city, in northern Quito, informed the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry.According to a communique, a series of activities will involve the parishes (neighborhoods) of Calacali, Pomasqui, San Antonio de Pichincha and Mitad del Mundo, all located near the new building of Unasur.
They include performances by the chamber Orchestra of the National Conservatory of Music, the Azuquito orchestra, the Tuna Sol artistic group and singer-songwriter Juan Carlos Teran, among others.
The new Unasur building is scheduled to be inaugurated on December 5 with a summit of heads of State of Unasur member countries.
Other activities to precede the inauguration are the International Seminar Integration and Convergence in South America, to be held in the port city of Guayaquil on Dec. 3 and 4 on an agenda including masterly lectures by Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, ex Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino.
The pro tempore presidency of Unasur will be handed over to Uruguay by Suriname, to be received by President Jose Mujica on Dec.4.
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