In Photos: Guests Gather at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón for Brazil’s National Day

Brazil’s embassy celebrated the country’s 204th Independence Day at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón, with chargé d’affaires Eduardo Uziel serving as host after Ambassador Julio Glinternick Bitelli’s departure from Argentina.

Uziel used the occasion to underline the longstanding relationship between the two countries. “This occasion allows us to reaffirm the friendship of more than two centuries between Brazil and Argentina,” he said, describing the relationship as deep, strategic and mutually beneficial.

He also thanked the guests and the City of Buenos Aires, including its Culture Ministry, for providing the Teatro Colón as the setting for the event. Among those attending were Brazilian ambassador’s wife Lizy Mahlmann, former Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, Buenos Aires diplomatic representatives and business figures.

The guest list also included British Ambassador David Cairns, Spanish Ambassador Joaquín María de Arístegui Laborde, Norwegian Ambassador Halvor Sætre, Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Alberto Chocano Burga and Moroccan Ambassador Fares Yassir. The event concluded with a cocktail reception at the theater.

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This occasion allows us to reaffirm the friendship of more than two centuries between Brazil and Argentina. We have forged a deep, strategic and mutually beneficial relationship, which we must constantly cultivate and strengthen beyond circumstantial differences or misunderstandings. It is a friendship understood and shared by the great majority of Argentine and Brazilian society.