Uribe said Colombia is looking forward to the mandate of Santos.
Bogota, July 20 .- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Tuesday that his country expects "with great illusion" the beginning of the mandate of the elected president, Juan Manuel Santos, and hoped that new generations can live better and happier .
"Thank you President, Colombians look great illusion its mandate," said Uribe to lead a massive concert in the Parque Simon, of Bogota, who attended more, aika gold, than 70,000 people.
He added that he hoped "these 200 new years that begin", in allusion to the commemoration of the Bicentennial of Independence, "the new generations can live as happy as we are (in) this afternoon."
On the other hand, Santos said he hoped to continue "many years" the happiness that, in his view, has sent, cheap aion kinah, the Colombian Uribe.
The commander of the Military Forces of Colombia, General Freddy Padilla de Leon, and the Director of Police, General Oscar Naranjo, meanwhile, thanked the country the way they have been clothed both institutions.
With the opening of the start of the Bicentennial Concert in Bogota began the festive day that extended throughout the country.
, aika gold, According to the Ministry of Culture, it was expected Tuesday over a thousand concerts, shows, parades and institutional events, cultural and even protest.
The concert was more expectation genre led by singer Juanes in Quibdo, capital of the department of Choco rainforest (west) border with Panama. CMO / mmg