After an exhibition in Buenos Aires, the United Buddy Bears will be staying in the city of Montevideo for five weeks.
President Tabare Vasquez himself will open the 17th exhibition of the Buddy Bears at Plaza Independencia.
The United Buddy Bears is an international exhibition of more than 140 two-meters-tall fibre glass bears representing each of the nations recognized by the UN. Donations to the project, already amounting to $2.4 million, have already been forwarded to the UNICEF and similar organizations.
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