MENTEVIDEO, Feb 28 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The first delegations that will attend the presidential inauguration ceremony in Uruguay on March 1 began to arrive on Saturday in this capital, although most of them will do it on Sunday and others on Monday.

President Tabare Vazquez will hand over the post in the ceremony to his successor Jose Mujica, who will lead the second consecutive left-wing Broad Front coalition’s administration until 2015.

Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla fighter, will enter the history of this South American nation as the constitutional president number 34.

Sources from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have confirmed the attendance of Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo, countries that along with Uruguay make up the Southern Common Market.

Venezuela’s Head of State Hugo Chavez, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Chile’s Michelle Bachelet and Colombia’s Alvaro Uribe have also promised to attend the inauguration.

Prince of Asturias Felipe de Borbon and US State Secretary Hillary Clinton will also be present, being the latter’s attendance included in a Latin American tour that will also take her to four other nations.

About 800 police agents will be mobilized as of Saturday in an operation that also includes the Interior Ministry, the Presidency of the Republic, the city council of Montevideo, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Security Department, and the Secretariat of the new head of State. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA

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