 So, thank you again, Commissioner Castro, and thank you so much, Council General Lendeverry. I'd like to acknowledge all the other Councils general here, and grateful to see all of you. Thank you so much. I'd also like to acknowledge our active duty military Peruvian friends. So, thank you for joining us. Peruvian Council, it has been an essential partner to our office. And we look forward to growing our relationship for the benefit of all New Yorkers. New York City is proud to be home to close to 100,000 Peruvians who contribute immensely to this city. Walking through New York City, especially in Jackson Heights, we can see and feel the beauty and strength of the Peruvian culture and community. I look forward to working with the Council and the Peruvian community to achieve Mayor Adams's vision. Of all New York City, for all of New York City. Thank you, and congratulations on your 200 and first year Peruvian independence. Thank you. Well, since the mayor has arrived, I want you to listen to him. Long live Peru! Long live the immigrants, the Latinos of New York! Thank you, Commissioner Mermolstein. Before I introduce Mayor Eric Adams, I'd like to introduce to you Peruvian Ambassador Barita Landeveri. Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for being here and Gladys. Thank you for being here. I know you had much to do with his presence here today. Thank you. Commissioners, Sandro, Arthur, all my dear friends here today, Peruvians and Americans. My speech will be first in Spanish and then in English, please. It's an honor for me to celebrate and share with all of you the commemoration of our first anniversary, Patriot, Bicent. An occasion in which we remember with respect and gratitude to the patriots who fought to achieve a free and independent country. And we also remember the ideals of freedom and brotherhood that inspired the creation of our republic. In the heart of New York, today we gather to honor the memory and legacy of those who, like José Olaya and Tupac Amaru, delivered their lives to the cause of freedom and also those who sacrificed themselves defending with value and dignity the sovereignty of our country as our admiral, Miguel Grau. Peru is a country with a very rich millenary history. Our territory was a center of world civilization, one of the few in the world where a unique culture emerged that domesticated its natural, mountainous and desert environment to give the world such valuable products as the potato, the quinoa, the choclo maize, among others. From its territory, notable cultures such as the Incas, great engineers and estadists who led us to monuments of great beauty like Machu Picchu, recognized as one of the wonders of the world. Today, Peru is a democratic nation of kind people, worker, lover of peace and freedom and committed to the care of the wonderful natural biodiversity with which we have been blessed. We are a resilient people, entrepreneur and solidarity. It is with that legacy that today we are called a significant ceremony of the prosperity of our country. Today, as we celebrate 211 years of independence, we reaffirm with conviction the deep pride that we feel of being Peruvians. Long live the country, long live Peru, dear authorities of New York, dear mayor, and friends of Peru and Peruvians, of course. It is for me a great honor to be here representing my country in this moving flag-raising ceremony commemorating 201 years of Peruvian independence. Our country in New York are linked by a long history of political, economic, and cultural relations. For example, in the 19th century, William R. Grace, an Irish immigrant in Peru, built a fortune trading Peruvian guano before moving to the U.S. and becoming New York's first Catholic mayor. It was Mayor Grace himself who received the gift of the Statue of Liberty in 1886. Later in our relationship, a young and adventurous engineer from Brooklyn, Mr. Jacob Bakus emigrated to Peru in the late 19th century and founded Bakus and Johnston, the most important brewery in Peru, and a household name for all Peruvians until this day, Pilsen, Cristal, Pusqueña, okay? The names of the beers. Today, our relations continue to expand at a great pace, and they are certainly more diversified. New York is the home of a large and vibrant Peruvian community. On this 201st anniversary of independence, we celebrate together with the Peruvian community and appreciate their commitment to a life of work and effort, to family values, the entrepreneurship and civic engagement. Likewise, in recent years, the city has become home to a new and exciting scene of Peruvian restaurants. I want to assure you, although I do not have a crystal ball, that this is only the beginning. Peruvian food and hyper-Peruvian cuisine have arrived in New York to stay and prosper with this great city. The Peruvian food wave is only beginning here and worldwide. I encourage our friends and hosts from New York to visit Peru. It is a fantastic and unique country with an extensive offer in terms of history, culture, gastronomy, and natural beauty, but particularly because of its welcoming peoples. I must mention that visiting us is easy and convenient with daily flights departing from JFK. I assure you, it will be the experience of a lifetime. This July 28th is a happy day to celebrate our people and our culture, to remember those who fought for our hard-won liberty and to honor everyone who, with dedication and hard work, made us proud to be Peruvian. Viva el Perú! Thank you so much, Ambassador. And as was said earlier, we've heard from so many people about how great these events are, and I've heard from so many immigrant groups about the importance of celebrating their communities, not just in their neighborhoods, but here in such an important space for New York. And that is all thanks to Mayor Eric Adams and our administration. So it is my honor to now welcome our leader and champion for all immigrants, the Mayor of City of New York, Mayor Eric Adams. Un aplauso grande! Thank you so much. Thank you. And I recall years ago when I was in Lima and I saw how rich the community and the culture and how important you are here to New York City. And I'm happy to see my Peruvian brothers and sisters celebrated, and I want my right hand to come forward. Gladys is from Peru. Gladys has been with me for so many years and she is my trusted confidant, you know? And she went back home to Peru last year after many years being away. And so I'm happy to be here with her. She wanted to make sure she was here for this flag raising, you know? Yes! And I want to thank our ambassador for her wonderful words and her kindness. For the first time in New York City's history, we're raising the Peruvian flag right here at Bowling Green. This is a significant moment. And today we celebrate the pride and the joy of the Peruvian people. We celebrate the dance, the music, the culture, ceviche, pisco, sours, the hard-working, tight-knit community and knows how to celebrate events like this. New York City is the city of immigrants and it's a city for everyone and we're proud of the diversity of our city. And when we raise the Peruvian flag, we say today and every day that we stand with the Peruvian community. We are one. QK Viva El Peru. Yeah! So I want to present this proclamation to the ambassador to the Peruvian Americans have long strengthened the five boroughs and they will continue to play a key role as we take bold steps to recover from COVID-19 pandemic, grow our economy and build a safer, fairer, more prosperous future for all. And today's ceremony in Manhattan's historic Bowling Green Park, Peruvian New Yorkers will commemorate, fiesta their Homeland's National Independence Day. This important day also provides a wonderful occasion to celebrate the rich heritage of the Peruvian people and community. This is your day, Peruvian Heritage Day. I, Eric Adams, mayor of the city of New York. Congratulations. Mr. Mayor, I know you're interested in green and veggies and you have been promoting that we eat better. Yes. So here is, you know that Peru is the land of potatoes. Potatoes, we have the International Potato Center, but we have 3,500 varieties of potatoes. So there is a book on potatoes and the information of the center that I think you will find interesting. Thank you. And a little gift from Peru. Of course, something special. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And of course, thank you Gladys for all your work. Without Gladys, we really wouldn't be able to do this and we wouldn't be able to get the mayor out to all of our events. So thank you. And of course, thank you and congratulations to everyone who has been part of bringing everyone here together. Now we'd like to start the flag-raising ceremony. And so, una plaza, una plaza. So we'd first like to start with the singing of the U.S. National Anthem. Y con eso, concluimos el protocolo. No se vayan que tenemos una última presentación de una mujer sensacional. Vamos a tomar nuestros lugares, por favor. Let's take our spaces. Let's take our seats. We have one more show after this protocol. And we're going to have festejo. ¿Quién quiere festejar? Vamos a tener festejo. Vamos a tener cajón. Please, just give us a minute. So we can go back to our seats. We can go back to our spaces. Minhua, enjoy the band.