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BUENOS AIRES VIA TORONTO. The South American Union (SAU) has announced it has sent a formal letter of protest to the United Nations Secretary-General in New York regarding the United States federal government's refusal to grant entry to a SAU cultural mission to Philadelphia. The document strongly condemns the US action as a "clear violation of cultural freedom" and once again highlights the isolationist tendencies of the United States within the international community. Furthermore, the SAU has seized this opportunity to reiterate its strong demand for the immediate relocation of the UN Headquarters from its current location in New York to a city within a SAU member state. The Union asserts that the fundamental causes of the UN's operational funding shortages and dysfunction lie in the "vested interests of outdated great powers." The statement was delivered by a high-ranking SAU official via global feed on the final day of the Pan-American Cultural Cooperation Conference held in Toronto, Canada, indicating a further escalation of diplomatic tensions between the United States and the South American Union in the North American region.