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Milei makes snap trip to Ushuaia to meet Southern Command Chief Richardson
Milei gave a press conference in the early hours of Friday after meeting Richardson Argentine President Javier Milei made a snap trip to Ushuaia late Thursday to meet US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson after Governor Gustavo Melella refused to welcome her and insisted she was “persona non grata.”
Milei's flight aboard a Brazilian-built Embraer 140 jet of the Argentine Air Force arrived after 11 pm following a refueling stop in Río Gallegos.
During a press conference in the wee hours of Friday, Milei highlighted that Richardson's presence in the country was key “to strengthening alliances” because “we Argentines as a people have a natural affinity with the United States, we both belong to the Western tradition.”
“A tradition that has at its base the ideas of freedom, the defense of life and private property,” Milei added.
Milei also thanked US President Joseph Biden's support to his administration before addressing the problem of illegal fishing in Argentine waters in addition to criticizing Communism.
“Many governments of Argentina, of different political signs, in the last decades, have filled their mouths talking about sovereignty, but they have done nothing for it. They have done nothing to defend our territorial and fluvial borders from drug trafficking. They have done nothing to investigate the Islamic terrorism that we have unfortunately suffered. And they have done nothing to defend the territorial integrity of our Argentine Sea, which year after year has been invaded by illegal fishing boats and draining its fish resources,” Milei stressed.
Melella, an ally of Kirchnerism, had warned during the April 2 Veteran's Day commemoration that “we are not going to welcome formally, officially, and in any way the Chief of the United States Southern Command because they carry out military practices together with Great Britain in the South Atlantic.”
Tierra del Fuego political circles were very critical of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher-admiring Milei, who did not participate in any of the local events honoring the fallen during the 1982 war and yet showed up 48 hours later to meet with Richardson.
According to Infobae, “the scenario of the President's meeting with General Richardson is not a coincidence: [Chinese President] Xi Jinping is pushing for the construction of a port in Tierra del Fuego which would allow Beijing to monitor the bioceanic passage and place an enclave of its own at the gates of Antarctica.”
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Read all comments“The UN didn't observe or legitimize your sham referendum.” Yes, they did their silence is a legal endorsement. With the completion of the Referendum ...the Islands are now “decolonized”.
Apr 06th, 2024 - 09:59 am +2”UN Charter; DECLARATION REGARDING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES; Article 73; Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for ..peoples have not yet attained .. self-government recognize the principle ..b. to develop self-government, ...”
October 16th,1975
The ICJ presents its advisory opinion on two questions concerning Western Sahara; “The validity of the principle of self-determination, defined as the need to pay regard to the freely expressed will of peoples, ...” The Court also states; “The Charter of the United Nations, in Article 1, paragraph 2, indicates, as one of the purposes of the United Nations: “To develop friendly relations among nations based on ...the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples . .” This purpose is further developed in Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter. ...the subsequent development of international law in regard to non-self-governing territories, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, made the principle of self-determination applicable to all of them”
Judge Dillard, .. adds; “ .. it is for the people to determine the destiny of the territory and not the territory the destiny of the people.”
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Apr 05th, 2024 - 11:45 am +1A lot of power struggling going on that is clear. Always though ,we , the islands have ended up being implicated. Fishing snipes were not only directed at foreign countries but at a very successful fishing industry around the Falklands.
Apr 05th, 2024 - 11:58 am +1I wonder, maybe we should invite Milei to the islands to show him first hand just how well we islanders are actually looking after the fish stocks around OUR waters, let him see how a real country is efficiently managed. Argentines always try to portray us as squatters, so come in peace and see for yourself. Dont listen to second hand gossip, get it straight from the horses mouth.
How hard would that be.
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