Milei's gov't keeps sacking officials as global controversy over football chant mounts

Friday, July 19th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

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The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei sacked Sports Secretary Julio Garro after the latter said that Lionel Messi should apologize for the controversial chants of the national football team with discriminatory mentions to the ethnicity of France's players and Kylian Mbappé's sexual orientation. He was in fact called “puto” (faggot). Read full article

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imoyaro
Nothing to see here, move along...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Argentina
Jul 19th, 2024 - 04:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
‘We never had colonies or second-class citizens’

Well, the Native Americans would certainly disagree with that, as would the former slaves in Argentina, if any had survived being sent to wipe out the Indians.

And you have twice tried to colonise the Falklands and still harbour ambitions to colonise the whole of the British S. Atlantic/Antarctica.

‘We have never imposed our way of life on anyone’.

Yes you have, in 1832 and again in 1982, albeit only for a short time in both cases.

Although, lying through your teeth does seem to be ‘trivial, as per Argentine culture’.
Jul 20th, 2024 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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