Milei authorizes US Southern Command to patrol Argentine southern sea in strategic shift

Wednesday, May 20th 2026 - 23:59 UTC

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Javier Milei's government on Wednesday announced the signing of a letter of intent with the United States for joint patrolling of the South Atlantic over the next five years, in a military cooperation agreement that ratifies Buenos Aires's strategic alignment with the Donald Trump administration and that has triggered alarms over Argentine sovereignty in its maritime spaces. The agreement, signed by the US Southern Command and Argentine Navy authorities, involves the supply of US technology to modernize the South American country's naval equipment and, at the same time, authorizes the participation of US forces in patrolling the Argentine southern sea. Read full article

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imoyaro
This ought to be a drain on the economy, not to mention the inevitable attrition on personnel ...
May 21st, 2026 - 02:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
“Carlos Bianco, government minister of Buenos Aires province and a Kirchnerist figure, said that “the Argentine sea is not a global common” and that “it is a space where Argentina has the obligation to exercise its own jurisdiction and safeguard its resources”

Where in any instance under international law is such a claim valid?

“An assertion is a statement offered as a conclusion without supporting evidence. Since an argument is defined as a logical relationship between premise and conclusion, a simple assertion is not an argument.”
Ignoring the Burden of Proof http://learn.lexiconic.net/fallacies/index.htm
May 24th, 2026 - 02:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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