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How many viewers watched Javier Milei’s national address on the Falkland Islands?

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • Argentine President Javier Milei used a national broadcast to discuss diplomatic efforts over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
  • The address began with a combined television rating of 30.2 points and ended at 29, a decline of 1.2 points.
  • Milei announced plans for a naval base in Tierra del Fuego and a National Security Council while calling the Falklands issue a national cause.

Javier Milei’s national address on the Falkland Islands opened with a combined rating of 30.2 points across broadcast and news channels, according to the figures cited. The speech ended at 21:15 with a rating of 29, a drop of 1.2 points.

The president used the broadcast to detail diplomatic progress on Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the islands. He also announced plans to create a naval base in Tierra del Fuego and a National Security Council. Milei said he would increase resources for the Defense Ministry and send Congress a bill on defending national sovereignty.

The address followed Milei’s return from Chile, where he met Antonio Kast. It also came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington was considering whether to review its longstanding support for Britain in the dispute.

Milei declared, “The Falklands cause does not belong to any political party, it is a national cause.”

The broadcast ratings were measured under a unified “National Broadcast” category introduced by Kantar Ibope Media in December 2024. The category combines all over-the-air channels and news networks carrying the presidential message, rather than reporting separate figures for each channel. Before the address, Telefe Noticias led individual programming with 7.2 points, followed by Telenoche at 5.8 and LAM at 4.8. After regular programming resumed, the cited channels recorded lower-than-usual starting figures.

The Falklands cause does not belong to any political party, it is a national cause.

· Javier MileiMilei used the phrase during his national address to frame Argentina’s sovereignty claim as a matter beyond party politics.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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