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Malvinas: Villarruel avoids Milei announcements but appears at veterans’ tribute

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel avoided commenting on President Javier Milei’s recent televised announcements about the Malvinas but attended a Senate tribute to war veterans.
  • The ceremony included the presentation of a book titled “Malvinas: National Epic,” tributes to former combatants and patriotic songs.
  • Villarruel wore a pin reading “The Malvinas are Argentine” and received the first copy of the book.

Victoria Villarruel chose a ceremony with Malvinas veterans rather than public comment on Javier Milei’s recent announcements about the islands. The vice president has long stated her position on Argentina’s sovereignty claim and has regularly appeared at events with former combatants since taking charge of the Senate.

in a landing craft

· Nicolás KasanzewKasanzew said this was how he would return to the islands if given the chance.

She attended another installment of the Senate series “Malvinas: National Epic,” held in the Blue Room of the Legislative Palace. The event included the presentation of a book with the same title and was organized by the Malvinas Deeds Directorate and the Directorate General of Publications.

If those who are sitting in these first six rows were in that landing craft, I do not know whether another April 2 would not happen again.

· Nicolás KasanzewHe referred to the former combatants attending the Senate ceremony.

Unlike some of her other appearances, Villarruel did not deliver a speech. Nicolás Kasanzew, who heads the Malvinas Deeds Directorate and covered the 1982 war for what is now Public Television, spoke instead. He said that if he ever returned to the islands, he would do so “in a landing craft.” He also said that the falsehoods circulating on social media and in political statements about sovereignty would disappear, while books would remain as “a weapon in defense of our homeland and the Malvinas.”

all the lies and villainy on social media, as well as the lies in political statements about Malvinas sovereignty that the people making them do not believe, will disappear; nothing will remain.

· Nicolás KasanzewHe contrasted political and social-media claims with the lasting role of books.

Villarruel watched from the front row and appeared moved, with tears in her eyes, when Kasanzew shouted “Long live the homeland!” She answered, “Long live!” and received the first copy of the book. The ceremony also honored former combatants and mentioned journalist Silvia Fernández Barrio. Villarruel sang the March of San Lorenzo and the March of the Malvinas. A widely noted detail was the pin on her left lapel, reading “The Malvinas are Argentine,” a reference to a banner displayed by Argentina’s national football team after its victory over England.

What will remain are the books. They will continue to be a weapon in defense of our homeland and the Malvinas until the day we return to the Malvinas.

· Nicolás KasanzewHe described books as a continuing defense of Argentina’s claim.
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Originally published by Clarín 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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