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Milei reallocates $142 million for Ushuaia naval base, but more than twice that may still be needed

From Clarín · () Spanish

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

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  • President Javier Milei’s government redirected $142 million from the budget to the Ushuaia naval base project.
  • The project has a 30-year delay, and the available funds may be less than half the amount needed to complete it.
  • The government also plans improvements at Antarctica’s Petrel base, while Congress’s opposition will consider related emergency decrees and a bill.

Javier Milei’s government has reassigned $142 million in budget funds to the naval base in Ushuaia, but the project may still need more than twice that amount to be completed.

The work is already 30 years behind schedule. It also covers improvements to the Petrel base in Antarctica, expanding the scope beyond the Ushuaia facility.

This week, the defense minister and the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are expected to define a construction plan. The government is also watching to see whether opposition lawmakers will approve the emergency decrees and a bill on the project that the administration plans to send to Congress.

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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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