Kicillof criticised Milei at the Falklands event for “having Margaret Thatcher as an idol”

In his speech from Pilar for the 42nd anniversary of the start of the Falklands War, Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof crossed President Javier Milei and highlighted the occasions when he publicly praised Margaret Thatcher, the former British prime minister who led the British side in the conflict and ordered the sinking of the Ara General Belgrano Cruiser. From some things that one hears these days, obviously we are waiting for the one who is today president of the Nation to tell the people that they cannot honor and have as an idol Margaret Thatcher, who treacherously ordered the killing of Argentine soldiers,” the governor said in his speech. Along these lines, Kicillof argued that sovereignty “is not just a speech, carrying national symbols or singing the anthem,” but must be updated every day. “Remembering the Falklands feat, paying tribute to the ex-combatants, unwaveringly demanding… with courage and paying the international costs that have to be paid for our sovereignty over the Malvinas, repudiating its usurpers,” he remarked. He also urged the government to work on sovereignty in current issues. “There can be no interference by foreign powers over the Argentine Sea, Patagonia, the navigable rivers of Argentina, the Paraná,” he said, and then asked them to carry out the tasks related to the Magdalena Channel, whose current level of depth prevents vessels from accessing the ports of the Río de La Plata, the Río Paraná and the Río Uruguay. From today we come to say that, as we are going to fight until we recover the Malvinas, we are going to fight until that famous Magdalena Canal, which represents national interests over any foreign interest, is built,” Kicillof added. Milei responded to Sergio Massa’s words and heaped praise on the former British prime minister. In the history of mankind there have been great leaders; Mrs Thatcher was. Just like (former U.S. President) Reagan, or (former British Prime Minister Winston) Churchill, or (former French President Charles) De Gaulle. Thatcher had a significant role in the fall of the Berlin Wall, which seems to bother you that it has fallen and crushed the left,” the current president said at the time.

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