The Argentine Foreign Ministry has no shame . This Monday, with hypocritical pomp, it issued a statement celebrating the return of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius , as if Argentina had the moral authority to applaud decolonization while betraying its own cause in the Malvinas.
The contrast is obscene : Mauritius , a small African country, has achieved what Argentina never could: subduing the United Kingdom with diplomatic firmness, while Javier Milei's government goes out of its way to flatter the British , bless their investments, and even defend the "self-determination" of the Kelpers. That colonialist euphemism that not even Margaret Thatcher would have dared to demand so loudly.
Mauricio fought consistently for decades, without giving in, without smiling at the invader . Argentina, on the other hand, has been making a fool of itself for years: from Macri's lukewarm "rapprochement" to the grandiloquent but sterile rhetoric of Albertist Kirchnerism, and now to the blatant servility of Milei, who not only admires the Iron Lady but also seems determined to hand her the Malvinas on a silver platter.
Negotiations? A joke . While the United Kingdom militarizes the South Atlantic and exploits illegal resources, Argentina limits itself to issuing timid statements and repeating empty slogans about "dialogue."
Even worse: even the wording shows the subservience . The Foreign Ministry speaks of "surrounding maritime spaces" instead of "corresponding," a rude nod to the British narrative. Don't they know that "surrounding" is the language of the usurper , the one who seeks to discuss only the water surrounding the islands and not their historical, geographical, and geological belonging? It seems not. Or perhaps they do, and it suits them.
The Chagos agreement should embarrass Argentina . It shows that, with political will, even a tiny island can defeat colonialism . But there is no will here, only cowardice disguised as pragmatism. Milei prefers to beg for British investment rather than defend sovereignty. The Foreign Ministry prefers to write catchphrases rather than demand rights. And meanwhile, London continues to smile, certain that Argentina will never be what Mauritius is : a country with governments that choose dignity.
