A news story from the defense.com news site should raise red flags in Argentina . While President Javier Milei's government displays a controversial closeness to extraregional powers, especially the United States of America, Great Britain, and Israel, Chile is strengthening its military alliance with the usurper of the Malvina Islands through a military transaction that Argentina cannot ignore geopolitically.

The report details that the United Kingdom and Chile are celebrating the 200th anniversary of their relations in a symbolic meeting that reaffirms a long-standing friendship . The central focus of this news is the possible transfer of the frigate HMS Argyll from the British Navy to the Chilean Navy .

To understand the gravity of this situation, it is essential to remember the past. The "friendship" between Chile and the United Kingdom is no coincidence; it was painfully cemented for Argentina during the 1982 Malvinas War . In that conflict, Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship actively collaborated with British forces, providing intelligence and logistical support that was crucial to the United Kingdom's victory . This "collaboration" was so valuable that then- Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher publicly thanked Pinochet, even defending him years later.

Today, Chile's possible acquisition of a British warship revives that painful memory and demonstrates the strength of a bond that, for Argentina, represented a betrayal by a nation that General José de San Martín liberated from the Spanish yoke.

A foreign policy without direction or memory

The most worrying aspect of this situation is the lack of response from the Argentine government, and especially from President Milei, who has prioritized an incomprehensible alignment with the United Kingdom, displaying gestures that dilute the historic claim of sovereignty over the Malvina Islands, while Chile and the United Kingdom advance their strategy in the South Atlantic and the Antarctic continent.

The defense of sovereignty over the Malvina Islands and the usurping Argentine maritime spaces cannot be viewed as a mere political banner . It is a national cause, a duty of memory and future. The government's inaction, coupled with the strengthening of military ties between London and Santiago, creates a scenario of maximum alert for our sovereignty .

In a world where geopolitics is played out at sea, every ship, every alliance, and every diplomatic gesture counts. And our country's silence, passivity, or defection in the face of these movements comes at a very high cost.