A delegation of Chilean businessmen and professionals recently visited the Malvinas Islands. With the excuse of representing the 300 Chileans who live on the Argentine islands usurped by Great Britain, and with the intention of increasing business with the Kelpers, a delegation participated in meetings with the British ambassador in Chile, Louise De Sousa. A reprehensible visit to the Argentine territory in the South Atlantic.

The activities were called “Libero Expedition” and the political-military background of these protocol meetings continues to add collaborations and complicity between the pirate invaders and the neighbors of the trans-Andean country, about which we must remember the frequent and provocative military exercises between both countries.

El Libero is an online site headed by Eduardo Sepúlveda, a character present on the infamous trip, already repudiated by broad sectors of Argentine society for being another act of provocation and demonstration of the colonialist power of the invaders.

This, of course, sets back regional relations and betrays Latin American solidarity. In a context where the international community has historically and repeatedly criticised the British occupation, Chile chooses to ignore the Argentine claim and instead opts to foster trade relations with the illegitimate imperialist government.

The visit to the Malvina Islands is more than just a commercial exchange. It is an act that perpetuates the British occupation and strengthens the Kelpers' desire to legitimize their presence in a territory that does not belong to them.

Cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce of the population established in Malvinas is not just a matter of business; it is a form of recognition of a colonial regime that has historically shown its contempt for the rights of Argentines and even the human rights of Chile, having supported and protected the dictator Augusto Pinochet.

The Managing Director of the Corporation for the Development of the Illegitimate Government of the Malvina Islands, Zachary Franklin , confessed that the original idea of hosting the “Libero Expedition” came from the British ambassador in Santiago.

“The group that is now in the Islands, its composition has changed over the last six months in terms of numbers and who actually arrived ,” Franklin explained, adding that “they financed their travel, their stays and the Corporation simply worked with them trying to give them the broadest possible presentation of the Malvinas.”

Also participating was Andrés Montero , a commercial engineer, head of an agency specializing in “hunting/capturing” talent for large companies and advisor to the Agricultural Society of Chile,

Montero said that "sending products here to the Islands, investing, and the exchange of sports and cultural activities is essential because the Malvinas are very far from the rest of the world, and for us to have an English-speaking country just 75 minutes away by flight is something that Chile should encourage."

He added that “ reestablishing this connection is important, because the links with Punta Arenas were very strong, people from Malvinas travelled to Chile, a lot of wood came from Punta Arenas for the construction industry, and I think it is something that we cannot let go.”

Engineer Montero also believes that Chile should maintain a neutral position in the dispute over Argentina's claim to the archipelagos in the South Atlantic and concentrate on expanding trade with the Islands.

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