In political terms, Villarruel's presence is the opposite of Javier Milei's decision in 2024 —who did not come, nor did he send a single national official to the events of April 2 of last year in Río Grande and Ushuaia—but instead opted to land in the Tierra del Fuego capital, at night and the following day, to receive the head of the United States Southern Command, General Laura Richardson . He also announced, as an administration objective, the promotion of a new phase of Antarctic development, with US military participation.
The visit of Vice President Victoria Villarruel to Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands (TDF. AIAS) to participate in the event commemorating the 43rd anniversary of the start of the Malvinas War in Ushuaia will have a political impact on the province administered by Gustavo Melella, of the Union for the Fatherland (UP), one of the leaders most distant from the Casa Rosada; Ámbito Financiero highlights in the first paragraph of the article , giving priority to the breakdown of relations between the presidential entourage and Javier Milei himself, with the Vice President and head of the National Senate, Victoria Villarruel, and the consequences this could have for the Tierra del Fuego government and the Province in general.
Ready to develop an agenda independent of that of Javier Milei, who will lead his own commemoration at the Cenotaph in Plaza San Martín in Retiro Park , the vice president will arrive in southern Spain at the invitation of the Malvinas War Veterans Center in Ushuaia, which annually extends invitations to the highest national and provincial authorities.
The ceremony will take place on Wednesday at 11 a.m. in front of the Monument to the Fallen in the Malvinas Islands in the capital of Tierra del Fuego. In addition to Villarruel, the event will include Governor Melella, the city's mayor, Walter Wuoto (PJ), and national senators from various political parties, such as Camporista María Eugenia Duré and Radical Party member Pablo Blanco , who participated in the traditional vigil in Río Grande the night before.
One of the main questions is whether, beyond the event, the provincial leader and Villarruel will hold a meeting. In the Patagonian district, they told Ámbito that there will be an official reception at the Government House by Melella , a position confirmed by the vice president's entourage: "There will be a reception and a formal meeting." They also commented that the idea was to do something different and "be as close to the islands as possible."
The day, however, will not be without tension. The Tierra del Fuego government fears that the arrival of the head of the upper house will be seen as a provocation by Milei's entourage, who has long been estranged from his deputy. At the same time, Mellela, in his opposition role, built a tense calm with the national government, which has yet to make any progress on the local Industrial Promotion Regime, the province's main productive capital.
Ámbito found out that the news of Villarruel's trip even surprised the Libertarian headquarters in Tierra del Fuego, where they learned about it through the media.
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