The Ministry of Defense, led by Luis Petri, was forced to cancel the controversial joint conference with experts from the United Kingdom on the conflict in Ukraine after the event generated a tsunami of criticism focused on the sovereignty of the Malvina Islands. This was stated by Mdzol in a note signed Thursday by Edgardo Aguilera .

The National Defense University (UNDEF) had extended the invitation to the power that exercises colonial occupation over Argentine territory, an extremely serious institutional paradox that was publicly exposed.

The conference, titled "Perspectives and Lessons from the Ukraine Conflict," had been scheduled for October 14 and was promoted as an opportunity for Argentine military personnel to absorb NATO doctrine . However, the public exposure and immediate massive rejection forced the Ministry to back down.

The Reaction that forced the cancellation

The complaint about the invitation was radicalized by emphasizing that the approach takes place in a context of continued British militarization in the South Atlantic , at the same time that the British troops stationed at the Mount Pleasant Base are carrying out in the Malvina Islands, the fifth exercise of 2025 and the incessant reaffirmation of " self-determination" proposed by the settlers.

The controversy was fueled by the leak of an internal Navy message ( GFH 301841 DGPN “R” /NOTAL ) detailing the participation of senior naval officers in a meeting scheduled for this Tuesday the 14th at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, projecting an image of secrecy that amplified popular and political rejection.

Mdzol's underestimation of the Malvinas Cause

The analysis of the cancellation, published by the media outlet Mdzol , shows a bias that underestimates the Malvinas Cause . Columnist Edgardo Aguilera reduces the claim of sovereignty to a mere "rhetorical inflammation" and laments that the "opposition noise" has thwarted a valuable " opportunity for military update" with the British.

This position, however, commits a serious omission by attempting to separate military training from the imperative of national sovereignty . The author resorts to Sun Tzu 's maxim about knowing thy enemy, ignoring the fundamental premise: Argentina's main military "enemy" in the South Atlantic is, irrefutably, the power that illegally and by force of arms occupies the islands usurped in 1833. The same power that maintains a base managed by NATO and ready for combat, since its ultimate conflict scenario in the South Atlantic is none other than with the Argentine Republic.

The columnist's shortsightedness lies in prioritizing a supposed academic or informational gain over the inalienable defense of the usurped territory. This is not an abstract lesson in the "Art of War," but a high-level state policy decision: it is unacceptable to normalize or legitimize, through the Defense University (UNDEF), a nation that systematically violates Argentina's territorial integrity.

The suspension of the conference, forced by public pressure, is not a defeat for the military, but rather an ethical and constitutional precedent that reaffirms that the defense of sovereignty is non-negotiable and not subordinate to any international alignment.