During the past 48 hours, the version in Tierra del Fuego that the four-star American general and head of the US Southern Command, Laura Richardson ; could arrive in Ushuaia this April 2 to be present at the central event of the province, for the 42nd anniversary of the Malvinas War , where it will be commemorated - precisely -; the Day of Veterans and those who fell in the Malvinas War.
But that possibility was relegated this afternoon, when in communication with Agenda Malvinas , the governor of the province, Gustavo Melella ; He ruled out that the North American soldier would be present on Tuesday the 2nd, although he estimated that she could arrive in the Fuegian capital on Thursday the 4th.
Even so, Melella refused to meet with Laura Richardson . In response to this media's question, he bluntly asked if he had received a formal request from the US embassy in Argentina to meet with the head of the Southern Command, the president. He responded: “Yes. But I am not going to receive it.”
In January of last year, the Fuegian governor crossed the head of the Southern Command, after the North American soldier assured that Latin America is important for her country, for "all its rich resources and elements of rare lands", such as "the lithium triangle”, which exists between Argentina, Bolivia, Chile.
No, Mrs.Cmdte.del @Southcom , it is not YOUR natural resources, it is the wealth of the Latin American people.
— Gustavo Melella (@gustavomelella) January 25, 2023
We will not tolerate any threat to our sovereignty, nor will the history of imperialist looting be repeated.
Our natural resources belong to us. pic.twitter.com/vbvzpTNvNA
On that occasion, Melella warned him that Latin American countries do not need tutelage of policies and natural resources. And he said that Richardson was “bold.”
In a didactic tone, the president told him that “Natural resources belong to each province.
