In the complex geopolitical landscape of the South Atlantic, silences speak louder than a thousand speeches. The silence maintained by Roberto Murcia , president of the Provincial Port Authority (DPP), regarding the request for information submitted by Agenda Malvinas in November 2025, has gone from being an administrative delay to becoming evidence of logistical complicity.

While the Tierra del Fuego government refuses to disclose which ships and how many passengers pass through Ushuaia en route to the islands, the online media outlet Mercopress and the colonial newspaper Penguin News —mouthpieces of the illegitimate colonial government— have just published the balance sheet for the 2025/26 cruise tourism season; where the figures are a slap in the face to the sovereign rhetoric of the province.

Fuegian logistics, British wallet

According to official tourism sector data for the colony, the season closed with 65,197 visitors . Despite a slight decrease compared to the previous season's nearly 71,000 cruise ship passengers , the key figure is the economic impact: an estimated direct expenditure of over £5 million for the colony, equivalent to approximately US$6.72 million .

This influx of capital doesn't just fall from the sky. The vast majority of these cruise passengers arrive in the islands after having stopped in Ushuaia or Puerto Madryn . The port of Ushuaia is the main supplier of fuel and provisions, where crew changes take place, and where the necessary operational security is provided for these ships to complete their itineraries. Without the "open door" of Ushuaia, the Malvinas' tourism industry—its second most important economic sector—would simply collapse due to cost inefficiencies.

Fewer cancellations, more efficiency for the usurper

A technical detail from the publication reproduced by Mercopress reveals the efficiency of the regional support: cancellations due to bad weather fell drastically from 20,000 to only 9,500 passengers .

This improvement in travel predictability is the result of well-oiled logistics on the mainland or on Tierra del Fuego's main island. By allowing these large cruise ships to operate normally at Argentine docks, the Tierra del Fuego government is acting as a business facilitator for the invader , ensuring that the impact of cancellations is minimized and that colonial revenue remains stable.

The systematic violation of the Gaucho Rivero Law

Agenda Malvinas 's request to the port authorities displaced by the intervention—deliberately ignored by Murcia—sought and continues to seek to expose how the violation of Provincial Law No. 852 (Gaucho Rivero) was being carried out. This law, which should be the shield of our sovereignty, is now a worthless piece of paper due to official negligence. Because every pound sterling or every dollar that enters the colony via a cruise ship that passes through Ushuaia is a resource used to strengthen the British presence in our territory.

An unsustainable double standard

It is cynical that Tierra del Fuego presents itself to the world as the "Capital of the Malvinas" while successive governments and their port authorities:

1.   They are hiding public information (violating Law 653) to cover up the number of ships that triangulate with the islands.

2.   They allow the economic drain of more than £5 million into the coffers of the usurper (US$6.72 million)

3.   They ignore the First Transitory Provision of our National Constitution, prioritizing the collection of port fees over the mandate to recover the territory.

The provincial government must decide which side of history it wants to be on: the side of genuinely defending sovereignty or the side of the silent partners in a colonial economy that feeds off our own infrastructure. For now, the DPP's six-month silence finds an indirect response in the information provided by Mercopress , which reports that the usurping colony of the Malvina Islands earned US$6.72 million during the past Southern Hemisphere summer season .