In an interview held on the morning of this Thursday the 27th , the president of the 'Malvinas Argentinas' War Veterans Center of Río Grande, Raúl Villafañe , called on the community to gather this Saturday morning at the headquarters of the institution (located in O'Higgins 321) to later march towards Estancia El Relincho -near Tolhuin-; in repudiation of the existence of radar set up by a company with English and Irish capital, about which a month and a half after the journalist's complaint and the national repercussion it generated; There are no official details about its function and danger. All of this, despite the negative warnings issued by the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Juan Martín Paleo.
In dialogue with Daniel Puebla, director and journalist of FM Aire Libre ; The president of the Center said this morning that the institution has been cautious enough throughout this time to see if they had “ any news in response or to see how it had been placed, what had happened, because no one notified us nor did we have any news about what function complies.”
“We were cautious in the sense of saying that it is no one's fault and seeing what information they gave us. We did not have any type of information, we have asked, no one knows anything, that is, that radar placed in our province appeared as if by magic ”explained the war veteran.
After 50 days, Raúl Villafañe understands that “that is not correct. So what we are going to do on Saturday is to make a flag in defense of our sovereignty. We are going to go to Estancia El Relincho, where we are going to place flags Argentina and we are going to sing the national anthem. That is going to be the first step we are going to take, to see if we have information,” he said.
“The information is not only for us, but also for our population, because the neighbors ask us and no one knows anything.At the time they put up a radar, did they make an announcement?