In a speech laced with political vitriol, belated pragmatism, and a surprising accusation of collusion between Javier Milei's government and sectors of the Kirchnerist movement in Tierra del Fuego , Governor Gustavo Melella inaugurated the 43rd ordinary session of the provincial legislature this morning . For an hour, the governor attempted to regain the political initiative following the administrative collapse that led to the national intervention in the Port of Ushuaia , describing the measure as a "grotesque federal intervention."

1. The Port: "It's a joke, they're treating us like idiots"

The central issue, and the most sensitive for provincial sovereignty, was the dispossession of the port . Melella abandoned the technical tone and resorted to direct confrontation, accusing the National Ports and Navigation Administration (ANPyN) of being a group of "illegal appropriators" driven by economic interests.

2. The 180° Turn: "I won't ask the investor's grandmother for her DNA"

Perhaps the most important point of the alignment with the libertarian government was his declaration of definitive abandonment of the sovereign defense of reserves and natural wealth, from his first term; declaring himself a fervent promoter of the RIGI (Incentive Regime for Large Investments) .

3. The Malvinas and the response to "The Telegraph"

On the issue of sovereignty, Melella reaffirmed the permanent right over the Malvina Islands and Antarctica, indirectly criticizing President Milei for his stance towards the United Kingdom expressed last December.

The Melella who spoke to the legislators today is a governor cornered by financial and operational realities . His surrender of the protectionist banner in exchange for "urgent pragmatism" reveals the fragility of Tierra del Fuego's industry, which he himself acknowledges is being "destroyed" by imports and national policy.

However, his denunciation of the "business dealings between libertarians and 'Kukas'" opens a new battlefront: if the port was taken over for a private real estate or logistics business, Melella's "federal feat" comes too late, when the key has already changed hands.