The publication this morning of the first part of our investigation into the imminent intervention at the Port of Ushuaia generated a virulent reaction from the Governor of Tierra del Fuego, Gustavo Melella . Just hours after the report detailing the financial and structural mismanagement of the province's most strategic asset was released, the head of the Provincial Executive Branch contacted the director of this publication, Daniel Guzmán , directly to attempt to deny the facts and launch serious accusations.

Melella's accusation: "You get paid a lot to say them"

In an exchange of messages that Agenda Malvinas is making public due to its undeniable journalistic and institutional interest, Governor Melella opted for personal attacks instead of technical explanations. "Dani, my dear, get good advice, otherwise you'll just be repeating lies or you're being paid a lot to say them" (sic), the president fired back, suggesting that this media outlet's editorial line is influenced by bribes and not by the documents in our possession.

Given the seriousness of the accusation, Daniel Guzmán responded: "I take what you're saying as a journalistic statement and a serious accusation against me. What happened to you, Melella, that you became everything you came to fight against?" The exchange exposes a clear divide between administrative reality and the official narrative that Melella himself desperately wants to hide .

The denial of the obvious: Note NO-2025-139247837

The most surprising aspect of the Governor's statement is his outright denial of the ongoing administrative process: "There is no intervention, dear Dani...". However, Note NO-2025-139247837-APN-ANPYN#MEC , signed by the Executive Director of the National Ports and Navigation Agency, Iñaki Miguel Arreseygor , is explicit and leaves no room for subjective interpretation.

In the official text, the Nation communicates the "Administrative intervention in port infrastructure matters" and orders the deployment of all DPP personnel to ensure operational continuity under national command. The warning is clear: provincial silence or refusal will result in the suspension of the port's operating license for 12 months . How can the Governor claim "there is no intervention" when he has a notification in his office that will remove him from control of the port in the coming days or even hours?

The cynicism of "Functionality"

Melella accused the media director of being "in the service of those you claim to be fighting." It is paradoxical that the president who allowed the multi-million dollar diversion of port funds to OSEF —giving Javier Milei's government the perfect legal excuse to occupy the island —would label as "in the service of" the very person who exposes the documents of this disaster.

If anyone has been functional to the strategy of centralization and surrender of sovereignty of the current national administration, it has been the provincial administration itself between FORJA and a faction of the MPF , whose administrative negligence today hands over the keys to the "Gateway to Antarctica" to officials appointed from Buenos Aires .

The truth is not negotiable.

Agenda Malvinas rejects and condemns any insinuation of bribery or the spread of lies. We demand that the governor publicly retract his statements . Our source is not rumor, but rather the engineering expertise of the National Ports and Natural Areas Administration (ANPyN) and the resolutions of the National Ministry of Economy.

As happened with the British-owned radar installed in Tolhuin, Melella takes refuge in denial rather than give explanations to the people of Tierra del Fuego about why, under his administration, Tierra del Fuego is about to lose its maritime autonomy and the main avenue for a Provincial State to be present in Antarctic development.