US EditionU.S. Air Force C-40 Landing in Ushuaia Fuels Scrutiny of Argentina’s Southern Agenda
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A U.S. military aircraft landed this Sunday in Ushuaia, the southernmost city of Argentina and the world. The arrival generated suspicions and was even defined as “mysterious” by local authorities in the province of Tierra del Fuego. Last week, the government of Javier Milei took control of the strategic port of that city, until then administered by the province. From that moment, the opposition accuses the ultra president of having agreed conce…
The landing in Ushuaia takes place after the recent intervention of the port of that city by the government of Milei. Port infrastructure is key to the defense of Argentine sovereignty and access to the Antarctic continent.
As the national government did not report it and took place in the midst of local port intervention, the arrival of the US Air Force Boeing triggered speculation amid a high local sensitivity.
U.S. Air Force C-40 landing in Ushuaia fuels scrutiny of Argentina’s southern agenda
A U.S. Air Force Boeing C-40 Clipper landed around midday Sunday at Ushuaia’s international airport — officially named “Ushuaia–‘Malvinas’ Argentinas” — an unusual arrival that drew immediate attention from local media and political observers in Tierra del Fuego.
On the midnight of the 20th of January there was more movement than usual in front of the Port of Ushuaia. Someone told Roberto Murcia, president of the Provincial Directorate of Ports (DPP) that something was going on. He came and found himself at the entrance door to the logistics area with officials who already knew of the national agency in charge of the ports. What do they need?, he asked them. “We came to intervene”, they replied. Murcia c…
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