2023-04-20 16:46:00
And group of 20 ex-combatants from Corrientes visited the Malvinas Islands and during the experience they went through a roller coaster of emotions but also had to endure humiliation and contempt from the English citizens who live there, including a spittle they received while they were waiting for a bus.
“On the third day, when a group of boys was waiting for a bus, a man in his late 40s passed by who He walked a few meters, retraced his steps and, without saying anything, spat in the face of one of them.“reported regarding that moment the journalist Daniel Toledo, from South American Radio, who accompanied the soldiers during the trip.
Regarding that moment, Toledo maintained that “they were bad, with contained anger, practically paralyzed”, because they did not expect to receive provocations without having done anything to receive them. “Those things are like that. there is a bad atmosphere“, he remarked.
In any case, the journalist recounted that, once on the bus, the story reached the ears of the driver, a native of Chile, and he helped them to notify the police of what had happened.
“One day later the person was found, he was found at the airport because he was one of those who checked the bags. The police arrived at the hotel and Apparently, the case was left in the hands of the prosecutor“Toledo explained, although with discouragement he clarified that” he does not believe that anything will happen.
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“We Argentines are not looked upon well therebut there is no contact with the islanders either, except in the hotel or in a supermarket,” he clarified in a communicator from South American Radioalthough he explained that “generally they are people from Chile, from Peru, but they are not natives of Puerto Argentino.”
In turn, he added: “They are absolutely zealous both entering and leaving the islands. The return plane left at 3 in the followingnoon and they made us be at the airport at 9 in the morning to check our bags. They take everything out of you, even the most harmless. They won’t let you carry a bit of dirt“.
“There is nothing Argentine, absolutely nothing”, the journalist maintained and, furthermore, revealed that once there they were asked to hide any element that would identify them as Argentines. “They asked us to remove all elements alluding to the country, nothing is allowed. You have to be cautious and careful, it gives the feeling that you are being monitored.”
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The version recounted by Toledo coincides with the one given by the ex-combatants Angel Esteban Flores y Ernesto Daniel Acevedotwo of the twenty men who traveled to the Malvinas and who agreed on the exhaustiveness of the controls for all the visitors who arrive at the place, especially if they are Argentines and ex-soldiers of the war.
“In all trips they always know all the movements we make. They watch us”recounted one of the men and added: “They they see us as the aggressorslike those of us who want to steal their islands, when they are the ones who have stolen them a long time ago”.
Also, with respect to the English citizens who inhabit the Malvinas, the other one of them added: “They should treat ex-combatants with more respect. But they will never have a good relationship because they see us as the aggressors and they believe that we are going to rob their house.”
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In any case, they mentioned that not everything was bad and made reference to a meeting they had with British ex-combatants, who asked them to take a picture with them.
“They admired us for the bravery we had when defending the islands”expressed one of the men who participated in the trip and concluded: “We are ex-combatants from both sides and there is a mutual respect. The battle ended, so we looked at each other as knights and respected each other as knights.”
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