Letters from readers: Falklands

For some reason that I do not understand every time the Malvinas issue arises it affects me in a special way, not only on April 2, but every day. I remember back in 1982 being a teenager was...

The mayor of Tigre participated in a thoughtful ceremony organized by the Municipality and the Union of Former Combatants of the district, in the Plaza Hipólito Yrigoyen of El Talar. The communal chief handed over to UCIMRA the title of the property where its headquarters operates and reported that veterans are illustrious citizens through a decree of the municipal executive branch. The Municipality of Tigre and the Union of Former Combatants of…

This Wednesday, 43 years after the landing of troops in the Falkland Islands, a tribute was paid to Soldado Desza Square, in the northern zone of Rosario. The event was attended by the mayor Pablo Javkin, former combatants, relatives, officials and neighbors of the city, who gathered to remember those who had fallen in the war and reaffirm the claim of sovereignty. The ceremony began with the raising of the flag and the intonation of the Nationa…

The memory of the Malvinas cause does not end with the ex-combatants. Many children of those veterans are those who today carry forward the banner of the claim of rights and the memory for the heroes of the war. 17 years ago, the descendants of the soldiers formed the Malvinas Generation in order to continue with the legacy of their parents and to carry out different activities, among them the already classic Vigilia, which takes place in the pr…

During his participation, Frigerio emphasized the importance of keeping alive the collective memory of the events that occurred in 1982 and the recognition of those who gave their lives for national sovereignty. “A lot of emotion on the eve of a very important day for Argentines that must always be in everyone's memory. Let's not forget,” he concluded at the end of the ceremony in which veterans and family members of those who died in the Falkla…

This Tuesday, April 1, from 17:00, the National Park to the Flag became a place of reflection and homage, in a day that marked the 43 years of the Falklands War.