"Sovereignty in Magellan": a Statement by the Head of the Argentine Air Force Generated Unrest in Chile

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The head of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force, Gustavo Javier Valverde, caused controversy by mentioning "Magallanes" as an Argentine area in which to maintain presence.The phrase motorized protests by Chilean politicians as the sovereignty of the Strait is Chilean.

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"As you said, Magellan, the south, the Drake, all that is sovereignty. We have to keep it there, we have to make a presence because that is a bio-oceanic key Pacific Atlantic," said Chief of Staff Gustavo Valverde.

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Parliamentarians from different sectors demanded that the government send a formal protest note to Argentina, after...

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"Chile's sovereignty is indisputable," the Foreign Minister said.