Malvinas Veterans: Yesterday and pains today
These days, we remember the dates of tough Argentine disputes struggles, war, injustice, apathy and a host of negative adjectives to mention a military of that era.
The truth is that 25 years after the Falklands War, the situation similar. There is no recognition for those who by lot of fate, they had to be protagonists of the war.
Julio Calvo, president of the Puerto Madryn headquarters of the Center for Veterans recalls, "at that time as a fighter was a proud but more than that, it was a civic duty, we had to go to colimba. In my case, I'm kind had gone 62 for 25 days and they called me. In the case of Class 63, new entrants, with all the fears that meant. It was very strong shock news that arrived when we were in the Falklands wanted to agree with us 18 years after removal from the home of the old, in a well full of water with temperatures below freezing, waiting for someone to come and see was happening. "
Juan Calvo and Juan Retamal are two veterans of many now living in the city, province and country, tamed in solitude, an experience that marked their lives forever. Calvo was sent to the airport in Port Stanley, Retamal active participant in the center, class 63, in February 1982 he began military service on 6 April and was taken to the airport and transferred Stanley at Fox Bay on West Falkland to fight, each with a story that marked them for life but who nevertheless continue to fight for the cause.
returning from the war found only desolation. They do not feel the recognition by the government or even by the people, because back then until the job is denied. Balance
"The feeling remains that are 25 years gone by. Honor and remember those who remained and the families of those who remained, we must also remember the 300 suicides that occurred after the war. We must also remember those children of veterans who committed suicide, there to remember a lot of things.
The task of "desmalvinizar" which started since the end of the dictatorship, because we were the last link in it, ours was the trigger for the return to democracy, "says Calvo.
Malvinas ended the national reorganization of the dark who prided Jorge Rafael Videla and his team. Hundreds of young people left their innocence in those lands cold, stark and ominous. Loneliness is what I still feel the ex-combatants, each new government to create a new expectation of recognition and support to a recovery process where the role of the state can not remain indifferent "to the day Today no one is responsible for the problems left by the war. And there is a sense of loneliness, because as the years go by will increasingly feeling. "Said the center's president.
Many of the youth who participated in that war could "rebuild" their lives to the contention that they received from their families and friends came forth to work, others committed suicide, and others fell into the temptation of addictions like drinking or drugs to temper those pains, and found no way out.
Malvinas Cause is a fact that all their players dodge less, who said: "What we hope is financial compensation, and psychological. Taking charge of veterans. Making care centers for veterans and family who also has next to it, the traces of war. " Possibly
can say without fear of big mistakes that those who have given their lives for the country are those who do not cease to inculcate the highest patriotic values, such as the Falklands veterans. Julio Calvo that each April 2 "we will malvinizar, we are to tell the story of the Falklands. We go to the schools at this time and they ask, and we are somehow instilling this sense the country, values, feelings for the flag, defend our land, to defend against injustice. "
pain indifference
Over the years, the war seen from a distance, absence, brands, because it feels more, so from the center, veterans perform tasks and activities featuring the matches politicians, the municipality, the government without receiving more responses.
Aware of the political indifference to them, Calvo said that "The British do it better the Falklands fighting. Aviation was recognized by them, people who died alone in a pit fighting is also recognized by the British, the Argentine government did not recognize anything. Sometimes it feels that the British knew better dimension that race from the human effort, is the side that is, more than our countrymen. It seems that for the Argentine Falklands was a national disgrace, "he said.
own place Beyond the pain of their own, these soldiers not give up. They meet, they visit, presented project. Proud to speak for example, as from its center-where they have a technology lab, give rise to children who have no possibility of having a computer at home, "The center was formed to find war veterans containment so we can talk about these things. A 25 year-old spent a lot of people and many people died, many people dead. Of 350 suicides, I suppose, with a psychological treatment can prevent 50%. We got the board and left us to the good God, "said Juan Retamal.
lived in war every situation to forget, but they learned something very important, they learned to value, life, everyday life, family, friends, and being supportive.
For the April 2 ceremony will be held at the monument, and the marathon is the 4th edition "and we made because we believe that people should be close to us," concluded Juan Retamal.
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MALVINAS SON ARGENTINAS
The Malvinas are Argentine and Argentina also
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Time passes, injuries and problems are not resolved. On 2 April, remember the 25th anniversary of the Argentine armed forces Porlan making of the Falkland Islands, that leap into the void was based on historical claim to recover delpueblo Islands of Britain and the dictators wanted to manipulate in order to consolidate Powerto. Many sectors social and political reacted with euphoria at first and then came the trouble, eldolor and death of young soldiers, victims of incompetence and irresponsibility of those who led the country into war unaaventura derrota.Es tragic ending need to remember and honor those who fell fighting for the dream of recovering what British elimperio snatched by force over one hundred years. Remember to "children of war, soldiers who lie in this strip of the country distant and alienated and have this to Malvinasque veterans are still urging the government and society must place merecen.Todos to remember. I remember the meeting with Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Mendez Sanmartín Palace, for the first time I received a minister of the military dictatorship. The meeting was tense between long silences and palabrasmedidas. I complained about the situation of war in the Falkland Islands and archipelagos, the consequences for Paisy the need for the military government to accept UN Resolution 502. With the loss, as hablandoconsigo look, the response of the chancellor was "This slipped through our hands ...., The situation has vueltoincontrolable ... Tomorrow comes to General Alexander Haig country, U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Pérez Esquivel seríaconveniente meet with the general. "Chancellor, you know I'm not part of this government and I do not share his politics or his performance and not the general piensoencontrarme Haigh. My presence here is to ask him to accept Resolution 502 of the UNITED NATIONS establishing the withdrawal of Argentine troops and their replacement by UN peacekeepers, or shared forces, apart from that resolution, it is necessary to negotiate with the British government sovereignty over the islands. Hayposibilidades still a margin of time. Act before it is tarde.El government can not ignore the historical allies of the British are the U.S. Several European governments handeclarado their support to Britain and willing block exports by applying trade sanctions ycortando loans to Argentina. Moreover, the Rio Treaty (Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance) is not working yen across the continent are only two governments expressed their intention to support Argentina, Cuba and pathetic response of the chancellor Perú.La Costa Mendez, was repeated like a litany: "It got away from lasmanos ...., the decisions are in the hands of the commanders," implying yconflictos differences between them, as their inability to change the situación.A 25 years of war, Britain refuses to negotiate the sovereignty of the Islands with Argentina, ignoring calls losreiterados General Assembly of the UN and the Decolonization Committee. LasIslas British commander, has launched an alert and warning for alleged activities that could develop during elaniversario.Muchos Argentina in recent years events marked the life of the Argentine people. On the one hand the resistance socialcontinúa claiming the right Truth and Justice. The people ceased to be a spectator and took center stage. Same Pordes Igualhttp: / / www.deigualaigual.netPotenciado by Joomla! Generated: 24 March, 2007, 4:14
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------ Moreover, the neoliberal economic model imposed during the military dictatorship remains in force and people has deepened empobrecimientodel conflictos.Durante generating these years in the Resistance Marches one of the songs, slogans was to denounce the recent past andthe present: "What have you done with the missing ... the external debt, repression ... What hanhecho in the Falklands, and the kids ... are not ...? We live in a period marked by blood and dolordel people and the resistance, the memory of thousands of disappeared, tortured, killed, prisoners, social muchosluchadores wanted a free country and soberano.En years of constitutional government deepened the neoliberal model imposed by the dictatorship. Led Alpais to the destruction of their productive capacity, leading to increasing poverty, illiteracy and endemic lasenfermedades. Carlos Menem's government deepened the economic model and the continued looting totalimpunidad. The De la Rua's government followed the same policy to the December 2001 tragedy. Nothing changed, everything esigual, like a donkey and a great professor .... "" The Malvinas are Argentine and Argentina as well. " We must continue demanding derechosobre South Atlantic Islands and denounce and claim the national government and provincial governments continue to sell the country Queno foreign companies, favoring the larger interests of international monopolioseconómicos counted in the country with the largest amount of expansion of land throughout the lasIslas Malvinas. What sovereignty are you talking about? In 2006, the Argentine bishops released the document "A land for all," and highlights quedenuncia inequality and repression of the indigenous and peasants, driven to live in lapobreza, communities evicted from their land, destruction of habitat, condemning them to inacción.No a national law that puts limits on land sales to foreigners, the control of ymonopolios estates, which are the true masters of the country to accumulate and concentrate wealth in few hands and provocanla exclusion and poverty in most of the people. There is no cadastre and land registration provincial and national. Losalambrados walk according to the interests of the moment. The government is aware of this, but look the other way ocultandosu complicidad.El country is up for auction and sovereignty is seriously threatened. We do not know if we stand on is the Argentine territory, if there is something of the heritage of the people to bequeath to our children and our children's hijos.Los provincial governors have been entrenched in power and act according to their interests, doing business yventa land. These feudal lords are campaigning for perpetuation in power and be re-elegidospara not to lose the business. They are selling from the Puna to Patagonia, the Andes to empresasmineras. Foreign real estate land put on auction argentinas.Debiéramos remember Daniel Viglietti in his famous song "... to desalambrar to desalambrar, estuarine land, mine, John, Mary and Joseph ...." The people looked on helplessly policy applies ydestrucción devastation of natural forests to intensive exploitation and irrational, agrochemicals affecting the ecosystem and endangered losacuíferos privatization agua.Pobladores loss and pollution from rural and suburban, rural and Indians are expelled by force sustierras public. They are strangers in their own land, and are being denied the right to live dignamente.De Same Igualhttp: / / www.deigualaigual.netPotenciado by Joomla! Generated: 24 March, 2007, 4:14
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The system favors the financial capital for human capital. They call this "democracy" in the country mientrashoy continues to systematically violate human rights, social and cultural rights. Policies, is being touted as true. And when the popular sectors react to injustice, violence and accused them of asking hard Lamano repression is the only respuesta.El national government can not continue with the policy of the ostrich and the media double standard is not possible buscaralianzas with provincial governors who sell to the highest bidder. The people have memories and do not forget the time yllegado will be held accountable. Justice takes time, but living llega.Hay to resist and recover national sovereignty. Prevent traitors, to continue auctioning off the country foreign capital. Do not forget that the Malvinas are Argentine and Argentina también.Es the best tribute we can pay the guys who fought and gave their lives in the Falklands and all aquellosque dreamed of and committed to a better world for ourselves, men and women who want Peace and Freedom will live and never as slaves.
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