Opinion Sur
Far south of the world, overlooking the Argentinian Patagonia and at an enormous distance from the English people, are the Islas Malvinas; the British call them Falkland Islands. Last colony that still exists in these seas; it is part of Argentina’s continental platform. It constitutes a wound that does not heal in the heart of Latin Americans and is felt as an indignity by a large part of the English people that also wishes for friendship and cooperation between the two nations.
Painfully remembering a war that should not have existed, Opinion Sur pays tribute to those who, on one side and the other, died in combat in those remote regions. We hope for this colonial hindrance to be over and give way to a territory integrated to Argentina ensuring the full federal autonomy established by the National Constitution. This autonomy will most likely preserve the English language along with the Spanish one (it will be a bilingual territory) and the cultural traditions of those who inhabit them today. In sight of the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in April to the Vatican we thought of expressing in an imaginary dialogue between Queen Elizabeth and Pope Francis that good will that the British and Argentinean people wish to share.
In this issue we tackle two other matters that concern our Southern Hemisphere countries and that come out related. One is about the fact that it is not incompatible, as some want us to believe, to put the economy in order and at the same time deepen social inclusion; the other analyzes the recurrent destabilizing attempts that threaten people based governments that were democratically chosen.
Cordial greeting.
The Editors
