President Alberto Fernández marked Antarctic Soverignity Day on Wednesday 22nd by travelling down to the White Continet to inaugurate three labs at Argentina’s Base Marambio scientific station (which has been running since 1969). He also used the ocassion to deliver a nationwide broadcast concluding with the words “From the ends of the world I come to you to speak of a new beginnings, a tomorrow of peace and prosperityu”. The trip had originally been planned for the last year’s national day (May 25) but was frustrated by bad weather, Accompanied by four ministers, he thus became the fourth Argentine President to visit the Antartic, followng in the footsteps of Arturo Frondizi, Raúl Lastiri and Carlos Menem.
SOURCE: www.batimes.com.ar