UNASUR AND FOREIGN MILITARY BASES. How he squandered a great opportunity to put the issue of megabase British military in the Falklands in the regional and global agenda. Then
UNASUR summit, held in the city of Bariloche (Argentina), with the participation of all its members, the Group Ulises says:
and virtually the exclusive focus of the meeting was a serious concern for military security the South American continent. The agreement between Colombia and the U.S., which the latter provides the use of Colombian military bases in Colombia, led to a deep concern in the region, particularly by Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador. In turn, Colombia observes with a critical eye to the militarization of some South American countries.
Brazil, the largest country in the region, fears that the presence U.S. military near its borders reinforces the threat to its two large reservoirs of natural resources, namely: the Amazon (biodiversity and renewable resources) and Atlantic sea platform (megayacimientos of hydrocarbons, also known as the Amazonia Blue). Geopolitics and the bid for the sovereignty of natural resources (especially energy)-that moves the world, has joined the top of the agenda of South America. Along
legitimate concern that the installation of foreign bases, Brazil is carrying out an effective policy of defending its sovereign resources and territory. Quite the contrary, unfortunately in our country there is a manifest disregard of the vast majority of Argentina's political leadership on this issue.
In this context, not surprising result, the insipid and ineffective action by our President at the summit of UNASUR. Argentina did not raise his voice as he would have corresponded to the presence in the Falkland Islands a British military megabase expansion, whose only justification is the strategic control of the South Atlantic and the appropriation of natural resources. This extra-strength can not claim any other reason, since Argentina is a country with a long tradition of pacifism, which can not be accused of being in any arms race, and their armed forces are subject to budgetary diet more exaggerated in its history. Argentina
not raise his voice not to report to the South American and international community that the Malvinas megabase, which is the largest British military enclave in the Southern Hemisphere, is being hosted by England in the European Union. View Ulises Report 8.
The tiny, elliptical tangential reference by the President to the subject was clearly insufficient given the magnitude of the conflict. Does not even have the excuse that it was not an agenda item, as other South American leaders included, so smart and caring, the Malvinas issue in their speeches.
The excellent speech Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez, explains and summarizes what they should be Argentina's position in relation to military megabase MALVINAS. Tabaré acted as a statesman, setting aside disputes Botnia circumstantial case, which, moreover, largely derived from other attitudes elliptical late and our foreign policy. Also of interest interventions before and during the meeting in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador.
The President missed a huge opportunity to put the issue on the regional and global agenda. But this is a mistake, but part of a political decision, you want to hide.
Reason hidden in this "low profile" is "doing good letter" to the Central Powers against the need to return to international markets and multinational credit. Once again it is the debt that determines economic policy, economic policy which determines foreign policy and both are shying away from the national strategic interests. Soup again. Again, the priorities are reversed.
The main national public assets are its vast resources, including its sea bed and subsoil. Argentina significantly improve the economic and financial situation with only announce a firm policy of valuing and protection and recovery of natural resources. The apathy of our ruling class against this issue or complacency or complicity with this situation, far from diminishing the country risk increases. It is a myth that complacent against the British in the South Atlantic Ocean facilitate access to international credit. As well as a myth to believe that countries can base their development on a permanent indebtedness.
By contrast, a country that managed and responsibly and effectively manage their natural assets in the world will generate confidence and prestige. Nobody respects who, instead of defending and utilizing what is proper, he entrusted his fate to illusory gifts international.
The South Atlantic double or triple their share in world oil production over the next two decades. Brazil, Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea are now the most unexpected new energy market players. (Source International Energy Outlook 2007 pág.188/189 U.S. Department of Energy). This information is not new to the U.S., let alone England. According to State Department document (dated 1976 and declassified in 2004 nro S200000044) United States-Argentine Relations, one of the sites in the U.S. in Argentina is: "Oil: The Service of the U.S. Geological has been estimated that the continental shelf of Argentina may contain more than double the existing proven reserves in the Western Hemisphere. " For the United Kingdom reiterate what we said in the report Ulises 1: "the British officer leading expert on this subject, Christ Carleton, Chief of the Division of Law of the Sea of \u200b\u200bthe British Hydrographic Office, the volume of the oil under the sea just in the region of Las Malvinas is huge, because seismic tests indicate that there are about sixty billion (60 billion) barrels of oil. (The Guardian 20/9/2007: "The new British empire? The UK plans to annex the South Atlantic)."
offshore oil production or submarine is the engine of global energy expansion, so serious countries SOEs have created ad hoc. Norway's Offshore Oil Company, Brazil adopted the Norwegian model with PRE SAL and China's China National Offshore Oil Company.
In Argentina, the recent electoral campaign, only one grouping in the debate included the issue of resources and scored an unexpected electoral success, the other political forces showed apathy and indifference and even hostility. Candidates
City of Buenos Aires (CABA), even with presidential aspirations, came to say that the subsoil is important that oil only of interest to the provinces and not to worry because in the short term will be replaced by other energy sources. None of this is true in light of contemporary reality and sensed so much of the electorate.
resources of the continental shelf and Argentina, there are state-owned national, and therefore belongs to all Argentines, including the inhabitants of the CABA that have not otherwise within the boundaries of other natural resources CABA except for the Ecological Reserve and Palermo Lakes. Therefore should have a primary interest in managing the unique natural resources that may the rest have since became originating domain of the provinces by section 124 of the Constitution of 1994.
is emphasized in statements to the media by officials of the decade of the 90 (former vice chancellor Cisneros and former energy secretary Daniel Montamat) in casually deny the existence of any external conflict hypothesis for Argentina. The Falklands case contains all the ingredients of a textbook case of conflict scenarios. There is an unresolved dispute over sovereignty, a mega-tech military, oil, gas, fisheries and maritime territorial expanding operation by the occupant-usurper. These people seek to deny a reality than meets the eye.
From Ulysses Group urge all Argentines in good faith to become aware of what is at stake and the leadership to not continue the shameful and lame policy that has brought us nothing good.
Ulysses Group, August 29, 2009.
Rio Santander Universities 
Therefore, we believe that the deputies and senators of the Nation will not be coerced by the spaces of consolidated power, and we hope that debate and legislate with a mature vision and a perspective to guide the public towards the common good Argentina society, which does not necessarily coincide with the powerful interests of established order. "
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