Controversy in Carnivals of Corrientes: ex-combatants of Malvinas criticized the use of British flags

The ex-soldiers of this province felt that it was a lack of respect. Repudiation in social networks.

The comrade Arandú Beleza, who belongs to the first category of Corrientes carnival, uses the British during the parade and was strongly repudiated by veterans of the Falklands War.

In this context, Roque Zabala, provincial coordinator of the ex-combatants' centers of Corrientes, said that "the ex-combatants totally reject the comparsa Arandú Beleza for this unfortunate manifestation of what the United Kingdom represents, that we are not respected to those of us who were in Malvinas, the 649 brothers who died in the war and those who lost their lives in the post-war period, "he said.

After the images began to viralize, they received all sorts of criticisms and repudiations. On the fanpage of the troupe, explain that his show "presents all the evils caused by man, because of their selfishness and their excessive ambition for money, celebrity or power." The message is a call of social conscience, as Arandú always does, because everyone is guilty of acts or omissions, as authors or by keeping silence and letting things unfold However, we are convinced that the human being in times of crisis and almost touching the bottom will bring out the best of himself … and that it is the new generations that will bring blessings and a better world is reborn, "says the message.

Despite this explanation from the comparsa, Zabala asked: "In our badysis, we are formally asking to change this representation of British power, to replace it with another type of action rather than flags, such as pirates with an open message calling for the end of the usurpation, "he said.

He also called on the provincial state to ensure that "should intervene" and stressed "the danger of receiving this message in a place as gigantic as a corsodrome, given that Corrientes has adopted the issue of Falklands as a state policy.

Through networks such as Fecebook, they also described the actions of members of the comparsa as "repudiable" and convicted: "Corrientes is the province with the most casualties among the soldiers of their regiments who fought with the British imperialism for sovereignty in the Malvinas in 1982 ".

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