They remove the British flags from the carnival of Corrientes

British flags that flamed at the pbading of a corrientes Carnival comparsa will be withdrawn tonight from the show, after a consensus has reached the leaders of the group with ex-Falklands war veterans, confirmed by the organization after the complaints will be formalized.

"After a meeting with the ex-combatants' commission of the province, we have reached a consensus and we will replace the British flags with pirate flags," said today the representative of the company Arandú Beleza de Corrientes, Mario Rey, Telam.

The leader met Tuesday evening with the executive committee of the Veterans Center at Malvinas de Corrientes, whose members, as well as the provincial coordinator of the centers, have publicly expressed their repudiation of the publication of the British insignia in the newspaper. parade of the official carnival.

"I would have preferred the flags to continue for artistic continuity in the context of a critical performance that we are doing in the UK as a power, but with the veterans, I understood that who could affect them and I decided to withdraw them, "added Rey.

In addition, the head of Arandú Beleza said that "we have not taken into account the fact that the change of flag could affect us in the competition with other competitors, because what these men have done for Argentina is very important ".

The change of badges will take place from the night of this Wednesday, the second day of the show Comparsas, which takes place in the amphitheater "Mario del Tránsito Cocomarola" and which includes the staging of the themes chosen by each group musical show

Arandú Beleza is competing in the first category with two other comparsas and, in this edition of the official carnival, its theme is "deliver us from all evil", in the segment entitled "Governors – the powers", they represent with a negative connotation the countries that accumulate a greater global wealth based on capitalism, consumerism, greed, among other concepts.

In this way, a group of dancers ignites the British flags, as well as other world powers, and after two weekends of parades in the corsó dromo "Nolo Alias" of the capital Corrientes took the repudiation of various centers veterans who have rejected the use of this emblem.