Affirmation that the Chilean journalist who made fun of the Falkland Islands is separated from his work – 07/08/2018

Until a few hours ago, Mauricio Bustamante was virtually unknown to the Argentineans. Despite being on Chilean television for more than ten years, little was known (or nothing) of him on this side of the Cordillera. However, England's standings at the semi-finals of the Russian World Cup, all of a sudden, made him persona non grata. This is after the reporter published an unfortunate message on his Twitter account, in which claimed to take with humor the British occupation of the Malvinas Islands and, yapa, laugh at the Argentines.

"Part of South America in the World Cup Semifinal", he wrote with the map of South America and an English flag pointing to the Falklands. A unnecessary and misplaced provocation . So much so that Bustamante himself, seeing the impact that he had had his tweet, decided to remove him from his account and to apologize.

"My sincere apologies to those who might have been affected by a message that I posted earlier, this one has already been deleted," wrote the journalist, trying to put end about. However, it seems like it will not be like that. In addition to the thousands of Argentines in Chile, there were also many people who criticized "the occurrence" of Bustamante . And many began to complain to the authorities of TVN (National Television of Chile), where he works, to be separated from his position or, at least, punished.

Up to now, anyway, since TVN nobody has said anything. Although it is not excluded that they publish a statement on the subject. The image of the channel, counted from Chile, can be affected and there are few who deem it appropriate to specify that the tweet of Bustamante has nothing to do with the editorial line of the place.

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