Chile protests to Argentina over a military chief's remarks on the Strait of Magellan
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Tue, 25 August 2026
4 reports- MercoPress (South America)06:04first to report
Chile's foreign ministry announced on Monday it will send a note of protest to the Argentine government over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff, Brigadier General Gustavo Javier Valverde, in which he mentioned the Strait of Magellan while referring to sovereignty matters.
- El País (Spain)17:01
La Cancillería chilena anuncia que enviará una nota de protesta por los cuestionamientos del jefe de la Fuerza Aérea argentino a la soberanía chilena del paso austral
- Anadolu Agency (AA)18:22
Santiago says sovereignty of strategic waterway ‘indisputable’ under treaties
- MercoPress (South America)21:28
Argentina's foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday reaffirming that its position on the Strait of Magellan is the one established by the 1881 Boundary Treaty and the 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, a day after Chile announced it would send a note of protest over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff.
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- ABC (Spain)23:11
Esta vez, el gobierno de José Antonio Kast no lo dejó pasar. Las declaraciones del comandante en jefe de la Fuerza Aérea argentina, en orden al deber de ellos de resguardar «la soberanía» de su país sobre el Estrecho de Magallanes obligó a la Cancillería chilena a protestar formalmente por tal falsa aseveración.Este nuevo impasse, el segundo en menos de cuatro meses y el tercero desde 2021, hizo inevitable que tanto el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Francisco Pérez Mackenna, su...
Thu, 3 September 2026
1 report- ABC (Spain)21:31
Argentina reconoce la plena vigencia de los tratados limítrofes que entregan la soberanía del estrecho de Magallanes a Chile y este país respalda los legítimos derechos reclamados por los trasandinos sobre las islas Malvinas. De esta manera los presidentes José Antonio Kast y Javier Milei buscaron zanjar la tensión entre ambas naciones a partir de la polémica surgida hace algunas semanas por declaraciones de altos oficiales argentinos respecto de dicho paso interoceánico y la existencia de un...
Fri, 4 September 2026
2 reports- Anadolu Agency (AA)05:56
Presidents Jose Antonio Kast and Javier Milei issue declaration to defuse controversy sparked by Argentine brigadier general's remarks
- MercoPress (South America)06:01
Chilean President José Antonio Kast on Thursday reiterated his government's backing for Argentina's sovereignty rights over the Falklands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas, following a bilateral meeting in Santiago with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei. At the same meeting, Milei recognized Chilean sovereignty over the whole of the Strait of Magellan.