History seems to be repeating itself as a provocation . This February 2026, the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), under the administration of Mónica Biasone , has decided to disregard precedent and nominate former British military officer Geoffrey Cardozo and veteran Julio Aro for the Nobel Peace Prize once again.

An institutional and moral rejection

Various news outlets in Tierra del Fuego have reported in recent hours that the Secretary for the Malvinas and Antarctica, Andrés Dachary , sent a formal letter to the rector of the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP) expressing the province's "deep concern." The central argument is that the nomination ignores the legal and political context of the illegitimate occupation of the islands.

For the Fuegian government, Cardozo's work in 1982 was not an act of individual altruism, but the fulfillment of an order from Margaret Thatcher intended to "clean up" the battlefields and pile up the bodies of our heroes in Darwin, in a clear violation of International Humanitarian Law.

"Peace cannot become a label that legitimizes the status quo of a colonial occupation. Memory and sovereignty are not negotiable," Dachary declared.

The veterans' consensus

Unlike the academic nomination—which ex-combatants from various sectors denounce as a "media construction" without consensus—, the Tierra del Fuego pronouncement has the unanimous support of the Presidents of the War Veterans Centers of Ushuaia and Río Grande .

This unit emphasizes that the nomination is considered a "reckless" decision that undermines Argentine state policy and offends those who truly fought for the territory . It is not merely a diplomatic issue, but a matter of respect for the families who, for decades, suffered the consequences of the unilateral exhumations ordered by London and carried out by Cardozo.

From 2021 to 2026: A fight for memory

This is not the first clash . In 2021 , the province issued a strong rebuke through the Norwegian Embassy. In 2024, Cardozo 's visit to Entre Ríos was described as an "insult" and a "provocation."

Today, in 2026, the UNMDP's insistence is an attempt to impose a discourse of "reconciliation" that equates the usurping force with the defenders of the homeland. Tierra del Fuego's position is clear: awarding Cardozo is to honor the perpetrator of a desecration that sought to conceal the identities of the fallen to prevent their repatriation to the mainland .

A message to Mar del Plata

The letter sent to Biasone carries a latent warning: to proceed with this claim without dialogue with the true protagonists —the families and veterans who are not complicit in the British narrative —is to distort the sovereignty claim . The "peace" of Cardozo and Aro, financed by foundations linked to the Commonwealth, continues to clash with the dignity of a people who have not forgotten that the Malvinas are usurped Argentine territory.