Publicado el 24-03-2011
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, dijo ayer que considera un "incidente serio" la decisión del gobierno argentino de retener parte del cargamento del avión de la Fuerza Aérea norteamericana que el mes pasado llegó al país para cumplir con un entrenamiento especial elite forces of the Federal Police.
For the first time in 40 days of diplomatic tension, Obama addressed the issue and made clear that he does not consider an episode passed. For the cotrario, said he hoped the return of material seized by Customs and when I can send you in person your complaint to Cristina Kirchner.
"They have some of our communications equipment. There is no reason not to return. And the next time you see President Kirchner I will ask:" Can we recover our Equipment? '"Obama said in an interview El Salvador to Miami Herald reporter and columnist for La Nacion Andrés Oppenheimer.
The Argentine Government, who was unaware of the contents of yesterday's interview with Obama-Oppenheimer reaffirmed yesterday that agenda is the return of U.S. military equipment. In theory, the Customs must decide what to do, although it is known that the decision was taken at the highest political level.
Asked if the State Department spokesman had overreacted by saying that if the plane was a "serious incident", the U.S. president was emphatic: "No. It is serious in the sense that Argentina has historically been a friend and a partner of the United States. "
Anyway, tried to appear conciliatory noted: "There will be a crucial aspect of the US-Argentina relationship." Upset
With his statements yesterday, Obama made clear that Argentina upset by the reaction had reached the top of power in Washington, as endorsed by the letter expressed the storyline from February State Department spokesman, Philip Crowley (who resigned last week over differences with the Pentagon for how they handled the case WikiLeaks).
Obama spoke to Oppenheimer in El Salvador, at the end of its first Latin American tour that included stops in Brazil and Chile. Just exclusion de Buenos Aires en ese periplo regional había causado un enorme fastidio en el gobierno de Cristina Kirchner, y algunas fuentes de la Casa Rosada admiten que eso influyó en la inusual réplica que encabezó Timerman en Ezeiza. A lo largo de su gira latinoamericana, Obama destacó la "creciente importancia" que la región tiene para los Estados Unidos y prometió trabajar para afirmar los lazos diplomáticos.
Sus palabras en la entrevista con Oppenheimer fueron casi la única mención que hizo de la Argentina durante los cinco días de recorrido latinoamericano. La otra había sido un comentario al pasar a la presidenta de Brasil, Dilma Rousseff, a la que le recomendó hablar con Cristina Kirchner para lograr to stay in Brazil emblematic Abaporu box of Tarsila do Amaral, the Malba lent to the government of neighboring country to exhibit at the Planalto Palace during the visit of the U.S. delegation.
addition to his words on the case of the plane, Obama said he was very aware of the situation in Cuba and Venezuela. He also spoke of the operation in Libya and said he was not concerned have encountered in Latin American countries with strong criticism of the US-led military offensive States. The Argentine government is one of those who question the military action.
Obama also told his two daughters chose to study English so intensive. "Speaking English will be important to Americans at a time when Latin America is growing in its economic and diplomatic," said Obama.
Source: The Nation
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