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President Alberto Fernández valued this Thursday, during an act at the Punta Indio Space Center, that Argentina “is one of the ten countries that build satellites” and He assured that “above any difference” he has the “same country project” as Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Accompanied by the Minister of Science, Daniel Filmus, the Head of State led this afternoon a tour of the Center located in the Buenos Aires town of Pipinas where the Tronador II satellite launcher rocket is being developed.
“Now that we unite for the Homeland, let’s value the Homeland, this is the Homeland. That we are here in Pipinas building a rocket to put the satellites that are made in Argentina” Alberto Fernández
Barely 12 hours after the closing of the alliances that will compete in this year’s elections, Fernández made a speech in which he valued the investment in science and technology made by his government and by those of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
In a game with the words that make up the new name that the ruling party will take to the polls, the president said: “Now that we unite for the Homeland, let’s value the Homeland, this is the Homeland. That we are here in Pipinas building a rocket to place the satellites that are made in Argentina”.
“For four years (which Mauricio Macri’s government lasted) they only carried out experiments because they could not continue with the project of building the propellant rocket, one says what a shame” Alberto Fernández
Fernandez stressed that “Despite the problems of the pandemic and the war, a lot of progress has been made in the country” and he assured that “most Argentines do not feel that they live in a failed society”but they know that they are going through “a difficult moment, surrounded by people capable of getting up, walking and walking”.
Referring to the Space Center, he stressed that during the four years of Mauricio Macri’s presidency, the construction processes of the space launcher were halted, which caused delays in achieving the objectives actually set.
“For four years (which Mauricio Macri’s government lasted) they only did experiments because they couldn’t continue with the project of building the booster rocket, one says what a pity“, he pointed.
President Alberto Fernández tours the Punta Indio Space Center this Thursday.
Fernández explained that the decision of the macrismo to defund the Argentine space project affected the supplier SMEs, many of them part of the 23,000 companies that were closed during the 2016-2019 period.
“They are telling us everything when they tell us that we must do without health, education and science”he added.
The President concluded his speech by citing an African saying that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told him: “Whoever walks alone, walks faster, but whoever walks together goes further. Let’s walk together, let’s go further.”
