Javier Milei led the event for San Martín and advocated for the defense of freedom

The president Javier Milei led the official ceremony for the 176th anniversary of the passing into immortality of General José de San Martín, held at the Monument to the Liberator located in Plaza San Martín, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Retiro.

During his speech, the president once again placed freedom as one of the main pillars of his Government and warned about the existence of new threats, both internal and external.

“Today freedom faces a new set of internal and external enemies,” Milei stated during the ceremony, in which he praised the figure of San Martín and linked his legacy to the direction that, he argued, Argentina must follow.

The President asserted that his Government is willing to defend its position against those who oppose its principles and assured that it will continue to advance in defense of freedom, even in the face of the difficulties that this path may present.

“We will fight for freedom wherever necessary, regardless of the cost, because that is what the country needs today: freedom, growth, order, and prosperity, and a government committed to defending these principles even when the whole world opposes them, because they are true and they are the only way to make our nation great again. And there are still frontiers to cross, because Argentina is not yet the freest country in the world, but it can be,” the president pointed out.

Milei questioned the previous model

In another part of his speech, Milei stated that the process Argentina is going through is arduous and targeted those who seek the return of the previous Kirchnerist model.

“We know that this path is arduous and we also know that there are some who want the past we lived in to return, because while the majority became poorer under the previous model, a tiny minority benefited enormously,” he affirmed.

The President argued that, in light of that scenario, his Government must stay the course and avoid a return to decadent policies. In that sense, he stated that Argentina already knows the consequences of that model and that there is no past to return to.

“But we believe that when the will is firm and the direction is clear, there is no option but to move forward, because today we do not have a past to return to, because we already know where it leads us,” he added.

Milei also directly appealed to the figure of San Martín to present freedom as a mandate that should guide the country's decisions. The president maintained that Argentina must continue along the path laid out by the Liberator and preserve what he defined as his main legacy.

“Today we must have freedom as a mandate in our sights and follow the path our founding father laid out in the sand and protected with the blood of his cavalry grenadiers,” he expressed.

The legacy of San Martín

The President concluded his remarks by emphasizing the need to preserve the legacy of General San Martín and linking it to his objectives for the country.

“Therefore, all our efforts must go towards preserving on all fronts the greatest legacy of General San Martín: a free homeland and a flourishing people,” Milei stated.

The ceremony took place at the Monument to the Liberator in Plaza San Martín, in Retiro, on the occasion of the new anniversary of the Argentine hero's passing.

At the beginning of the event, Milei was accompanied by Karina Milei, Secretary General of the Presidency. The president was also received by Carlos Presti, Minister of Defense, and Jorge Macri, head of the Buenos Aires Government, with whom he shared an embrace upon his arrival.