President Javier Milei led the official act for Veterans and Fallen in the Malvinas War Day in Buenos Aires' Plaza San Martín, reaffirming the sovereignty claim over the islands and announcing distinctions for veterans in 2027. Vice President Victoria Villarruel took part in Chivilcoy, skipping the Tierra del Fuego vigil to avoid manipulated photos with opponents. Opponents like Axel Kicillof and Máximo Kirchner criticized the Government for allegedly scorning sovereignty.
On April 2, 2026, marking 44 years since the start of the Malvinas War, President Javier Milei led the central act in Plaza San Martín, Retiro. He reaffirmed the claim over the islands, warned against private initiatives exploiting resources there, and announced distinctions for veterans in 2027. "To our heroes, memory and glory," Milei said, also acknowledging salary delays for the Armed Forces.
During the event, Milei publicly hugged his Cabinet Chief, Manuel Adorni, amid judicial probes into his assets and trips. Chamber of Deputies President Martín Menem backed Adorni: "I put my hands in the fire for Manuel Adorni" and trusts him "one hundred percent," as he told LN+. Menem gaffed by referring to the conflict as happening "back in the eighties-ish".
Vice President Victoria Villarruel led an act in Chivilcoy with Mayor Guillermo Britos. She explained skipping the Río Grande vigil: "I didn't want to lend myself to a photo that was going to be manipulated for internal disputes." She criticized a "de-Malvinization campaign" and rejected politicizing the cause.
In contrast, Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof, with Ricardo Quintela and Gustavo Melella, attended the Río Grande vigil and Ushuaia act. Kicillof accused the Government of showing "contempt for sovereignty." Máximo Kirchner, in La Paternal, attacked Milei: "He admires a war criminal, Margaret Thatcher".
