The Argentine Government has once again established a clear position in the face of the entry of figures linked to radical international activism and political campaigns against strategic allies of the West. Within this framework, the administration of Javier Milei decided to prevent the entry into the country of Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, one of the coordinators of the so-called Global Sumud Flotilla, an initiative that promotes actions in support of Gaza and that maintains links with militant ultra-left organizations
in Latin America.The episode occurred this Tuesday, March 31, in the city of Buenos Aires, when the activist was held at Jorge Newbery Airport and was notified that he would not be able to enter Argentina. Ávila had traveled with the objective of participating in the announcement of the local delegation of the flotilla, which plans to sail again from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip next month. As reported by his environment through his Instagram account, the situation led to a deportation order
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“The police separated Thiago from his family and are holding him under a deportation order in Buenos Aires,” they reported from their environment on the social network. In that same message, it was indicated that the activist had a ticket to fly this Wednesday to Barcelona, from where he planned to embark days later for Gaza as part of the new expedition. In response to inquiries from the EFE agency, authorities from the National Directorate of Migration and the Ministry of National Security did not provide official details about the specific reasons that led to the ban on entry into the country. However, from sectors close to the activism that organized the event, they offered their own interpretation
.“Technically they talk about false tourism,” Mónica Schlotthauer, a member of the Socialist Left/FIT Unidad and a participant in the Argentine flotilla delegation, told EFE. The situation was also confirmed by Lara Souza, Ávila's wife, who was traveling with him. According to her, the immigration authorities allowed her and her daughter to enter, but stopped the activist when they detected a warning in his documentation. “In the immigration room, the police told Thiago that he is not welcome to Argentina and that they would not let him in,” Souza told
EFE.In addition, he explained that the authorities informed him that there was “an alert” about his passport. After the episode, the local delegation of the Global Sumud Flotilla decided to postpone the official announcement of its participation in the convoy that plans to travel to the Palestinian enclave. In a statement, the organization assured that its activities will continue despite the decision taken by the Argentine authorities
