Argentine Falklands veteran dies in touring kayak to the Islands

posted on: Dec 31 2011 8:14 by RDugey. Viewed 56 times.


A veteran of the Falklands war, who Argentina with United Kingdom in 1982, died in the middle of a journey that attempted to cross by kayak from the Patagonian Ushuaia to the Islands, local media reported yesterday.

Alejandro Carranza, 49, died drowned when he performed the challenge along with Juan Pablo Dacyszyn, who managed to row to the island States, where the so-called "Lighthouse at the end of the world", from where was rescued Thursday.

Both had left days ago from the city argentina Ushuaia, distant approximately 800 km from the Falkland Islands under British rule and whose sovereignty is claimed by the country South American.

Carranza and Dacyszyn planned for some time the journey which they had called "at the end of the world" to Falkland Islands and during which he sought to survive with fishing rods and tinned food.

Carranza but fell into the sea in the middle of unfavourable conditions in the vicinity of u000aFranklin Bay and not he survived, he said the command of operations in the area Naval Austral.

Adventurers had accredited experience in this type of challenges and they had equipped superior to that required in the field of security and communications, said the Chief of the Naval Prefecture in Ushuaia, Hector Vera, speaking radio.

During the war in which faced Argentina and United Kingdom, which occupies the Malvinas since 1833, died 255 British soldiers and more than 650 Argentines.

In tune with the claim of sovereignty which the South American country has led to several international forums, the countries of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay) resolved at a Summit last December 20 block access to its ports ships flying the flag of the Falkland Islands.

In response, British Prime Minister David Cameron said last Friday that the United Kingdom will not deliver to u000aArgentina the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and criticized the decision of the Mercosur.