Mar del Plata, Argentina
The former Aquarium of Mar del Plata closed its doors on March 31 this year. What was supposed to be an orderly ending—with promises of transferring animals born in captivity and releasing those fit to return to the sea—turned into a scandal of green water, rusty bars, and neighbors denouncing abandonment.
Dolphins and sea lions don’t understand rental contracts or failed negotiations between businessmen and landowning families facing the ocean. Nor judicial delays. All they know is that the water stinks, the food is scarce, and the waiting is endless.
And this is where politics—the one that spends its time barking orders and marking territory—should show that intelligence is not just about reciting economic formulas. Because dolphins are not pedigree dogs to engrave on the presidential baton. They are not mascots for selfies or trophies for display. They are living beings who, today, just meters away from Mar del Plata’s boardwalk, need a real gesture of humanity.
If President Milei wants to prove he is something more than a showman of catchphrases, he has an opportunity: to move heaven, sea, and earth to rescue those forgotten beasts. It would perhaps be the first truly intelligent measure of his government.
Saving dolphins and sea lions won’t solve inflation or foreign debt, true. But it would show that at the Casa Rosada there is still a heartbeat of sensitivity. That not everything is chainsaws and Twitter.
Otherwise, the cruelest image will remain: a country that applauded for years the spectacle of tamed animals and now, in the business’s decline, lets them die in silence.
And then, yes, history will be relentless: dolphins will have shown more dignity than many politicians.
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