The red palm weevil has arrived on Martín García Island: Can we say it is already in Argentina or is it still a potential threat?

Published Feb 1, 2026

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History shows that Argentines tend to make use of our sovereignty only when it suits us, and when we do not pretend not to notice. It happened with the BSE or mad cow disease in 1996: Argentina always considered itself free of the dreaded disease, even though there was a detected and confirmed case on national territory, with a bull imported in the Falkland Islands. In that case, it was convenient to continue calling them just the Falklands (irony). With a huge distance between both cases, but the same philosophy, the Senasa (National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality) has just confirmed the first case of the Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) on... Martín García Island.

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History shows that Argentines tend to make use of our sovereignty only when it suits us, and when we don't pretend not to notice. This happened with BSE or mad cow disease in 1996: Argentina always considered itself free of the dreaded disease, even though there was a detected and confirmed case in national territory, with a bull imported from the Falkland Islands. In that case, it was convenient to let it remain just the Falklands (irony). With a huge distance between both cases, but the same philosophy, the Senasa (National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality) has just confirmed the first case of the Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in... the Martín García island.

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