2024-04-10 21:15:47
Text: Viviana Díaz
The Argentine authorities decided this Wednesday to open the country’s borders, exceptionally, so that representatives of international media could arrive in the territory to cover the death of the famous Argentine soccer player Diego Armando Maradona.
The National Directorate of Migration announced this provision in a statement, where it announced the provisional opening of the Ministerio Pistarini international airports of Ezeiza and San Fernando in the province of Buenos Aires, as well as the Port of Buenos Aires (Terminal Buquebus) of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.
This entity, belonging to the Ministry of the Interior of Argentina, will also facilitate the work of reporters in the country with the abbreviated processing of work permits framed in essential activities.
These measures ensure that journalists from all over the world can enter Argentina, in compliance with the relevant health protocols, to witness the final goodbye to El Pelusa.
Media representatives must “complete the Electronic Affidavit for entry into the National Territory prior to their trip and attach in PDF format a Medical Certificate that certifies lack of symptoms compatible with a suspected COVID-19 case.”
After the death of Maradona, 60, the government decreed three days of national mourning due to the importance of this figure inside and outside Argentina.
Considered by many to be the best player in the history of football, his death moved the international community to such an extent that there are already several requests to FIFA to eliminate the number “10” from teams worldwide.