00:03The priority is public education, investment in research.
00:08I think it's public education.
00:10For me, public education is obviously the maximum priority,
00:14especially in a country where there are many needs.
00:17Do you know what I was thinking about?
00:19The Argentine government, Javier Milley,
00:22agreed with Sterling,
00:23yes, a company Elon Musk,
00:24that will provide satellite connection to 6.000 rural schools in Argentina.
00:31And I thought, well,
00:32the people in the field will finally be able to have connection.
00:35But I thought, wait a little,
00:37here's something weird.
00:39Why is Sterling and no Arsat?
00:41Argentina has their own satellite
00:43and can offer exactly the same service.
00:46But Javier Milley would prefer to pay 10 million dollars
00:50to a foreign foreign foreign country
00:51in order to strengthen their own.
00:53So imagine, this honestly makes me a lot of noise.
00:57But there is something that makes me a lot more noise.
01:00And it is that Elon Musk,
01:01and this is demonstrated,
01:03uses its companies for financial and political purposes
01:06when it is convenient.
01:07Therefore, Sterling
01:08is not a telecommunication neutral,
01:12but it is a tool
01:13to take decisions in terms of interests.
01:16And we, Argentines,
01:18are we going to give
01:19the Argentina connectivity?
01:21Are you serious?
01:23And now comes the second issue.
01:25The first two years of service
01:27will pay the national government.
01:30But from the third year,
01:32the government will be responsible for the provinces.
01:34Argentines,
01:35that currently
01:36don't have a budget
01:37for a school that is falling apart.
01:40They don't have a budget
01:41to pay time and time
01:42the salaries of the students.
01:44They don't have a budget for the basic budget.
01:46And what will happen when the service
01:47is installed and there is not that budget?
01:50When the children already depend on the service?
01:53When they are used to pay?
01:54What?
01:54What are they going to pay?
02:11The government of Javier Milley.
02:13When you give you control
02:15of your digital infrastructure
02:17to a foreign company
02:19you are doing much more than
02:21to hire a service.
02:22You are offering something
02:23much bigger.
02:24You are offering
02:25your digital sovereignty
02:26as a country.
02:27And this issue, apparently,
02:28is a conversation
02:29that Javier Milley
02:31doesn't want to have.
02:32And much less
02:33to defend.
02:34Yes,
02:35there will be connectivity.
02:36But this is the most important.
02:39It is to know
02:39who we are giving
02:40that key
02:41and how much it will cost
02:43when we can't get it.
02:45So,
02:46what do you think?
02:47Is this connection
02:48or dependency technology?
