Puesto Arbilla

Puesto Arbilla
Interactive map of the Puesto Arbilla area
General information
LocationDel Desierto Lake valley

The Arbilla Post is a sector of the La Florida estate[1][2] located in the valley of Laguna del Desierto[3][4] where the homonymous outpost of Carabineros de Chile was established, belonging to the Lago O'Higgins detachment. On November 6, 1965, Lieutenant Hernán Merino Correa died in a clash with the Argentine National Gendarmerie during the Laguna del Desierto dispute between the two countries.[5][6][7][8][9]

Currently, near the location of the events, there is a place called "Sovereignty Square" with signs recounting the events.

Etymology

The name comes from the fact that the place was owned by the Argentine settler Ricardo Arbilla.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "48 years since the clash at La Florida". Chaltén Hoy. November 6, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ "NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY. Act for the 56th anniversary of the clash at La Florida". Ahora Calafate. November 10, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ "56th Anniversary of the Laguna del Desierto Conflict Where Chilean Troops Took Argentine Territory by Force". Aventura Chaltén. November 7, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  4. ↑ "History of the Laguna del Desierto Dispute". Cacheiro Frías.
  5. ↑ René Peri Fegerstrom (1994). In the Shadow of Mount Fitz Roy.
  6. ↑ "Argentina Returns an Emblematic Flag to Chile, Held Since 1965". Infobae. April 26, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  7. ↑ Iván Stenger Larenas (1998). Lieutenant Merino: National Hero of Sovereignty. Self-published, Carabineros Press.
  8. ↑ "The Battle of the Andes". Mágicas Ruinas. Primera Plana. November 18, 1965.
  9. ↑ "Antonio Horvath's Intervention". Senate of Chile. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  10. ↑ "History". Municipality of O'Higgins. Retrieved October 4, 2022.