"Come forward." " Name." " Avila, Ricardo." "On." "Forward!" "Battaglia, Francesco." " You're not here." " What do you mean?" "It has to be!" "I was promised!" "I was promised a job!" "I'm a survivor of the Rosales!" " I've not been paid!" " Take him away!" "Come on!" "Take him away!" "Forward!" "Listen, Sir!" "What do you mean I'm not in?" "I know all the truth about the wreckage of the Rosales!" "No, let go!" "I was supposed to have a job..." "Sure..." "There's something strange in all this, Sir." "What times we're living!" "THE ROSALES" "Come in." "Captain Lowry, Admiral Hernández." "Take a seat, Captain." "We're ready to listen." "I have carefully read what was done under prosecutor Pérez and I believe there are omissions and contradictions which conceal extremely serious deeds which took place on board the Rosales." "What is it precisely that you mean?" "My dear Lowry, I know you're responsible." "I've known you since you were under my command." "But these officers have already been tried and acquitted." "The case was reopened solely because of public opinion, stirred by certain interests which you know as well as I do." "Gentlemen, you've asked my opinion as prosecutor and I delivered it." "Please..." "Well, as you can see our fund-raiser has reached almost 5,000 pesos." "Celia, dear, could you stop playing the piano?" "As if you knew how to..." "Neither do you." "I don't know why you have it." "Because it's fashionable." "In a short while we'll get the rest and we'll have a new ship!" "My God, what a tragedy that was!" "How did it happen?" "You promised your boyfriend would tell us." " Yes." " When?" "Now!" "How lucky!" "Otherwise, why would we be here for?" "Honey, honey, honey!" "All my friends are waiting for you to tell your tales!" " Not today..." " My hero!" "My hero!" "Tell me, please!" " It's our hero!" " We better not talk about this." "Why not?" "We must, more than ever!" "Come on, my friends want to meet you!" "Come back in an hour." " La Nacion newspaper!" " No, out!" "Is this where the Captain lives?" " I want to tell you..." " What?" " I know it all." " You shouldn't speak." "You have a temperature." "I saved what you would have saved." "captain Funes, Sir!" "Let me in, he knows me!" "captain Funes!" " Cabassa..." " I know, Funes." "I know you lost the ship the right way." "I., ." "I want my money!" "I kNOw the Captain is in!" "captain Funes!" "It's alright, Juana." "It's alright, Juana." "All I want, madam, is to talk to Captain Funes." "I told you, he's ill." "He is unable to see you." " What do you mean, ill?" " Please, leave." " What does this man want?" " He doesn't understand." " What I want, Sir, is to be paid." " Leave this house." " No!" " Out!" "No!" "I want to be paid!" "I want my salary!" "Captain, Captain, help me!" "You know who I am!" "I don't know you." "I don't know who you are." "Come on!" "Will you listen to me, please?" "Just one minute, listen." "I'm going to go round with the hat." "Give what you can." "It's for the mothers, the wives, the children of those who died on board the Rosales." "Our own folk." " And who are you?" " Enzo, he writes in "The workman"." "Oh, the anarchist." "Thank you." " Battaglia..." " Who looks for me?" "I need to talk to you." "What do you want?" "I want to hear the story you're telling around." "Why?" "I write for "La Nación"." " Oh, yes..." " Speak, Battaglia, speak!" "We all need it!" "If they publish it it will have a bigger impact!" "Why?" "Why do I have to speak?" "Why do I have to speak?" "I went to Funes' house today." "He threw me out!" "Funes threw me out!" "My own Captain saying he doesn't know me!" "Battaglia's annoying!" "He's annoying for everyone!" "Why?" "Because he saw everything!" "Let's go." "Let's go!" "DON't leave me!" "DON't leave me!" "Sir... get on the boat." "Get on the boat now!" "Renata..." "Renata!" "honey, breakfast!" " Try it." " This is great!" " Thank you." " It seems like a party!" "No, it's just pasta." "Are you seeing Marcelo?" " Yes, I'm carrying his lunch." " Carletto!" "Watch it!" "Please, excuse me, excuse me." "Excuse me..." "Come on, come on, excuse me!" "How are you?" "Can you button up inside?" "All the children are there!" "Francesco!" "Are you ready?" "Oh, you're up!" "Come here, try them." "They're just the way you like them." "Is it good?" " Where did you get all this?" " You gave me the money." "You told me everything would change." " When did I say that?" " Last night." " Did I say that?" " Yes." "You said you told everything and that it all would change now." "Oh, well, let's just eat!" "Let's drink!" "We'll have everything now!" "Joy!" "Joy!" "Battaglia, where is he?" "Will you run away again?" "You already told everything!" " Battaglia..." " Tell her to go away!" " I know what I'm doing!" " Battaglia!" "Do you know why I'm here?" "What happened to my son?" " I've got Flush." " Full." "Four aces." "You're on a wining streak, Bartolito." " Mr. Bartolomé Mitre Vedia." " Yes, it's me." "We've come on behalf of Lieutenant Jorge Victorica, whom we represent." "Given the offense through your newspaper "La Nación"" "he demands proper satisfaction." "According to the code of honor, it is your choice of place and weapons." " Good afternoon." " GOOD afternoon, Dr, VictOrica." " How are you?" " Good afternoon, Dr. Victorica." "Congratulations on yesterday's speech." "Excuse me, please." "I'll see you in the hall." "My dear friend!" "You've come from Entre Ríos just to see me!" "How unlucky!" "Damn!" "We were just about the session in the Parliament!" "What are you in need of?" "I want to know how my son died." "That's all." "But, hey..." "Don't tell me you believe these things!" "Think for a while." "Let's see." "Who is that Battaglia man?" "A sailor claiming a salary." "He's trying to raise scandal, you know?" "La Nación is pampering him." "I asked you to get him a job." "You referred him to your son, Lieutenant Victorica." "He was only fourteen." "All I want to know is if he died for his country or if he was killed by those trying to escape the wreckage." "Attorney..." "You might wonder why I'm here." "Don't tell me I managed to fool the Navy's best attorney!" "I've come to visit you because today the Admiralty will sign your assignment." "Of course it is uncommon for an old Admiral to tell you this in advance." "But this is also a special case." "You will be assigned." "But I want you to know many Admirals will sign with clenched teeth." " You have my resignation." " It's not about that." "You will be attorney." "But let me give you some advice." " Take care." " You're imposing restrictions." "We're all restricted." "Madam..." "Come on, come on!" "Son of a bitch!" "I didn't speak!" "The journalist made everything up!" "Oh, dear God!" "Pay me, pay me and I'll go!" "I'll go back to Italy!" "Gentlemen, I remind you you are incommunicado." "Captain Funes..." "As on the Rosales, I'm still under your command." "Captain..." "Madam, I'm sorry I've kept you waiting." " Please..." " There's no need." "My uncle?" "General Roca left last night to the countryside with his family." " My husband has been arrested." " I know, madam." "Your uncle does too." " And he left just the same?" " One or two?" "So... he's not planning to do anything about it." "I wouldn't say that, madam." "Your uncle is an old fox." "His enemies aren't at ease not even when he rests!" "Don't be impatient." "The general knows what he's doing." "Specially taking care of his interests." "Apparently my husband isn't one." "Enzo?" " Yes, and you?" " Renata." " Battaglia was arrested." " When?" " Yesterday." " Why?" "Because of the Rosales thing." "Roberto, stop the press." "I have to add something." "I'll tell you..." ""Italian stoker Battaglia jailed"." " Who sent you here?" " Him, Battaglia." "Are you a relative?" "Almost." "I'm going to have a baby with him." "That's good." "Do you need anything?" "A relative?" "Almost." " I can read!" " Take it." "What for?" "Then you'll bring it back." "Alright." " Bye." " Bye." "Ho!" "Everybody's talking, uncle." "Everywhere I go everyone looks at me and whisper." "Why did they have to reopen the case?" "Calm down, Elvira." "Calm down." ""Calm down"?" "When everyone talks about us?" "Even the immigrant rats!" " Don't be a baby." " Why, uncle?" "Because I'm a woman standing up for her husband?" "Come on, Elvirita." "Nothing will happen." "Neither to you nor to Jorge." "A few days ago you were in fits for that duel I told you we would never allow." "And now you see La Nación had to take its words back." "Carry on with your wedding." "Leave politics to us." "Uncle..." "You politicians think you know it all." "And you can't even see the feelings of those next to you." " Madam, Miss Elisa looks for you." " Which Elisa?" "Captain Funes' wife." " Where was your father?" " At his desk." " Elvira..." " Elisa..." "Let's go outside, it's a beautiful day." "This way." "How's your daughter?" "Excuse my coming here like this but I'm desperate." "I was left all alone, Elvira." "I've come from my uncle's." " And of course he was away." " What?" "Roca's away, we have to think what to do." "No, not now." "I have to go to mass." "I'll go with you." "No." "I don't want them to see us together." "We must keep appearances." "People can be malicious." "Elisa, your husband was the commander of the ship." "I'm sorry." " Name and rank." " Leopoldo Funes, captain." " Assignment." " Captain of the corvette Rosales." "Mission." "To form part of the fleet sailing to Spain to participate in the 400th." "Anniversary of the discovery of America, representing the Argentine government." "Take a seat, Captain." " How many did you have on board?" " Seventy..." "State the facts, Captain." "I left Buenos Aires with foul weather." "Next day a storm broke off and I lost sight of the rest of the ships." "Captain, your words were "I was exposed to a severe storm and I lost contact with the rest of the fleet"." "How do you explain not having sought shelter by the coast so as not to endanger the ship?" "Because until then I deemed there was no danger." "By your judgment, what was the height of the waves?" "26 feet, approximately." "So the water coming into the ship was concerning!" "The pumping was carried out with no problems until the ship went off." "The hull cracked opened along with the boards." "We must have hit a reef." "A rock or a piece of wreckage." "The engine room was flooded." "My ship went adrift." "I realized we had to abandon it." "How did you distribute the crew for evacuation?" "30 crew on the first boat and 25 on the second." "That's just 55 men." "What about the rest, Captain?" "I ordered Ensign Giralt to build a raft." "I assigned the second boat to officers." "I encouraged my crew." "The spirit of my men was excellent, they answered with cheers for our country." "Everything was in perfect order." "And the rest of the crew, Captain?" "According to Admiral De Solier, Commander of the fleet, there were over 100 men." "I was the last one to leave the ship, after all embarked." "That's all I have to say." "Lieutenant Victorica." "Do you also affirm there was an opening in the hull?" "Yes, Sir." "Some plates dislodged." "I think this was consequence of having collided two months before." "Tell me about the raft, Lieutenant." "When Captain Funes decided to abandon ship he ordered a raft to be built." "There wasn't enough room for the crew in the lifeboats." "He ordered Ensign Giralt to carry out the construction." " Was the raft constructed?" " Yes, Sir." " Tell me the size of it." " 8 feet each side." " It was squared-shaped then." " Exactly, fit for some 25 men." "Did Captain Funes assemble the men to inform them of his decision?" "Yes, Sir." "What was the spirit of the men like?" "At that moment they had panicked." "Panicked?" "Why, Lieutenant?" "They were inexperienced." "Immigrants and peasants." "For many of them it was their first time on a ship." "They were scared and sea-sick." "How was the situation dealt with?" "A double ration of alcohol was distributed." "What else?" "The officers were delivered guns to keep the order." "Was it kept?" "Yes, Sir." "Although there was a critical moment when the first boat was destroyed after a shock of the ocean." "The men were distributed between the other boats and the raft and it all went back to normal." "A few remained sea-sick and were looked after." "A 14-year-old, deck hand González Casas, was embarked by myself." "Are you certain that there were no crew members on board at the time you abandoned ship?" "Captain Funes checked the ship." "He said there was no one left." "He was the last one to leave." "What is your opinion about Captain Funes?" "Captain Funes is an excellent officer and citizen." "What is your opinion about Captain Funes, Lieutenant?" "Captain Funes is an excellent officer and citizen." "The raft, Sir?" "Well, yes, I saw it when they started to build it but I didn't see it finished." "Did the crew panic because the first lifeboat was destroyed?" "No, sir, I didn't see any incident with the sailors." "Well, just one, when a black sailor tried to get on the officer's boat but Lieutenant Victorica prevented it." "According to a testimony a black sailor attempted to board the officer's boat but was prevented by an officer." " Do you remember this incident?" " There was great confusion, sir." "Many tried to get on that boat and all were expelled." " When did it happen?" " When the first boat was destroyed." "What was the size and shape of the raft?" "I never saw any raft under construction." "I cannot recall the shape of the raft." "I think it was rectangular, sir." "To fit about ten men." "So there were still men on board when the ship was abandoned?" "Yes, sir." "When Captain Funes abandoned ship there were still men on board." " How many men were abandoned?" " No, Sir." "I cannot positively state anything." "You cannot say how many men were left behind?" "No, sir." "I cannot assure that at that moment there were still people on board." "It was night time." "No, Sir." "No men were left on board." "Ajournalist?" "What journalist, sir?" "I never saw a journalist." "I cannot read." "Do you deny having made these declarations to this paper?" "I am immigrant, sir." "I have nothing." " Who would listen to me?" " Did you or did you not?" " I am a stoker, nothing more." " Answer!" "No, no, sir." "I didn't say anything." " Your name is here!" " It must be someone else." "There are many Battaglias!" "But it says Batalla there." "I was told." "Battaglia, there's nothing to be afraid of here." "We need the truth." "And sooner or later I'll find out the truth." "It's better for you to tell me everything you know now." "Truth will be your best protection." "Do you see what I mean?" "Did you make those declarations published?" "Did you?" "No." "I never told anybody anything." "I didn't see what happened." "I was below deck." "I then went up and threw myself into the water." "Get him out!" "You have previously declared that the plates opened up." "Yes, sir." "And that the ship was flooded." "At the engine room and the rest of the compartments." "Yes, sir." "According to your testimony and those of other officers the ship was abandoned after a 15-hour struggle." " Is this correct?" " Yes, sir." "So how do you explain Captain Funes checked the ship as you yourself assured if it was all under water?" "Magnificent, Sir!" "You are brilliant, Sir!" "Keep digging." "Go on." "Go to the bottom of the Rosales." "You'll see we're not responsible for the wreckage but those sitting behind great desks Full of medals." "The Rosales, like it or not, sir, sunk because it wasn't repaired after the collision with the "Spencer" ship." "Can't you see you're accusing the Admiralty?" "You will arrive at that conclusion by yourself, sir." "I wonder how you'll manage to make them show up here." "You've also fallen into a trap." "You may leave, Lieutenant." "Bring Captain FuneS!" "Go away." "Go..." "This will probably be useless thanks to you, Funes." "You have placed the Navy on the verge of scandal!" "Smeared it's past... its reputation!" "You are a coward!" "Totally incompetent!" "You do not deserve to carry that uniform!" "You should have gone down with your ship!" "That's what you should have done had you have a seaman's honor!" "Something of a man!" "It would have been easier than facing all of this." "But that's what I accepted to save my officers." "And I chose well!" "Thanks to me the best men in the Navy are alive!" "The Fatherland is built with the best men!" "That's what you taught me and that's what I did!" "Your conduct is immoral, Funes." "I'm going to end with you!" "ciao, ciao." " I've been waiting for you." " I'm a slow reader." " But the kid's growing fast." " He sure is..." "Wait for me, we'll talk afterwards." "Battaglia... find out how he is." " Wait, wait..." " Press..." "Find out what they did to him." "Gentlemen, we shall commence the military trial to judge the officers involved in the loss and abandonment in high sea of the corvette Rosales." "Captain Lowry, as prosecutor you can open the proceedings." "Mr. President, members of the Supreme Court of the Argentine Navy." "I require attention and imagination to follow the course of events which led to the tragic loss of our Navy's ship, the corvette Rosales." "The interrogatory research carried out by this prosecution have come to the following conclusion, which chronologically are:" "On the early morning of July 8 a severe storm struck the Rosales 250 miles off Cabo Polonio." "Hold on..." "Sir!" "What's wrong with the boilers?" "Lieutenant!" "Why aren't the engines running?" "The engine-room is flooded!" "We can't stop the water on deck!" "Hold on!" "Ensign, help here!" "Keep pumping!" "Come on, keep pumping!" "Shut the door of the coal cellar!" "Look after the other ones, these men are no good!" "We need men to keep the water out!" "The boilers are dying out!" "Keep them burning!" "Keep them burning!" "Keep pumping, keep pumping!" "Faster, keep pumping!" "Water's coming through the coal cellar!" " Keep pumping, faster!" " More men for the pumping!" " Come on, there's water coming in!" " Keep pumping!" "Keep the pressure, keep the fire!" "Keep pumping, faster!" "More men for the pumping!" "Keep the fire!" " There'S water in the coal cellar!" " Keep the fire!" "Keep pumping!" "Keep pumping!" "Sir, the boilers have died out!" "We need more men for pumping!" "The boilers are dying out!" "Water is coming in!" " Keep the fire on!" " Pump, pump!" " We need more men!" " Faster!" "Give me, give me!" "Let me go by!" "Fasters!" "Secure that cannon!" "Sir, the ship is across its course." "We're going adrift." "Give them rhum." "What about the rest of the crew?" " Double ration." " Yes, sir." "Go." "You too." "Tell the officers we'll abandon the ship." " Without anyone else knowing." " Shall I deliver the guns, Sir?" "Yes." "Follow me." "Deliver the guns, corporal." "You take care of the food." "You go on deck, Lieutenant Irizar." "Yes." "You're in charge of the officer's boat." "Very well, Sir." "Let's go." " Give them double ration." " Double, sir?" " Lieutenant Victorica's orders." " Understood." "Hold this, sailor." "Bring all the lifebelts." "Carpenter, that plank." "Come on with that plank." "Sir, the boats won't be enough for all the crew." "Sir, you must do something." " Go back to your post, Ensign." " But sir!" " What do you want me do?" " Let me make a raft!" "Did the raft ever exist?" "As I see it, sir, prosecutor Lowry has tried to impress the court stressing a supposed incompetence of yours." "I can see." "But what he wants to prove is that you ordered to abandon ship in haste, passing over the facts that the plates had broken!" "They need a scapegoat." "Someone to take responsibility for everything." "Maybe I should." "Sir, I want you to know I admire you." "I don't think I could have a bigger honor than defending you." "Gentlemen, we open today's session." "Captain Lowry will continue his address." "Gentlemen, I have kept from the beginning three essential points in which I shall base my trial against the officers responsible for the sinking of the Rosales." "Yesterday I demonstrated that the incompetence of Captain Funes was the main cause for the wreckage." "Today I will demonstrate the grievous behavior of the officers towards the crew." "Before the prosecutor continues remove the officers from the hall." "They must remain, Mr. President." "They have to be guaranteed of the right to a defense in trial." "I remind you that the authority rests with the court on which you depend." "The session is adjourned." "We shall have an intermission." "Captain Lawry..." "Captain, I just had a private talk with the president of the court and there is great concern over the charges you propose against the officers of the Rosales." "We would like to know what those charges are." "Admiral, I'm no bureaucrat nor a newcomer." "If you don't trust my integrity you have, as always, my resignation at your disposal." "These are the comments that have reached me and I want to know the truth about the trial." "Let me introduce Ensign Giralt's mother." "Pleased to meet you, madam." "I know your story, go on." "What is happening now?" "Lowry has just resigned." " Nothing will happen again." " Let's hope not, madam." "Have faith." "Renata, they want to stop the whole thing." "How?" "With everything Battaglia said?" "He denied everything he declared." "Renata!" "But..." "Admiral, is it true Lowry resigned?" "Was it prepared by the Minister of Navy?" "Does this mean we go back to square one?" "Where did you get such a thing?" "No one has asked anything." "The trial will go on." "Please, no comments." "Sir!" "Please, no questions." "I won't answer." "I will only talk to the court." "Excuse me." " We need you to say it!" " Sir!" "It is with a calm conscience and a clear mind, that I shall continue examining the facts with which I shall prove the responsibility of the officers who abandoned the crew of the Rosales to its fate." "Come on!" "Come on, we have to finish it!" "Everybody up!" "Get more wood, those there!" "Come on!" "The nails as well!" "Man overboard!" " Take this to the officer's boat." " Understood, sir." "Get the chosen men together." "Go to the officer's boat." "Get on deck, on deck!" "Corporal, quick, you too!" "Get on deck, quick!" "No one else!" "Come on!" "We must abandon ship!" "Keep discipline and follow your orders!" " Long live the Fatherland!" " Long live!" "And my God help us." "The captain has ordered to abandon ship, sir." "Francesco, don't leave me, Francesco!" "Francesco!" "Come on, quick!" "Come on!" "You two, lower the officer's boat, quick!" "Yes, sir!" "Come on, come on." "Get the food on the boat." "Quick!" "Come on!" "Lower the boat!" "Come on, quick!" "The first boat, quick!" " Get on!" " To the stern dinghy." "Get on!" "God damn it!" "I told you the dinghy!" "Board the first boat!" "Mate, get to the stern dinghy!" "To the stern dinghy!" "Follow your orders!" "They're deceiving us!" "They want to leave us here!" "Get ready!" "Aim!" "Fire!" "Let me get in!" "Don't leave me, please!" "Coward!" "Lock him up in the bow!" "Ensign Giralt, get to the officer's boat." "Ensign!" "On the boat, Ensign!" "Captain!" "Get on the boat now!" "Follow your orders!" "Get on the boat!" " I can't, Sir." " Get on, Ensign." "I can't, Sir." "The ship can still be saved." "AS a consequence then Of what I have just described and Of the evidence Of this acts I conclude that Captain LeOpOIDO Funes iS guilty Of having lost the Ship through his incompetence," "abandoning his crew, choosing the fittest and strongest men to include them ON his boat for the safeguard" "Of his Own person and his Officers." "SO having abandoned with premeditation, artful means, abuse Of authority and Of good faith his crew that was entrusted to him and concealing the real causes for the disappearing Of EnSign Giralt" "I demand that he, Captain Leopoldo Funes, be sentenced to the death penalty." "For being guilty of complicity in these crimes I demand that Lieutenant Jorge Victorica be sentenced to a dishonorable discharge and to have 10 years in prison." "For being equally guilty of complicity I demand that the rest of the officers and subordinates who survived the wreckage be sentenced to separate them from their ranks with no exception." "There are no soldiers in Navy who can bring dishonor to it!" "The truth will impose itself, Captain Lowry!" "You have adopted declarations funded only in mean statements which have been supported by some newspapers that for political interests have made serious events on the wreckage believable which aren't in harmony with the elevated Argentine race." "You, Captain Lowry, are a high-sounding man and in your frenzy have even entangled the penalties you asked pretending to apply to wreckage the penalties applied to a troop in land in wartime!" "Furthermore your declarations fall into ridiculous contradictions." "For instance here, when you state the ship was abandoned in a haste at the same time that the rescue operations for the crew started too late!" "How can that be?" "Gentleman, we can't make the officers responsible and victims of the irresponsibility of the institution" "when it is the institution who should take care of its officers!" "We must no allow wrath to carry us away, but we must never assign vessels for missions to which they haven't been constructed and that there never again should be an inexperienced crew who know nothing of the sea!" "Mr. President, I ask that all officers of the Rosales be returned to freedom and to our Fatherland." "It was wrong to appoint Lowry knowing it would end like this." "My dear Benjamin, you know there was no other way." "We needed someone prestigious to face Mitre's campaign." "That is the sheer truth." "If it hadn't been for this political game nothing would have happened." "We would only have heroes whom everyone would revere." "And they are heroes!" "Bartolito!" "Our political affrays are always family affrays." " Yes;" "I think I can win." " Good evening, good evening." "That is absolutely true." "Mitre and Roca embraced and nothing happened here." "Take a seat, please." "Of course we went adrift with the Rosales." "We can't allow the institution to be smeared." "Who would think that?" "Beheading the admirals?" " What is the name of this school?" " Impressionism." "It's from Paris." "It could be interesting!" "I think you, as minister of war, should support Lowry making Funes the sole responsible." "Yes, but Funes is Roca's nephew." "Levalle, if Roca's nephew is sentenced even Roca will be cleared up of the accusations against the Armed Forces." "He's a politician, he knows what's best for him." "But father, if they accuse Funes they'll accuse Jorge as well." "You can't do that!" "He's my fiancé!" "Elvira, we military have to obey." "Our dear Jorge, as second-in-command, merely obeyed orders." "Gentlemen, it seems that we don't know what's going on." "If Funes is sentenced the defense will bring up again the problem with the plates." "And that will fall on us, the admirals." "And isn't that what's supposed to be?" "I'm childish." "Good night." "Until tomorrow." " Good night." " Good night, thanks." "Why do you say nothing will happen in the end?" "Because it's us." "And we're not America yet." "Then why are we here?" " Why don't we all go back to Italy?" " Renata..." "What about the people who died here?" "And who live and suffer here?" "And work here?" "Are we going to leave them?" " Battaglia left us." " That doesn't change anything." "Nothing!" "We will have to struggle all of us together to make it the America we dreamed as children." " Struggle..." " Struggle." "But how?" "We don't have anything!" "I've got this." "And you've got that." "I'm surprised, Captain." "There is nothing abnormal on the decision of the court." "The court is resigning to its responsibilities." "The court has given its verdict." "Now the only instance lies with the president of the Nation as chief of the armed forces." "It's constitutional, captain." "It's a washing of hands." "This trial is military, not political." "You're wrong, captain." "These are hard times, crisis." "We can't, we mustn't add another." "We have made a scandal!" "The scandal wasn't brought by the trial, admiral!" "It's the fact and the use of them by some politicians!" "We're a young nation, Lowry." "As such we have our defects." "But we're also a virile, courageous race." "We have a bright future." "We have bright progressive men handling our economy." "There are real patriots in the armed forces!" "You know that, Lowry." "All this Rosales business is nothing but regrettable, a bad twist of fate." "Open your eyes, Lowry." "The nation's at stake here." "That's why we must forget." "Forget!" "Time heals all wounds." "Anyways, this will never happen again." "Are you sure?" "Corruption is like gangrene." "Once it starts it can't be stopped." "Considering the lack of formal evidence supporting the accusations stated by the prosecution this Court, by its own right, definitely acquits each and every officer who survived the corvette Rosales." "Officers, as a consequence of this verdict, you can proclaim to the world that you're worth of walking the decks of our ships under the glorious shadow of our national flag." "They have declared them innocent!" "Is there another way out?" "Is there another way out?" "Isn't there?" "PRESIDENT DR. LUIS SAENZ PEÑA APPROVED THE VERDICT" "OF THE WAR COUNCIL." "MARCH 25, 1894" "MurDererS!"