What to Know About UK-Controlled Falkland Islands After Argentina’s President Stakes Claim
Milei said Argentina will use decrees and sanctions to block oil drilling near the islands, which Britain says remain under the islanders' control.
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What to know about UK-controlled Falkland Islands after Argentina’s president stakes claim
LONDON (AP) In a prime-time rallying call to the nation, Argentine President Javier Milei has resurrected Argentina’s long-standing claim to the nearby United Kingdom (UK)-held Falkland Islands and in the process conjured up memories of the bitter war the two countries fought 44 years ago. With an election in Argentina due in October 2027, Milei did what many Argentine leaders have done over the years — bang the drum in support of his country’s …
The Falkland Islands belong to Argentina – “historically and legally,” claims President Javier Milei in a speech to the nation. The islands belong to Britain, responds the British Defense Minister.
During a speech on television, the Argentine president addressed the question of the Falkland Islands, or rather, the Malvinas according to the Argentines, for years at the center of a political dispute with Great Britain Milei contested the oil project that will be launched shortly near the archipelago, 220 kilometers from the Falkland Islands [...]
Argentina–UK Falklands Tensions: Milei Declares ‘The Falklands Are Our Future’ as Argentina Moves Against Oil Firms
Argentine President Javier Milei has reignited the long-running dispute over the Falkland Islands, threatening sanctions against oil companies operating near the British territory and reasserting Argentina's sovereignty claim in a televised address.
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