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08:42 • 5 months ago

Argentina’s Latest Plea for the Falkland Islands

Here’s a trouble-stirring letter sent by Argentinian president Cristina Kirchner to British Prime Minister David Cameron. If you’ll remember, the U.K. maintains control of the Falkland Islands, which the country gained control of 180 years ago and Kirchner calls the Malvinas Islands. 31 years ago, the two countries went to war over the land, with the U.K. winning. British officials claim that the island’s residents have chosen to be British.

11:31 • 1 year ago

Falkland Islands still major sticking point for Britain, Argentina 30 years later

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1982 The United Kingdom went to war with Argentina over possession of the Falkland Islands, a land of roughly 3,000 people fairly close to Antartica, claimed to be possessed by each country. The war, which killed hundreds on each side, ended without a resolution of the islands’ ownership, but the two countries later rebuilt their diplomatic relationship.
2012 As the 30th anniversary of the war approaches, the two countries are arguing about the Falklands again, with Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez accusing Britain of ”militarizing the South Atlantic” and promising to complain to the United Nations, and British PM David Cameron saying that ”The people of the Falklands choose to be British.” source

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