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These became severed after the end of the Falklands War, but before the war they were not entirely negative, and some islanders sent their children to boarding schools in Argentina. Realising that any talks on the sovereignty issue would be derailed if it did not meet with the islanders' wishes, the British and Argentine Governments enacted a ...
Falklands War memorial in Argentina, 2015. The Argentine government argues that it has maintained a claim over the Falkland Islands since 1833. [85] It considers the archipelago part of the Tierra del Fuego Province, along with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Supporters of the Argentine position make the following claims:
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The UK and Argentina both assert sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. The UK bases its position on its continuous administration of the islands since 1833 and the islanders' "right to self-determination as set out in the UN Charter". [89] [90] [91] Argentina claims that, when it achieved independence in 1816, it acquired the Falklands from Spain.
The Falklands motto Desire the right is in part based on Davis' ship Desire. 1593: Richard Hawkins (England) maps the northern coastline, naming the islands Hawkins Maydenlande after himself and Queen Elizabeth. Whether the islands were in fact the Falklands is disputed. 1600: Sebald de Weert (Netherlands) sights the islands. This is widely ...
Meanwhile, the shadow of the Falklands war hands over UK-Argentine relations, with Buenos Aires invading in 1982 and claiming it inherited the islands from Spain in the 1800s.
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It is 40 years to the day since Argentine forces surrendered, bringing the war to an end. PM’s tribute to ‘daring and bravery’ of Falklands task force on 40th anniversary Skip to main content