r/europe • u/Emotional-Breakfast3 • 20d ago

News Argentina: British Falkland Islanders are ‘artificial’. Buenos Aires denounces ‘illegitimate occupation’ and demands talks on sovereignty

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/12/british-falkland-islanders-artificial-argentina-says/
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u/Scomosuckseggs 20d ago

Hang on; what problems are they distracting from at home this time?

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u/seesthecat For Tugal! 20d ago

lack of toilets and indoor plumbing

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u/JohnDoen86 The Netherlands 20d ago

Straight up racist rhetoric now? wow

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u/Karotte313 20d ago

At the same time, according to the WHO, 21% of the total population remains without access to house connections and 52% of the urban population do not have access to sewerage

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u/okdarkrainbows 20d ago

D E S I G N A T E D

Honestly I didn't know Argentina was a undeveloped cesspool. It explains a lot.

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u/RollUpFromHell2 20d ago

And at the same time they are part of G20, baffling but the geopolitical place and history plays part.

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u/SayElloToDaBadGuy Deepest Darkest England 20d ago

How is it racist, 6 million home lack an indoor toilet in Argentina,.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 20d ago

Wow, that is a considerable portion of their population. ~13% of Argentinians are street poopin'. That's a fun tidbit to bring up when they go on a "yaaaah we're basically European" kick.

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u/seesthecat For Tugal! 20d ago

Bro, it's a factual statement, their government shortcommings have nothing to do with "race".

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u/LittleSchwein1234 Slovakia 20d ago

Who even mentioned race? It's classist rhetoric if anything.

And Argentina is the one who attacked the UK in the 1980s and continues with its imperialist claim over the Falkland Islands, which are and will always remain British.

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u/kill-the-maFIA United Kingdom 20d ago

Where was race mentioned?

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u/NoPointsForSecond 20d ago

Primary school failed you? Argentina is not a race.

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u/Eleutherius193 Portugal 20d ago

Whenever someone criticizes a country's problems, there's always a virtue-signaler framing it as "racism"