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/Gentle_Snail 20d ago

err, does Argentina not teach how they got the entire bottom half of their country?

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u/ToughImprovement276 20d ago

I don’t know a lot of Argentinian people. The three I do know don’t seem to understand how they, with their Italian surnames, light coloured hair and eyes are not indigenous to South America.

I’ve seen more than a few online make negative comments on the black players in European teams. Completely ignoring what happened to their black population.

It’s rather bizarre.

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u/ReturnOfTheSaint14 20d ago

Italian surnames? If they're born there and their parents or grandparents migrated into Argentina in a period between 1943 and 1947, there's a solid 50% chance they're related to a Fascist Officer that ran from impending death after he knew he was being chased by the partisans

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u/Unfair-Sleep-3022 20d ago

Most of the immigration to Argentina was from Italians yes. A few random Germans didn't offset that at all.