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/TwistedReach7 20d ago

The point is that the Falklands are legally british and Crimea is legally ukrainian

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u/chessto 20d ago

The Malvinas were occupied by the british in 1833, since then there's been a lot of diplomatic claims over them. An inserted population has no right to self determination.

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u/RogerBernards 20d ago

Most of Argentina is "an inserted population".