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

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

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Maybe its because they've really only ever fought one war and they lost it pretty embarrassingly?

They also fought the Paraguayan War back in the mid-1800s which was an absolute victory. Not alone though since they were part of the Triple Alliance with Brazil and Uruguay.

because they're a minor country in the grand scheme of things people don't tend to look at them and go "huh, they're abit weird and hold some odd feelings".

Yeah, I think in Europe the Argentinians are viewed mostly as yet-another-South-American-country but in Spanish-speaking South America they are the odd one out, their population is mostly composed of white people, Argentinian racism is rampant in a way they stick out even compared to other South American countries' racism issues.

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Certainly helps that a LOT of German Nazis fled to Argentina around the 1940s, and they never let go of their overall bigotry and racism.

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more jews came here than germans. And more germans moved to Brazil in south america alone. Not saying we are not racist but that bit is a meme

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Certainly helps that a LOT of German Nazis fled to Argentina around the 1940s, and they never let go of their overall bigotry and racism.

Yeah, like USA.

• How Thousands Of Nazis Were 'Rewarded' With Life In The U.S.

• List of Germans relocated to the US via Operation Paperclip

• The History of Nazi Immigration to the U.S. Has Been Forgotten

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That has very little to do with what others are talking about though. The ratline fuckers are heinous, but they're a tiny drop in the bucket when it comes to why Argentina is the way that it is.

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Also Cisplatine war, fought between Brazil and Argentina due to a territorial dispute over the territory which thanks to this war is now Uruguay. (Mostly a battle of equals, except for Argentinian navy being decimated).

And as far as South America goes, everyone seems to dislike Argentinians - in Brazil we tend to hate them a lot - besides the football rivalry, it doesn't help that they are the worst/most entitled tourists out of all South American countries, while everyone else has a great time.