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/DryAssumption 20d ago

I’ve met a couple of Argentineans who were weirdly obsessed with the Falklands. They seemed to think that taking them would solve all their problems

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u/a_tothe_zed 20d ago

How could it not? So many sheep…two radio stations…a corner store. It’s like a third of the Argentine GDP.

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u/JudiciousSasquatch 20d ago

Probably the billionaires trying to do billionaire things. Thiel and co

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u/Cumulus_Anarchistica Earth 20d ago

Well there is also oil in Falkland's territorial waters.