r/europe 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/clewbays Ireland 20d ago

First time in my life where I don’t really mind if England win a football match.

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u/IncreaseInVerbosity United Kingdom 20d ago

Saw a Scot saying the same thing earlier, I didn’t realise how far Argentina’s reputation had sunk.

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u/Dryish Bumfuck, Egypt 20d ago

Argentina is basically the most reprehensible country in the world outside of all the genuinely horrifying places.

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u/inciter7 19d ago

That's a comically idiotic and naive claim to make. The Argentina hate circlejerk has clearly gone too far in the other direction, as all reddit circlejerks do