Argentine President praises fortitude of 1982 war veterans

Sunday, April 3rd 2022 - 11:58 UTC

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Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday delivered the main speech during the ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Puerto Argentino / Port Stanley landing which triggered the South Atlantic armed conflict with the United Kingdom. Read full article

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Monkeymagic
The Falklands aren't, weren't and will not be Argentine, and are no more a remnant of colonialism than Argentina is.
Apr 03rd, 2022 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse +5
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Steve Potts
Uncle Alberto,

“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” Lincoln

Conquest of the Desert – Argentina’s Falklands Hypocrisy : https://www.academia.edu/75139830/Conquest_of_the_Desert_Argentinas_Falklands_Hypocrisy
Apr 03rd, 2022 - 04:08 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Monkeymagic
Based on historic rights the order of justifiable claims to the Islands:

1) The Islanders: 190 years
2) UK: The defenders of the islanders right to exist for 190 years
3) Spain: The largest community on the islands before 1833, voluntarily vacated
4) Uruguay: Where the Spanish community left to, before returning to Spain
5) France: A previous community
6) Argentina: 90 days in 1832, ending in mutiny, murder and rape.

Moral Ownership

1) The islanders
2) The British
3) The Spanish
4) Any other country in the world
210) Argentina

Hope that clears things up. The islands belong to the islanders, and Britain will see it done.
Apr 03rd, 2022 - 06:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Swede
When it comes to South Georgia I think even Norway has a better title than Argentina. Most people ho lived there during the whaling period were Scandinavians and the most prominent building in Grytviken is a Norwegian church. But, as a sensible country (in contrast to Argentina), they will not claim it.
Apr 03rd, 2022 - 09:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +6
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R. Ben Madison
Headline: Spanish colonial settlers who exterminated Native peoples denounce colonialism.
Apr 03rd, 2022 - 11:59 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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FitzRoy
The name “Puerto Argentino” was never ratified and is, therefore, not a legal name. For MercoPress to use it is just pandering to the very idea this article is all about. The only people to use this false name is Argentina, and even then, it is not the entire population. None of my Argentine friends are so disrespectful.
Apr 04th, 2022 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse +3
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Judge Jose
The war veterans didnt even want to be on the islands and couldnt wait to leave,
Apr 04th, 2022 - 04:36 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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