Falklands war was instrumental in accelerating the return of democracy in Argentina, Ambassador Figueroa

Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 09:30 UTC

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By Catherine Lough, PA - The memory of the Falklands War is an “open wound” for Argentina, the country’s ambassador to the UK has said. Speaking to Catherine Lough of Press Association news agency to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict, Javier Figueroa said wrangling over the Islands’ sovereignty is “ridiculous”, but admits that the war was instrumental in accelerating the return of democracy to Argentina. Read full article

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Judge Jose
The reason its an open wound is because of the Argentine politicians constantly prodding at it,
May 03rd, 2022 - 09:30 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Monkeymagic
Its hard to know where to start with the hypocrisy in the statement.

Colonialism is bad..unless Argentina is doing it in Patagonia 50 years later
Colonialism is bad..forgetting that the 1820 Argentine's were the Spanish colonialists

The Falklands are not in the British psyche because they don't need to be. I think its an interesting history that could be part of the GCSE syllabus, but it isn't important.

What is important is the status quo is not under threat.
May 03rd, 2022 - 11:58 am - Link - Report abuse +3
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Livepeanuts
All in all fantastic work by the Crown!
Argentina got fixed, one big whack and the unruly, arrogand and deliquent military went back to barracks to behave themselves, agonising by the thought that their defeat was all under the command of two women, but what women! The “macho” in them was profoundly wounded.
The Falklands got their self determination restored and they got Mount Pleasant which is necessary, a lot more people would be alive today if it had only been there in 1982, most of them Argentines.
May 03rd, 2022 - 06:19 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Roger Lorton
Self-inflicted injury would be a better description.

Spain tried to seize the archipelago in 1770 - failed

Buenos Aires tried again in 1832 - failed

Argentina in 1982 - failed

You'd think they'd learn
May 04th, 2022 - 12:31 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Marti Llazo
It's high time that Argentina de-colonised Tierra del Fuego and removed their implanted population.

Same for Santa Cruz

And Chubut
And Río Negro
And Neuquén
And Mendoza
And San Luis
And San Juan
And La Rioja
And Catamarca
And Salta
And Jujuy
And Tucumán
And Formosa

and so on
May 04th, 2022 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Tænk
Copper...

Engeland tried to seize Buenos Aires in 1806 - failed...
Engeland tried, again, to seize Buenos Aires in 1807 - failed...
Engeland tried again in 1845, 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, 1950 - failed...

You'd tænk you'd learn...
Capisce...?
May 07th, 2022 - 08:07 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
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