Argentina looks out to the Sea, and celebrates its maritime space is double the land territory

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Argentina on Sunday celebrated the “Day of Argentina's Sea interests,” instated in Law 25,860 in honor of Admiral Segundo Storni, who is considered the great sponsor of a national debate on sea issues and seafaring activities, focused as a State policy. Read full article

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Terence Hill
“Argentina on Sunday celebrated the “Day of Argentina's Sea interests,” instated in Law … the Admiral allegedly indicated as the main strategic points for the implementation of such state policies, “the Malvinas, …”

Will they be celebrating the demise of those poor sods who were `dissapeared’?
Jul 18th, 2022 - 09:40 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Steve Potts
The mentality goes something like this...

President Kirchner began by reminding the Rio Group of 32 countries, of the geographical position of the Falklands/Malvinas, ‘This Argentinian territory is part of our continental shelf and of Tierra del Fuego, which has recently attained the status of province, the youngest Argentine province.’ (Miller V. Argentina and the Falkland Islands, House of Commons Library quoting President Kirchner’s speech at the Rio Group, 24 Feb 2010, Argentinian Presidency website).

But then.. What does international law say about the ownership of natural resources and Continental shelves?

Falklands – Argentina’s Geographical Affinity Claim (1 pg):- https://www.academia.edu/66340704/Falklands_Argentinas_Geographical_Affinity_Claim
Jul 18th, 2022 - 09:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pugol-H
‘A country clearly looking out to the sea’.

Marvellous.

And what do you see when you look out to sea from Creole occupied Wallmapu???

Oh yes, British territory, the Pirates haven’t gone away you know.

Sovereignty of the S. Atlantic/Antarctic was settled long before Admiral Segundo Storni was even born.

‘making effective the sovereignty exercise of the country in its maritime spaces’.

‘a sovereign development project’.

Unilateral and illegitimate actions by Argentina, not compatible with Resolution 31/49 from the UN General Assembly, calling both on Argentina and UK to abstain from adopting decisions which mean the introduction of unilateral modifications of the situation.

Clearly, the British military base is the only thing keeping the peace down there.
Jul 18th, 2022 - 02:55 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Brasileiro
Territorial friction and economic rivalry account for almost the entirety of the start of wars.

Try to reduce these causes. England will have a new government soon, perhaps it will appreciate that gesture.
Jul 18th, 2022 - 03:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
Firstly, title based on contiguity has no standing in international law.

”International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the North Sea continental shelf cases, in which Denmark and the Netherlands based their claim inter alia on the doctrine of proximity, i.e., that the part of the continental shelf closest to the part of the state in question falls automatically under that state's jurisdiction. In these cases the ICJ rejected any contiguity type of approach. As for continuity, it is argued, the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf and Contiguous Zone, Article 1, now contained in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, Article 76, does not support the view that coastal states have sovereignty over islands above the continental shelf. On the contary it laid down doctrine that islands had their own “continental shelves,” p.74 The Falklands/Malvinas Case Breaking the Deadlock in the Anglo-Argentine... By Roberto C. Laver
Jul 18th, 2022 - 03:19 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pugol-H
No, England will have a new Prime Minister, the government stays the same.

The conductor will change but the orchestra and the music will stay the same.
Jul 18th, 2022 - 03:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Change, always change. Not changing means decay.
Jul 18th, 2022 - 04:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
“Not changing means decay.”

So that’s what happened to Argentina?
Jul 18th, 2022 - 07:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
look at yourself
Jul 18th, 2022 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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