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Argentine Post uses interactive map mentioning Falklands and Stanley

Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 23:24 UTC
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Argentina's Postal Service took heavy flak for using an interactive map on its website, where the South Atlantic Islands Argentina claims to own were referred to as Falklands (and not Malvinas) and its capital was Stanley (not Puerto Argentino), which drew criticism from a several surfers who spotted the Government's slip. Read full article

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  • FitzRoy

    “Public outcry” makes it sound remarkably tragic. Hardly anyone actually cares. Carmona, (the clue is in his name) would whine about it, but, let's face it, Argentina never had possession of the Falkland Islands (not even in '82!) and the capital has always been either Port Stanley or just Stanley.

    Apr 23rd, 2025 - 11:53 am - Link - Report abuse +7

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