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Argentina marches on 50th anniversary of coup that led to the Falklands War and the regime's fall
Thousands of people are expected to gather this Tuesday in Plaza de Mayo and in Argentina’s major cities to mark the 50th anniversary of the March 24, 1976, military coup that installed a dictatorship responsible for thousands of forced disappearances and which, in its final stage, launched the Falklands War in a desperate bid to cling to power. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWho wrote the title of this article !?? It's premise is off by about SIX years!
Mar 24th, 2026 - 01:00 pm - Link - Report abuse -3This paper never changes!! LOL
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Argentina commemorates in renewed protest and repudiation the military coup that brought the massacre of thousands of innocent political activists. —nothing to do with the war that attempted to recuperate their Malvinas Islands from the British six years later, and which the military occupation used to try and save its ass at the point people were starting to gain momentum and leverage towards their expulsion. A war that very possibly the Generals were cleverly tricked into committing to by the US, using and forcing the country to go through by creating hope towards recuperating these islands stolen from Argentina conjointly by the US and by Britain in 1932.
To Argentina these are two completely and entirely different things that the Junta stupidly brought together in steep detriment of the Argentine protest against this usurpation of their islands, giving Britain the opportunity to transform the narrative of the dispute into a much more patriotic and prideful one that pushed history aside using false rhetoric that before did not exist. Which is one of the reasons their actions became suspect by many who today study that military conflict.
Patrick Edgar
Mar 24th, 2026 - 03:31 pm - Link - Report abuse +2''To Argentina these are two completely and entirely different things that the Junta stupidly brought together in steep detriment of the Argentine protest against this usurpation of their islands...''
''Their Islands'' The Falkland Islands have never belonged to Argentina ..:
https://www.academia.edu/31111843/Falklands_Never_Belonged_to_Argentina
@patrick edgard. Exactly, they evicted our habitants, occupied our land.. and of course we will keep this open to future generations and at the wait of an UK slipp.
Mar 29th, 2026 - 05:58 pm - Link - Report abuse -2Here you go again AC with your stupid delusional nonsense, their will be no slip, you can keep your false claim going for a thousand years, its irrelevant and pie in the sky, and your eviction claim has been proven to be a lie 100s of times, grow up.
Mar 30th, 2026 - 08:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The eviction was 100% true.. british had not legitim claim in 1829..
Mar 31st, 2026 - 08:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Of course the slips.. happens. It already happen in 1982.. and will happen again. We will be always 200 miles near.
Complete nonsense AC, Claimed by us in 1594, 1690 and 1745. you did not exist as a country, the breakaway UP province knew full well the islands where British. why the hell would they send military ? to take them by force thats why ? go take your claim to the ICJ. but you will not as you have no case, as for your ridiculous slip fantasy. Argentina will never be trusted ever again. the military technology advancement will dictate that any ship attacking will be sunk as soon as it leaves port. and jet will be shot down before it gets anywhere near the Falklands., 300 miles is a long way away, you live in a fantasy world. your country will be a lot better off when fanatics like you are long gone, so no it will not happen again, if you are stupid enough to try again, then your country will suffer far more than you did in 1982, you can bet on that. lies and fantasies what a silly world you live in. such a waste of time and a life, 4 civilians left the Falkland islands 2 Brazilians and 2 Uruguayans. all other civilians from various countries remained, their off spring are still here, you lie through your teeth. Argentina has no claim what so ever, it was a made up story by an unpopular Peron government,
Mar 31st, 2026 - 09:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“british had not legitim claim in 1829.”
Apr 01st, 2026 - 02:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well they subsequently did.
According to this world renowned jurist Hans Kelsen, in his book General theory of law and state he writes:
“if the conquest is firmly established. Taking possession through military force of the territory of another State against the latter's will is possible, however, without any military resistance on the part of the victim. Provided that a unilateral act of force performed by one State against another is not considered to be war in itself (war being, according to traditional opinion, ”a contention between two or more States through their armed forces” and hence at least a bilateral action) annexation is not only possible in time of war, but also in time of peace. The decisive point is that annexation, that is, taking possession of another State's territory with the intention to acquire it, constitutes acquisition of this territory even without the consent of the State to which the territory previously belonged, if the possession is “firmly established.” It makes no difference whether the annexation takes place after an occupatio bellica or not.”
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