Milei hits out at Falklands "tantrums," says he is "closer" to recovering the islands

Milei hits out at Falklands “tantrums,” says he is “closer” to recovering the islands

Friday, July 17th 2026 - 10:13 UTC

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Argentina's president, Javier Milei, championed diplomacy as the path for the sovereignty claim over the Falklands and dismissed as “tantrums” certain reactions that followed the national team's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal, without specifying at whom the criticism was aimed. Read full article

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Freddie Foster
Please explain Mr Milei why you think you are closer to getting the Falklands, is it those little voices in your head telling you this. ? a dream you had ?. and the footballers acted like immature children. but i expect nothing else from Argentina,
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Terence Hill
“Javier Milei, championed diplomacy as the path for the sovereignty claim over the Falklands”

The right to even disscuss it legally ran out years ago.

“There is no obligation in general international law to settle disputes”.
Principles of Public International Law, third edition, 1979 by Ian Brownlie

”Applying the rules concerning the mode of extinctive prescription to GB r
Regardless of the conclusion reached above, however, the establishment of the world courts changed the situation so that diplomatic protests were no longer sufficient to keep Argentina's claim to sovereignty alive. ”
Major James Francis Gravelle
MILITARY LAW REVIEW CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ISSUES
Pamphlet NO. 27-100-107 HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY; Washington, D.C., Winter 1985
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