Argentina acknowledges the Magellan treaties and seeks to defuse friction with Chile

Tuesday, August 25th 2026 - 21:28 UTC

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Argentina's foreign ministry issued a statement on Tuesday reaffirming that its position on the Strait of Magellan is the one established by the 1881 Boundary Treaty and the 1984 Treaty of Peace and Friendship, a day after Chile announced it would send a note of protest over remarks by the head of the Argentine Air Force General Staff. Read full article

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MarkWhelan
Trump will not be happy that his best friend has backed down.
Aug 26th, 2026 - 01:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Steve Potts
Much the same re Argentina's Beagle Channel case when it all went skew-whiff for them when one of their own maps showed that the area belonged to Chile - same Argentine map showed that the Falklands wasn't Argentinian.

Latzina Map and the Falklands: https://www.academia.edu/108294347/The_Latzina_Map_and_the_Falklands
(Successfully used in the Beagle Islands dispute Arg/Chile 1977)
Aug 26th, 2026 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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