Milei announces sanctions against oil firms operating off the Falklands without Argentine approval

Friday, September 4th 2026 - 07:21 UTC

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Argentine President Javier Milei announced on Thursday, in a televised national address, sanctions against companies taking part in hydrocarbon development off the Falklands without Argentine authorization, along with the construction of a naval base in Tierra del Fuego, at the country's southern tip. The message, recorded at the Casa Rosada alongside his full cabinet, raised tensions with the United Kingdom at a moment when Washington has cast doubt on its traditional neutrality in the dispute. Read full article

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Steve Potts
What goes on around the Falklands in their territorial waters has got nothing to do with Argentina. Melei, once the great libertarian, speaks like a true Narnian preaching to his indoctrinated souls.
Sep 04th, 2026 - 09:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Jones
Its near election time Steve, its the go to subject of all Argentine politicians.
nothing but hot air and long winded waffle,
Sep 04th, 2026 - 10:31 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Roger Lorton
I was expecting fire and brimstone.
What we got was piss and wind.
Updating 2012 laws re. sanctions (which never worked); building a base that he does not have the money for; and forming a new committee.

Always a good way forward is a new committee.
Sep 04th, 2026 - 11:09 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Freddie Foster
Nothing more than hot air and pissing in the wind from Buenos Aires,
Sep 04th, 2026 - 01:50 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Steve Potts
How Argentine dupes its people into believing that the Falklands are Argentinian. Falklands and Beyond an Argentine Fantasy: -
https://www.academia.edu/98981102/Falklands_and_Beyond_an_Argentine_Fantasy
Sep 04th, 2026 - 02:06 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pugol-H
Is that it??? After all that hype, that is all he had to say, nothing that hasn’t been said a hundred times before by every Argentinian politician dropping in the popularity ratings.

Underwhelming, at best.

As for the ‘wind’, some medication or a change of diet perhaps?

I see very little prospect of Argentina becoming “a central logistics hub of the South Atlantic”, anytime in the foreseeable future, whatever they build in Tierra del Fuego.

Nothing else is in place to support that, no supply, no demand and probably no money to even build the base in the first place.

Argentina are simply not a player in that part of the world, whether they like it or not.
Sep 04th, 2026 - 10:53 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Freddie Foster
Milei knows he is lying about the Falklands but he has to placate the fantasists like Zit, Malvi etc , and then they all get excited over nothing,
I really do think its time to stop Argentinians visiting the islands, their behaviour warrants no rewards or favours,
Sep 05th, 2026 - 12:41 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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