The Falklands claim, one of the few issues that cuts across Argentina's political divide

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The sovereignty claim over the Falklands is one of the few points of consensus that cuts across Argentina's political fracture, known locally as “la grieta”, a polarisation that splits the country into two opposing camps on almost every public question. That cross-cutting quality explains both its constant presence in popular culture and its recurrence in political discourse. Read full article

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Steve Potts
A sovereignty claim without any moral or legal basis can only be described as worthless; good for fools and indoctrinated minds.
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Freddie Foster
Cuts across political divide ? you mean you indoctrinate your kids with a version of history that never happened, about a fake town, fake sovereignty, fake inheritance,
how about you tell the truth of the real numbers of casualties.
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mollymauk
Interesting to note that - “The attachment is strongest in the far south. In Río Grande, less than 600 kilometres from the islands….”, considering that the Argentinean part of Tierra del Fuego did not become National Territory until 1884, and did not become a fully recognised province until 1991.
In 1833, when Argentina was supposedly usurped of the islands, the southern border of Argentina was around 1500km north of the Falklands, and the subsequent expansion to the South was by military conquest and killing of the original indigenous population.
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imoyaro
Fascists to the core...
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rule_britannia
Dear Javi,
You know what will happen, don't you? A certain intelligence service will discretely leak the goings on of your nearest and dearest before next year's election, country risk will shoot up in anticipation of a Peronist victory, and bye-bye Vaca Muerta's oil and gas for another 4 years.
When you are weak, you need friends, not enemies.
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