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UK calls Argentine action against Falklands companies “unacceptable”
Britain's Minister for the Overseas Territories, Uma Kumaran, on Friday described as “unacceptable” and carrying “no legal justification” the proceedings Argentina has opened against companies and individuals linked to economic activity in the Falklands, and said the United Kingdom's diplomatic network fully backs those targeted. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesAnd if the United Kingdom splits into Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland (Ireland), and England, who will get the islands?
Sep 19th, 2026 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse -3https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzjjNpzFa2Y
Bras,
Sep 19th, 2026 - 12:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Not Argentina.
Argentina's continental shelf?
Sep 19th, 2026 - 01:49 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Falklands – Territorial Waters: https://www.academia.edu/10574593/Falklands_Islands_Territorial_Waters
I can't wait to read about the breakup of Brazil on this site. My guess is the civil war will be bloody... ;}
Sep 19th, 2026 - 03:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Brasilero, the islanders get the islands no one else,
Sep 19th, 2026 - 07:55 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Batatinha,
Sep 20th, 2026 - 02:48 pm - Link - Report abuse -4Mr. Patrushev's recent visit was truly illuminating in that regard. During his visit, several agreements on cooperation regarding icebreakers were signed, if you catch my drift.
Consequently, it is highly likely that a number of CIA and MI6 assets are now six feet under. And things have become very difficult for you all now.
NATO's war against Russia appears to have severely weakened economic conditions in the West. And there is a good chance this will continue for a few more years. Remember how I said, years ago, that Russia's ultimate goal was the conquest of Odessa? That is no longer the case. Russia's ultimate goal now is Transnistria and the Kyiv Oblast.
As for the United States...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emgIMWUaKtQ&t=7s
“Law 26,659, which already bars unauthorized hydrocarbon activity on the disputed continental shelf”
Sep 21st, 2026 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse +1”Under the Palmas decision, three important rules for resolving island territorial disputes were decided:
Firstly, title based on contiguity has no standing in international law.
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the North Sea continental shelf cases, in which Denmark and the Netherlands based their claim inter alia on the doctrine of proximity, i.e., that the part of the continental shelf closest to the part of the state in question falls automatically under that state's jurisdiction. In these cases the ICJ rejected any contiguity type of approach. As for continuity, it is argued, the 1958 Geneva Convention on the Continental Shelf and Contiguous Zone, Article 1, now contained in the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, Article 76, does not support the view that coastal states have sovereignty over islands above the continental shelf. On the contary it laid down doctrine that islands had their own “continental shelves,” p.74
The Falklands/Malvinas Case Breaking the Deadlock in the Anglo-Argentine...By Roberto C. Laver
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