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The Spectator likens Milei's Falklands push to Galtieri's
An opinion column published on Wednesday in the British weekly The Spectator likens Argentine President Javier Milei's campaign over the Falklands to that of dictator Leopoldo Galtieri in 1982, with the difference, its author argues, that the current government is using legal rather than military means. The piece, by law professor Andrew Tettenborn, is an argument of opinion rather than a report of new facts. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesIts called desperation. an unpopular government using the Falklands as a distraction, hardly a surprise is it, and it will be more of the same every 4 years,
Oct 01st, 2026 - 07:57 am - Link - Report abuse +2Fact is, Argentina has no legal nor moral right to the Falklands.
Oct 01st, 2026 - 08:50 am - Link - Report abuse +2“Argentine President Javier Milei denied the country is in recession and questioned the reading of statistics showing rising poverty and falling economic activity.”
Oct 01st, 2026 - 02:00 pm - Link - Report abuse +1The Falkland Islands never belonged to Argentina.
Proto-Argentina’s ambassador, to Great Britain Ignacio Nuñez, in 1825 published a 500+ pages description of Proto-Argentina including every nook and cranny belonging to it. The Falkland Islands are nowhere to be found under whatever name you can imagine.
BTW: In 1833 Proto-Argentina’s southern border was at Bahia Blanca, 1,400+ km north of the Falkland Islands, and the line of fortines built to protect the stolen land against its actual owners, the indigenous people, who had been living there for more than 13,000 years.
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