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Montevideo, September 5th 2026 - 23:40 UTC

 

 

“Our future is for the people who live here to decide,” Falklands Assembly tells Milei
The statement, issued on behalf of the Assembly as a whole and carrying no individual signature, does not name Argentina and refers to Milei only once, in noting the time elapsed since his address

The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly issued a statement on Friday in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, maintaining that the archipelago's future is for those who live there to decide. “The Falkland Islands are a self-governing British...

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Chile backs Falklands claim as Argentina recognizes its sovereignty over Magellan Strait
The meeting was the third between the two this year and came hours before Milei announced in a televised national address sanctions against oil companies operating around the Falklands
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Milei announces sanctions against oil firms operating off the Falklands without Argentine approval
Milei said he would sign a decree that same night to “speed up the sanctions procedures” against those involved in oil extraction in what he called “Argentine territory under British occupation”
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Trump hints he would not back the UK and doubts its “capacity” to retake the Falklands
“I don't know if you're prepared to do that. I just don't know if you have the capacity to do that,” he said
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The UK dismisses Trump's remarks and reaffirms its sovereignty over the Falklands
“The people of the Falkland Islands are British and have the right to determine their own future,” said a spokesperson for Prime Minister Andy Burnham
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The remark came at a panel discussion on migration organized by Diego Portales University, two weeks after the Security Council's second informal poll, held on August 21

Bachelet concedes difficulty of her UN bid: “I know I'm not going to be secretary-general”

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”The partnership operates pursuant to valid petroleum licences lawfully granted to it by the government of the Falkland Islands, a self-governing UK Overseas Territory

Rockhopper and Navitas shares fall as operators defend Sea Lion timetable

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“Milei's statement overnight tells us more about domestic politics in Argentina than it does about the Falkland Islands,” Streeting wrote on the social network X

UK replies to Milei: Falklands “are British because islanders choose to be British”

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Intelligence services do not customarily publicize references to their own observation activities

“We are watching”: Argentine intelligence posts message on Falklands after Milei address

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