Argentina

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2026 - 09:49 UTC

  Burnham at the UN: “the rights of British territories to remain British”

  

  British Prime Minister Andy Burnham placed the Falklands among the challenges to the rule of law in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered on Tuesday evening in New York, setting them in the same sentence as Russia.

• Tuesday, September 22nd 2026 - 10:55 UTC

  Replica of the flag shown by Argentina's football team unfurled at Darwin cemetery

  

  A group of Argentine veterans of the 1982 war and relatives of fallen soldiers unfurled at the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands a flag bearing the inscription “The Malvinas are Argentine”, a design the Argentine press describes as a reproduction of the one displayed by Argentina's national football team after defeating England at the 2026 World Cup. It is the first time the emblem has been displayed in the archipelago.

• Saturday, September 19th 2026 - 09:32 UTC

  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.

• Friday, September 18th 2026 - 08:03 UTC

  Milei sends Congress his Falklands sovereignty bill, with an anti-terrorism registry attached

  

  Argentina's government sent Congress a National Sovereignty Defense Bill on Thursday, presented by President Javier Milei as “a milestone in the process of recovering” the Falklands, a text that toughens penalties for exploiting natural resources in the disputed area and also creates a registry of people linked to terrorism that does not require a prior criminal case.

• Friday, September 18th 2026 - 00:01 UTC

  Milei’s budget for 2027 contemplates the purchase of three conventional submarines and two frigates

  

  The Government of the Argentine president Javier Milei included in the draft 23027 budget a historic initiative to advance in the acquisition of submarines and all purpose firgates for the Navy as part of his policy to reequip and modernize the armed forces.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2026 - 17:23 UTC

  Argentina's foreign ministry rejects the UK guidance for companies in the Falklands

  

  Argentina's foreign ministry expressed its “strongest rejection” on Tuesday of the guidance the British government published the previous day for companies conducting economic activity in the Falklands, and said it would continue applying its legislation against firms operating hydrocarbons in the area without Argentine authorization.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2026 - 17:12 UTC

  Kirchner's defense seeks to lift her ban from office before the 2027 elections

  

  Lawyers for former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said on Tuesday they have added a new element to the petition they are pursuing before the UN Human Rights Committee, seeking to overturn her final conviction in the Vialidad case and, more immediately, to set aside the lifetime ban from public office that prevents her from running in next year's presidential election.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2026 - 21:35 UTC

  Argentine government says the Ushuaia naval base will monitor resources and sovereignty

  

  Argentina's government said on Tuesday that the integrated naval base it plans in Ushuaia will allow it to monitor and control natural resources and sovereignty in the South Atlantic, and announced it will file further complaints against companies exploring for or extracting hydrocarbons without Argentine authorization in waters near the Falklands.

• Tuesday, September 15th 2026 - 09:53 UTC

  Milei prepares bill to toughen sanctions on companies operating in the Falklands

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is preparing legislation this week to toughen sanctions against companies operating in the Falklands, a move analysts say could raise tensions with Britain beyond the oil sector.

• Monday, September 14th 2026 - 22:06 UTC

  Polls show Argentine distrust of Milei's shift on the Falklands

  

  Two private Argentine pollsters released findings this week pointing to an adverse reception of President Javier Milei's shift on the Falklands, even though the sovereignty claim commands broad consensus in Argentine society.