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Montevideo, July 31st 2026 - 17:39 UTC

Argentina

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 07:10 UTC

    The Falklands, FIFA and the Future of the British Overseas Territories

    Members of the Argentine team held up a banner exclaiming ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ (‘The Falklands are Argentine’).

    By Peter Clegg (*) <br />
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    I have been researching the British Overseas Territories (BOTs) and their geopolitical relationships for over twenty years, and I cannot remember so much focus on them as there has been in recent days. The FIFA World Cup match between England and Argentina provoked heated discussions over the future of the Falkland Islands (or Malvinas if you are Argentine). Gibraltar has received significant media coverage with the removal of the border infrastructure with Spain. The Caricom Reparations Committee has called for the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to be decolonized by the UK, and new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will likely retain the government’s commitment to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. So, are we witnessing centrifugal forces that could fracture the BOTs’ relationship with the ‘UK family’?

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 01:05 UTC

    Argentina's June trade surplus rises 149% year-on-year on stronger exports

    The June surplus, however, marked a 36.4% drop from May's figure, which had been a record $3.450 billion

    Argentina posted a trade surplus of $2.194 billion in June, a 149.6% increase from the same month in 2025, driven by growth in exports, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported on Monday.

  • Monday, July 20th 2026 - 19:17 UTC

    Argentina players spark brawl and snub trophy ceremony after World Cup final defeat

    The tension, built up over a physical and stop-start match, boiled over after the whistle

    The 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina ended on Sunday with Spain champions by 1-0 after extra time, but the sporting outcome was overshadowed by a brawl between players from both sides moments after the final whistle at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, and by the decision of Argentina's players to turn their backs on the trophy ceremony.

  • Monday, July 20th 2026 - 19:01 UTC

    Scientists begin first study of whisky matured in Antarctica

    Isla Marambio spent three years on the ice at an Argentine research station and is now one of eight single malts being analyzed to see how extreme climates shape whisky

    A team of scientists has begun the first analysis of a whisky matured in Antarctica, aiming to determine what three years at temperatures as low as -35°C did to the spirit's maturation, chemistry and taste.

  • Monday, July 20th 2026 - 00:47 UTC

    Spain crowned world champions with 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina in the final

    Photo: EPA/EFE/RONALD WITTEK

    Spain were crowned world champions for the second time in their history by beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the final played on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The winning goal came in the 106th minute, after a cross from Pedro Porro that Nico Williams headed on and that, according to the match report, Ferran Torres finished to settle a game clearly dominated by the Spanish side.

  • Saturday, July 18th 2026 - 00:38 UTC

    Argentina-England match drove a surge in online Falklands talk, consultancy Ad Hoc says

    The day of the match saw some 660,000 mentions, nearly double the volume recorded on the most recent April 2 — the date on which Argentina commemorates those killed in the 1982 war

    Argentina's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal was not confined to the sporting arena on social media. According to an analysis by the Argentine consultancy Ad Hoc, digital conversation about the Falklands surpassed two million mentions over five days around the match, in an episode that revived the sovereignty claim following the banner displayed by the Argentine players.

  • Friday, July 17th 2026 - 23:08 UTC

    “The Falklands cannot remain British for ever,” a Guardian column argues

    The columnist reviewed the negotiations that preceded the 1982 war

    In an opinion column published in the British newspaper The Guardian, writer Simon Jenkins argued that the Falklands “cannot remain British for ever” and called for London to eventually reopen sovereignty negotiations with Argentina. The piece is the columnist's personal opinion and does not represent the newspaper's editorial position.

  • Friday, July 17th 2026 - 10:13 UTC

    Milei hits out at Falklands “tantrums,” says he is “closer” to recovering the islands

    The president highlighted what he described as progress by Argentina's Foreign Ministry and a rapprochement with the United States to revive negotiations

    Argentina's president, Javier Milei, championed diplomacy as the path for the sovereignty claim over the Falklands and dismissed as “tantrums” certain reactions that followed the national team's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal, without specifying at whom the criticism was aimed.

  • Friday, July 17th 2026 - 10:05 UTC

    FIFA weighs possible sanctions against Argentina over Falklands banner against England

    A spokesperson for the body said that, as part of standard procedure, its independent disciplinary committee “is currently assessing the match reports and considering the relevant circumstances”

    FIFA said it is assessing possible disciplinary measures against Argentina after several players celebrated their World Cup semifinal win over England with a banner supporting Argentina's claim to the Falklands. The defending champions came from behind in Atlanta to win 2-1 and reach Sunday's final against Spain.

  • Thursday, July 16th 2026 - 20:48 UTC

    Argentina-UK: HMS Medway protest, released after the match, reignites Falklands tension

    Britain's Defense Ministry said HMS Medway made “a routine logistics visit” to Punta Arenas, supporting British Antarctic Survey operations in Antarctica.

    Argentina's government released on Wednesday night, amid celebrations over its team's World Cup semifinal win against England, a note of protest to the United Kingdom over the movements of HMS Medway, a Royal Navy patrol vessel assigned to the Falklands. The protest had been formally lodged with the British Embassy in Buenos Aires on July 13, but the Foreign Ministry chose to make it public once the match had ended, fusing the diplomatic complaint with the gesture of the Argentine players, who celebrated with a banner backing the sovereignty claim.