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Montevideo, November 12th 2026 - 11:19 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 14:40 UTC

    Trump won’t betray Britain over the Falklands

    The King’s visit to US in April was a stunning success: even “No Kings” Democrat Members of Congress giving King Charles a series of standing ovations

    By Nile Gardiner (*) - In his second term, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued an America First foreign policy. And rightly so. The U.S. president represents the American people, and every policy he advances should be in his nation’s interest. But backing British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands fits firmly within this vision, and his administration should stand shoulder to shoulder with the UK on an issue of huge importance to the British people.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 13:35 UTC

    Milei hopes to exploit the Falklands’ oil dispute in next year’s election

    By Vicky Kapogianni Associate Professor of International and Environmental Law, University of Reading - Argentina is trying to stop a planned oil project near the Falkland Islands. On October 13, the government asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (Itlos), a court in Hamburg that deals with disputes over the sea, to halt the project. Argentina says the UK approved the drilling without its agreement and in breach of Argentina’s rights to the seabed.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 02:24 UTC

    A partial win in Hamburg could help Milei in 2027, an analysis suggests

    The tribunal will hold its hearing on November 10 and 11

    Argentina has slim chances of persuading the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands by invoking its sovereign rights, but it could secure a partial victory on environmental grounds that would help President Javier Milei ahead of the 2027 election, according to an analysis by an international law academic published on The Conversation.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 00:07 UTC

    Milei says Argentina will pursue the Falklands diplomatically: “We do not believe in military solutions”

    At the same event, Milei defended his alliance with the United States and Israel

    Argentine President Javier Milei said in Madrid on Wednesday that he is confident of recovering the Falklands through diplomacy and repeated three times that his government “does not believe in military solutions”, amid an escalating dispute with the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project.

  • Wednesday, October 21st 2026 - 10:15 UTC

    Falklands: UK Statement at the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization

    “Hydrocarbon activities on the Falkland Islands continental shelf are regulated under Falkland Islands law and conducted in full accordance with international law, including UNCLOS”

    Statement by Ambassador Kate Foster, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN’s Special Political and Decolonization Fourth Committee. “The United Kingdom has no doubt about its sovereignty over both the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands, and their surrounding maritime areas”.

  • Wednesday, October 21st 2026 - 01:46 UTC

    Argentina and the UK to face off in Hamburg on November 10 over Falklands oil

    Argentina submitted its request on October 13, pending the constitution of the arbitral tribunal under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

    The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will hold hearings on November 10 and 11 on Argentina’s request for an order requiring the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands. The dates were set by the tribunal’s president, Judge Maurice K. Kamga, in an order dated October 20.

  • Monday, October 19th 2026 - 19:50 UTC

    US calls at the UN for an end to the Decolonisation Committee, key to Argentina’s claim

    The Argentine government has not commented on the US position, which contrasts with the close alliance between Milei and President Donald Trump

    The United States has called at the UN for an end to the mandate of the Special Committee on Decolonisation, the body before which Argentina presents its sovereignty claim over the Falklands every year, and described some of its activities as “a waste of resources”, according to the official summary of the General Assembly Fourth Committee session held on October 15.

  • Sunday, October 18th 2026 - 21:56 UTC

    US fears Falklands-related sanctions could hit American companies

    According to Clarín, Washington has put forward two options: freezing the bill, its preferred choice, or amending it so that US companies are excluded

    The US government has conveyed to Javier Milei’s administration its concern that the National Sovereignty Defence bill, which toughens sanctions against those involved in exploiting resources in the Falklands, could reach American companies, the Argentine newspaper Clarín reported, citing unnamed officials in Washington.

  • Friday, October 16th 2026 - 13:59 UTC

    Royal Navy urged to replace defective Ice Patrol HMS Protector

    HMS Protector role helped to maintain a sovereign, reassuring, and versatile presence in the South Atlantic and the British Antarctic Territory

    The Royal Navy's only ice patrol vessel has been towed into Devonport, reportedly with a double engine failure, raising fresh concerns over how the news will be interpreted by Argentina. HMS Protector fulfils an icebreaking role to monitor the demilitarized Antarctic and support safe navigation for scientific research in challenging conditions.

  • Friday, October 16th 2026 - 10:07 UTC

    The Falklands dispute threatens Argentina’s bid to join the trans-Pacific trade pact

    The possibility was raised in the House of Commons by Conservative MP Wendy Morton, who urged the government to prepare to oppose Argentina’s application if threats over the islands continue

    The escalating dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands has spilled into trade: London, a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, has not ruled out using its position to stall Argentina’s bid to join the pact, which requires the consensus of all its members. The British government says Buenos Aires’s conduct raises “very serious questions about its reliability as a partner”.