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Montevideo, November 12th 2026 - 11:07 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • Friday, October 16th 2026 - 09:40 UTC

    Argentina abstains on a Russian UN resolution on colonialism and draws criticism

    Several speakers questioned Russia’s credibility in presenting it given its invasion of Ukraine. Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico were among the countries that voted in favour

    Argentina abstained on Thursday in a vote by the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on a Russian-sponsored draft on “contemporary forms of colonialism”, a decision that Buenos Aires province’s government minister, opposition figure Carlos Bianco, linked to President Javier Milei’s alignment with the United States and to Argentina’s strategy over the Falklands.

  • Thursday, October 15th 2026 - 20:59 UTC

    Argentina’s bill toughening sanctions over Sea Lion stalls in Congress

    The bill, sent to Congress in September, has 133 articles. The first 40 repeal the 2011 law penalising hydrocarbon exploration not authorised by Argentina and create a broader regime with fines

    The National Sovereignty Defence bill, with which Javier Milei’s government seeks to toughen sanctions against those involved in exploiting resources in the Falklands, failed to secure committee approval in the Chamber of Deputies and will not reach the special session planned for October 21, according to the Argentine press. The opposition is demanding that the text, which besides sanctions reforms security, defence and intelligence, be split.

  • Wednesday, October 14th 2026 - 22:05 UTC

    Badenoch accuses Farage of trading Chagos for Trump’s silence on the Falklands

    “There is no pride in our country in the way he talks about us. This is careless, loose talk from a man who wants to be responsible for Britain’s national security,” added Badenoch

    British Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called “humiliating” a proposal by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to offer US President Donald Trump the Chagos archipelago in exchange for him to stop talking about the Falklands. “Giving away British territory in return for someone keeping quiet is not a deal. It is humiliating,” she told The Telegraph.

  • Wednesday, October 14th 2026 - 21:53 UTC

    Farage proposes offering Trump Diego Garcia in exchange for his silence on the Falklands

    “I’d have gone in and said, ‘Right, you know what mate? Chagos, it’s yours. Diego Garcia, in perpetuity, the most strategic American military base in the world’,” Farage said

    Reform UK leader c has said that, if he were prime minister, he would offer US President Donald Trump the use in perpetuity of the Diego Garcia military base, in the Chagos archipelago, in exchange for him to stop talking about the Falklands. The proposal sparked a clash with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, who called it “humiliating”, and prompted the White House to come to Farage’s defence.

  • Wednesday, October 14th 2026 - 21:45 UTC

    What are the red notices Argentina has sought from Interpol over Sea Lion

    The chief executive of the islands’ government, Andrea Clausen, acknowledged that the use of Interpol poses a threat

    Argentina has requested Interpol red notices against individuals linked to the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands, and the United Kingdom has asked the organisation to reject them as “politically motivated”, according to the British newspaper The Guardian. Interpol responded by reaffirming Article 3 of its constitution, which prohibits any intervention or activity of a political character.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 23:03 UTC

    Argentina asks the law of the sea tribunal to halt Sea Lion and bar new oil permits

    The measures are sought pending the constitution of the arbitral tribunal under Annex VII of the Convention, proceedings Argentina launched with a notification to the United Kingdom on September 28

    Argentina has asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order the United Kingdom to prevent the development of the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands and to refrain from granting new permits to exploit the resources of the disputed continental shelf, according to a statement published by the Hamburg-based tribunal. The hearing will be set “at the earliest possible date”.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 19:03 UTC

    Miliband: Falklands residents have the right to develop their resources “as they see fit”

    “We will always stand up for the Falkland Islanders, their right to determine their own future, and their right to pursue legitimate economic development,” he added

    British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said on Tuesday that the people of the Falkland Islands “have a right to develop their natural resources as they see fit”, as he announced on X the British government’s measures to protect companies and individuals from Argentine sanctions.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 18:53 UTC

    UK Overseas Territories Minister accuses Milei of using the Falklands for electoral ends

    Minister Uma Kumaran and MLA Jack Ford in discussion following her statement to Parliament

    British Overseas Territories Minister Uma Kumaran on Tuesday accused Argentine President Javier Milei of a “brazen attempt to use the people of the Falkland Islands as some sort of political prop ahead of Argentina’s elections next year”, in a statement to the House of Commons watched from the gallery by the Chair of the islands’ Legislative Assembly, Jack Ford.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 18:45 UTC

    London says it will abide by any law of the sea provisional measures as it moves to shield its companies

    The UK is preparing measures under its Protection of Trading Interests law to stop British firms and individuals being forced to comply with extraterritorial Argentine rules

    The British government said on Tuesday that any provisional measures ordered by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea are binding and that the United Kingdom complies with its international obligations, on the same day Argentina asked that tribunal to halt the Sea Lion oil project in Falklands waters. In parallel, London announced it will use its protection of trading interests legislation to shield British companies from Argentine sanctions.

  • Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 09:13 UTC

    “Falkland Islanders will is to remain British, and we will uphold it”, PM Burnham told Trump

    The Prime Minister believes a UK/EU summit will enhance chances for an open discussion “about our relationship with the EU in the longer term”.

    “In my meeting with President Trump I raised the Falkland Islands and the clear and declared will of the Islanders to remain British”, revealed United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham in an oral statement to the House of Commons this Monday.