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Montevideo, October 27th 2026 - 20:34 UTC

Falkland Islands

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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”.

  • 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”.