Politics

• Friday, September 4th 2026 - 08:06 UTC

  UK replies to Milei: Falklands “are British because islanders choose to be British”

  

  Britain's Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting, responded on Friday to Argentine President Javier Milei's address on the Falklands by stating that the United Kingdom's commitment to the archipelago is “absolute and unshakeable.” It was the first public reaction from the British government following the televised national address in which Milei announced sanctions against oil companies operating in the area without Argentine authorization.

• Friday, September 4th 2026 - 08:01 UTC

  Chile backs Falklands claim as Argentina recognizes its sovereignty over Magellan Strait

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast on Thursday reiterated his government's backing for Argentina's sovereignty rights over the Falklands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas, following a bilateral meeting in Santiago with his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei. At the same meeting, Milei recognized Chilean sovereignty over the whole of the Strait of Magellan.

• Friday, September 4th 2026 - 07:21 UTC

  Milei announces sanctions against oil firms operating off the Falklands without Argentine approval

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei announced on Thursday, in a televised national address, sanctions against companies taking part in hydrocarbon development off the Falklands without Argentine authorization, along with the construction of a naval base in Tierra del Fuego, at the country's southern tip. The message, recorded at the Casa Rosada alongside his full cabinet, raised tensions with the United Kingdom at a moment when Washington has cast doubt on its traditional neutrality in the dispute.

• Friday, September 4th 2026 - 05:48 UTC

  “We are watching”: Argentine intelligence posts message on Falklands after Milei address

  

  Argentina's State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) published a satellite image of the Falklands in the early hours of Friday accompanied by the phrase “we are watching,” hours after President Javier Milei announced in a televised national address sanctions against companies operating around the archipelago without Argentine authorization and the construction of a naval base in Tierra del Fuego.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 22:55 UTC

  Falklands honors Merchant Navy seafarers flying the Red Ensign at Victory Green

  

  The Falkland Islands Government are pleased to recognize the 3rd of September as Merchant Navy Day. A day to pay respect to the men and women of the Merchant Navy, both past and present, who play such an important role in maintaining our links to the wider world.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 17:50 UTC

  Argentine analysts rule out a real shift by Washington on the Falklands

  

  Argentine specialists in international affairs consulted this week agree that Donald Trump's statement about a possible review of the US position on the Falklands responds to pressure on London rather than to any substantive change on sovereignty over the archipelago.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 17:38 UTC

  Trump hints he would not back the UK and doubts its “capacity” to retake the Falklands

  

  US President Donald Trump has suggested his country would not come to Britain's aid in a possible conflict with Argentina over the Falklands, linking that position to the lack of British support in Washington's war with Iran.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 08:11 UTC

  Lenín Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador convicted over bribes at Ecuador's largest dam

  

  A court of Ecuador's National Court of Justice on Friday sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years in prison for bribery, in the case over kickbacks linked to the construction and financing of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The same sentence was handed to China's former ambassador in Quito, Cai Runguo, and to former representatives of the Chinese state builder Sinohydro, Yang Huiju and Song Dongsheng.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 21:22 UTC

  China's embassy accuses a senior Argentine official of spreading “rumours” about the Nepal flood

  

  China's embassy in Buenos Aires has accused an official in Javier Milei's government of spreading “malicious rumours” and seeking to “stain the international image” of the Asian country, after he attributed to a Chinese state company responsibility for the flood that devastated the border corridor between Nepal and Tibet on August 26.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2026 - 21:00 UTC

  Trump says Venezuela is “not ready” to hold elections and sets no timetable

  

  US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Venezuela does not yet meet the conditions to call elections, five days after announcing the agreement granting Washington majority control over a fifth of the country's oil reserves for a century.