MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Six in ten Argentines attribute Milei's shift on the Falklands to political convenience]]> The sovereignty claim enjoys majority backing in Argentine society, but Milei's call for unity inspired confidence in 41% of those consulted and distrust in 56% Some 61.1% of Argentines believe President Javier Milei adopted his current position on the Falklands out of political convenience, against 24.7% who attribute it to conviction, according to a survey by the consultancy Management & Fit of a thousand respondents with a margin of error of 3%.

]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:02:00 GMT <![CDATA[A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route]]> Port of Montevideo Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin the service because the only ramp at the Montevideo port suitable for unloading cars belongs to Buquebus, the company that currently runs the crossing alone.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:20:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Falklands claim, one of the few issues that cuts across Argentina's political divide]]> President Javier Milei addressed the nation on Thursday following Donald Trump's remarks about a possible review of US neutrality The sovereignty claim over the Falklands is one of the few points of consensus that cuts across Argentina's political fracture, known locally as “la grieta”, a polarisation that splits the country into two opposing camps on almost every public question. That cross-cutting quality explains both its constant presence in popular culture and its recurrence in political discourse.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[An Argentine court returns an 18th-century work to the heirs of a Jewish art dealer]]> An Argentine federal court on Friday ordered the return of the painting Portrait of a Lady to the family of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, almost 90 years after the Nazi regime looted his collection in Amsterdam. The work surfaced last year at a house in Mar del Plata, 400 kilometres from Buenos Aires.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:01:00 GMT <![CDATA[Rockhopper and Navitas shares fall as operators defend Sea Lion timetable]]> ”The partnership operates pursuant to valid petroleum licences lawfully granted to it by the government of the Falkland Islands, a self-governing UK Overseas Territory Shares in the two companies developing the Sea Lion field off the Falklands fell on Friday after Argentine President Javier Milei announced he would tighten sanctions on firms operating around the archipelago without authorization from Buenos Aires. Both companies responded with a joint statement saying they do not anticipate any impact on the project's development.

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:30:00 GMT <![CDATA[“Our future is for the people who live here to decide,” Falklands Assembly tells Milei]]> The statement, issued on behalf of the Assembly as a whole and carrying no individual signature, does not name Argentina and refers to Milei only once, in noting the time elapsed since his address The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly issued a statement on Friday in response to Argentine President Javier Milei's address, maintaining that the archipelago's future is for those who live there to decide. “The Falkland Islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory, and our future is a matter for the people who live here to decide,” the text says, adding that this is “a right grounded in international law” and that “it is not altered by the statements of any other government.”

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:27:00 GMT <![CDATA[UK replies to Milei: Falklands “are British because islanders choose to be British”]]> “Milei's statement overnight tells us more about domestic politics in Argentina than it does about the Falkland Islands,” Streeting wrote on the social network X 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.

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:06:00 GMT <![CDATA[Chile backs Falklands claim as Argentina recognizes its sovereignty over Magellan Strait]]> The meeting was the third between the two this year and came hours before Milei announced in a televised national address sanctions against oil companies operating around the Falklands 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.

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:01:00 GMT <![CDATA[Milei announces sanctions against oil firms operating off the Falklands without Argentine approval]]> Milei said he would sign a decree that same night to “speed up the sanctions procedures” against those involved in oil extraction in what he called “Argentine territory under British occupation” 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.

]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:21:00 GMT <![CDATA["We are watching": Argentine intelligence posts message on Falklands after Milei address]]> Intelligence services do not customarily publicize references to their own observation activities 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.

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