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Montevideo, December 19th 2024 - 05:17 UTC

Tag: Falklands’ rights and sovereignty

  • Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:35 UTC

    Falklands’ rights and sovereignty

    Sir Peter Westmacott is the British ambassador to the United States.

    By Sir Peter Westmacott (*) - Where in the world can you celebrate Margaret Thatcher Day with five kinds of wild penguins? Nowhere but in the Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic that’s about the same area as Connecticut but has a population of only 3.100. This weekend, these small islands with a big personality face a momentous choice: a referendum to decide their political future.