Tag: Falklands sovereignty

• Tuesday, November 10th 2026 - 15:31 UTC

  Hamburg hearing opens as Argentina seeks to halt Sea Lion and the UK disputes jurisdiction

  

  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea began hearing Argentina and the United Kingdom in Hamburg on Tuesday over Argentina’s request for provisional measures to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands. Argentina argued that the resources of a disputed continental shelf cannot be exploited unilaterally, while the United Kingdom rejects the tribunal’s competence to rule on what it considers a question of sovereignty.

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• Thursday, November 5th 2026 - 07:21 UTC

  Ibero-American foreign ministers unanimously back Argentina’s Falklands claim

  

  Ibero-American foreign ministers meeting in Madrid unanimously approved a special communiqué backing Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands and calling on Argentina and the United Kingdom to resume negotiations, on the eve of the Hamburg hearing on the Sea Lion oil project.

• Sunday, November 1st 2026 - 14:48 UTC

  Argentine intellectuals reject the Falklands “national cause” amid escalating tensions with London

  

  Nearly a hundred Argentine intellectuals, jurists, historians and politicians have signed a declaration rejecting the transformation of the Falklands dispute into a “national cause” that “admits no dissent”, and criticising Javier Milei’s government for acting with “flagrant opportunism” amid escalating tensions with the United Kingdom over the Sea Lion oil project.

• Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 10:25 UTC

  US confirms concern over the impact of Argentina’s Falklands bill on its companies

  

  US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau acknowledged in Buenos Aires on Thursday that Washington is closely watching the impact that Argentina’s National Sovereignty Defence bill, which toughens sanctions against those involved in hydrocarbon exploitation in the Falklands, could have on its companies. Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno defended the initiative.

• 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 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

  

  “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.

• Monday, October 12th 2026 - 07:10 UTC

  Brexit campaigner Daniel Hannan warns a US shift on the Falklands would wreck the Atlantic alliance

  

  Daniel Hannan, one of the leading strategists of the Brexit campaign and director general of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), has warned in the Washington Examiner that a change in the US position on the Falklands would put the Atlantic alliance at risk. His column responds to one by economists Walter E. Block and Ege Fakkusoglu defending Argentina’s claim to the archipelago.

• Monday, October 5th 2026 - 10:20 UTC

  Falklands weighs curbs on Argentine visitors after flag-waving incidents

  

  Amid a sharp rise in international attention on the South Atlantic and its energy resources, Falkland Islands residents have been angered by Argentine visitors seen waving Argentine flags and banners denying British sovereignty, prompting calls from members of the community to restrict such visits.

• Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 09:32 UTC

  Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin argued that the Falklands dispute has changed in nature with oil exploration: one thing, he said, is “the invaded island” and “the fight against colonialism”, and another is “when a lot of money is taken from there”. His remarks come as Yamandú Orsi's government considers buying two patrol vessels from the Royal Navy, a deal that has already prompted a resolution from twenty deputies of Argentine President Javier Milei's party.

• Monday, September 28th 2026 - 09:33 UTC

  London says Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falklands

  

  British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said Argentina “lacks the ability” to take the Falkland Islands and that the United Kingdom “has the ability to defend” them, in an interview with the Sunday paper The Sun on Sunday published on Saturday. Asked whether London could protect the archipelago militarily if Buenos Aires sent warships, he answered yes.