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Montevideo, August 24th 2026 - 19:05 UTC

Tag: Falklands sovereignty

  • Monday, August 17th 2026 - 23:48 UTC

    A Chelsea fan displays a Falklands flag as Enzo Fernández comes on

    The supporter's gesture referred back to the controversy that arose after the World Cup semi-final played on July 15 in Atlanta, in which Argentina beat England 2-1

    A Chelsea supporter held up a Falkland Islands flag at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as Argentine midfielder Enzo Fernández came onto the pitch during the club's final pre-season friendly, a 3-1 win over Real Sociedad.

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  • Saturday, August 8th 2026 - 07:38 UTC

    Celtic roots of both the Falklands and Malvinas names?

    The coarse sheet smuggled into the pitch by some fan, and displayed by Argentines players following victory in the match with England

    The Irish Times has published a very interesting piece from Tomaí Ó Conghaile following on the fallout from the World Cup, who argues that both the English and Spanish versions of the Falkland-Malvinas Islands names have their roots in Celtic languages.

  • Friday, August 7th 2026 - 20:58 UTC

    Why the Falkland Islands are British

    The islands are not an “imperial possession” of Britain – that’s 19th-century language. Photo: Getty Images

    By Graham Pascoe (*)

    On 11 July 2026 the Argentine foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, wrote a long article on the Falkland Islands (or the Malvinas, as they are called in Spanish) in the Buenos Aires newspaper La Nación, as Iona Cleave reported in the London Telegraph the next day. On 23 July he published an almost identical article in the Israeli English-language daily Jerusalem Post. In both his articles the foreign minister repeated several arguments which (he said) showed the strength of Argentina's claim to the Falklands. Unfortunately for him, everything he said is historically and legally untrue, as will be pointed out below.

  • Thursday, August 6th 2026 - 08:00 UTC

    “Self-determination lies with the Falkland Islanders, and sovereignty lies with the UK”

    Ambassador Walters was appointed to the State of Israel, July 2023. Previously, Simon was Director National Security for Middle East and Africa at the FCDO from 2019 to 2022

    By Simon Walters (*)<br />
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    At the heart of Argentina’s illegitimate claim over the Falkland Islands is a historical falsehood. British sovereignty over the islands dates back to 1765, before the Argentine Republic even existed.

  • Monday, August 3rd 2026 - 23:14 UTC

    Milei: the alliance with Washington is the “key” to sovereignty over the Falklands

    Milei described the claim as non-negotiable and said his government has achieved the greatest diplomatic progress since 1983 toward placing the archipelago under Argentine administration

    Argentine President Javier Milei said on Monday that his government's alignment with the United States will advance Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands, in remarks to Radio Mitre.

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 07:10 UTC

    The Falklands, FIFA and the Future of the British Overseas Territories

    Members of the Argentine team held up a banner exclaiming ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ (‘The Falklands are Argentine’).

    By Peter Clegg (*) <br />
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    I have been researching the British Overseas Territories (BOTs) and their geopolitical relationships for over twenty years, and I cannot remember so much focus on them as there has been in recent days. The FIFA World Cup match between England and Argentina provoked heated discussions over the future of the Falkland Islands (or Malvinas if you are Argentine). Gibraltar has received significant media coverage with the removal of the border infrastructure with Spain. The Caricom Reparations Committee has called for the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to be decolonized by the UK, and new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will likely retain the government’s commitment to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. So, are we witnessing centrifugal forces that could fracture the BOTs’ relationship with the ‘UK family’?

  • Saturday, July 18th 2026 - 00:38 UTC

    Argentina-England match drove a surge in online Falklands talk, consultancy Ad Hoc says

    The day of the match saw some 660,000 mentions, nearly double the volume recorded on the most recent April 2 — the date on which Argentina commemorates those killed in the 1982 war

    Argentina's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal was not confined to the sporting arena on social media. According to an analysis by the Argentine consultancy Ad Hoc, digital conversation about the Falklands surpassed two million mentions over five days around the match, in an episode that revived the sovereignty claim following the banner displayed by the Argentine players.

  • Friday, July 17th 2026 - 23:08 UTC

    “The Falklands cannot remain British for ever,” a Guardian column argues

    The columnist reviewed the negotiations that preceded the 1982 war

    In an opinion column published in the British newspaper The Guardian, writer Simon Jenkins argued that the Falklands “cannot remain British for ever” and called for London to eventually reopen sovereignty negotiations with Argentina. The piece is the columnist's personal opinion and does not represent the newspaper's editorial position.

  • Friday, July 17th 2026 - 10:13 UTC

    Milei hits out at Falklands “tantrums,” says he is “closer” to recovering the islands

    The president highlighted what he described as progress by Argentina's Foreign Ministry and a rapprochement with the United States to revive negotiations

    Argentina's president, Javier Milei, championed diplomacy as the path for the sovereignty claim over the Falklands and dismissed as “tantrums” certain reactions that followed the national team's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal, without specifying at whom the criticism was aimed.

  • Friday, July 17th 2026 - 10:05 UTC

    FIFA weighs possible sanctions against Argentina over Falklands banner against England

    A spokesperson for the body said that, as part of standard procedure, its independent disciplinary committee “is currently assessing the match reports and considering the relevant circumstances”

    FIFA said it is assessing possible disciplinary measures against Argentina after several players celebrated their World Cup semifinal win over England with a banner supporting Argentina's claim to the Falklands. The defending champions came from behind in Atlanta to win 2-1 and reach Sunday's final against Spain.

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