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Montevideo, October 21st 2026 - 20:21 UTC

Tag: Javier Milei

  • Wednesday, September 9th 2026 - 08:06 UTC

    Argentina files criminal complaint against Navitas over Falklands; firm silent, shares slide

    Navitas did not respond to the complaint. Following President Milei's initial announcement, the company said it did not expect those remarks to have a material effect on the project's development

    Argentina's government formally filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday against Israeli oil company Navitas Petroleum and four other firms over hydrocarbon exploration in waters near the Falklands, with the company yet to respond to the accusation and amid a slide in the share prices of those involved.

  • Tuesday, September 8th 2026 - 10:02 UTC

    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%.

  • Monday, September 7th 2026 - 09:10 UTC

    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.

  • Friday, September 4th 2026 - 23:30 UTC

    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.

  • Friday, September 4th 2026 - 23:27 UTC

    “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.”

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    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.

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

    “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.

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

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

    Political scientist Andrés Malamud, of the Institute of Social Sciences in Lisbon, summarised his forecast by saying the same thing will happen as with Greenland, namely nothing

    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.