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Posted on 07/12/2026 2:00:00 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Argentina's foreign minister called Falklands Islanders an "artificially implanted" population in a lengthy essay demanding Britain enter talks to hand over the territory.
Pablo Quirno said the 2013 referendum held on the archipelago, in which islanders chose to remain British, was illegitimate and called for negotiations over the Falklands' future.
"Time does not transform an illegitimate occupation into sovereignty. Nor will it divide the territorial unity of the Argentine Republic," Mr Quirno argued in La Nacion, Argentina's leading conservative paper.
He said that the 1982 war and the 2013 vote had failed to resolve the Falklands dispute, and added that sovereignty of the archipelago should not be decided by a "population artificially implanted by the occupying power".
The essay, published ahead of a clash between the two countries in the World Cup on Wednesday, insists that the issue of the Falkland Islands will remain a priority of the government.
It lays out Argentina's legal claim over the Falklands, citing international law and regional bodies that have demanded peaceful negotiations to resolve the dispute.
"This commitment is coupled with an unwavering certainty: our claim will not be relinquished, resigned, or abandoned," Mr Quirno writes.
"The Falkland Islands are history, territory, sea, memory, and destiny. They are a promise between generations. They are the voice of a nation that knows how to wait without giving up and knows how to demand without surrendering."
The essay represents the long-standing views of the Argentine government. But it comes after the Falklands debate was reignited this year by reports that the Trump administration had discussed changing US policy on the islands.
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The Falklanders don’t want you. Get over it.
Land belongs to those that can defend it, get over it, or go to war.
The funny part is that Argentina is whiter than the US, being 78% European.
Was an uninhabited island when the British came in. Argentina was not even a country the .
Doesn’t matter.
Britain can’t defend it and it gets taken.
Just like Greenland, Canada and ukraine will be.
Argentina will save the Falklands from becoming part of the Caliphate
Which is why we are changing our policy towards the Falklands.
Where is the “Not this Sh$t again guy”?
The question becomes, are the Falkland Islander better off under Argentine rule or relocating to the UK?
Neither is a good situation for them.
The Russians occupying Crimea don't want the Ukrainians either. Occupation doesn't equal rightful possession.
this is still all about the massive oil reserves 200 or so miles south east of the islands
When did Argentina ever have the Falklands? its been British since the 1830s. Crying about it doesn’t make it yours.
Right now Argentina is whiter than UK.
Correct.
But this is no longer Margaret Thatcher's Britain.
And Elizabeth II is not the Queen today.
The UK won a war and the population later voted to remain
under the UK. What is illegitimate about that? I am really sick of this stuff.
if islands far off your coast belong to you, then the Bahamas belong to the USA
Unless Argentina is willing to militarily invade the island and occupy it then it doesn’t really matter who is running England right now.
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