Milei assures that Falkland Islanders will “prefer being Argentine"

Javier Milei overturned Argentina’s historic claim to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands and admitted the right of the “Malvins”—so he recognized the people of the archipelago—to choose their nationality. On Veteran and Fallen Day in the war that 43 years ago confronted the South American country with the United Kingdom, the ultra-rightist president decided not to take part in the main tribute. Instead of traveling to Tierra del Fuego, where …

Milei assures that Falkland Islanders will “prefer being Argentine"

Buenos Aires, (EFE). – Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed his country’s claim over the Falkland Islands (known as the Malvinas in Argentina) on the 43rd anniversary of the 1982 Falklands War, declaring that his government seeks to make Argentina so strong that the islanders, themselves, will choose to become Argentine. “We hope that one the ...

Veterans and members of political, social and trade union organizations of Argentina participate on Wednesday in events to commemorate Veteran and Fallen Day in Malvinas, an island territory in dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Argentine media reported that there are acts throughout the country to honor the soldiers who gave their lives fighting in the islands during the 1982 war between that South American nation and the United …

After 43 years of the Falklands War, President Javier Milei led an act in the Plaza San Martín, in Retiro, in the city of Buenos Aires. The president decided not to travel to the central celebration in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, where he was his vice, Victoria Villarruel, with whom he is strongly distanced. In his speech, which was broadcast by national chain, Milei claimed responsibility for the role of the Armed Forces and criticized the previ…

The President of the Nation, Javier Milei, together with the Minister of Defense, Luis Petri, led this morning the event for the Day of the Veteran and the Fallen in the Malvinas War in the cenotafio located in San Martín Square, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Retiro, where the value and sacrifice at the service of the Fatherland of the officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers who in 1982 fought in defense of national sovereignty wa…

In the middle of Veteran's Day and the Fallen in the Falklands War, and after his speech in Plaza San Martín, President Javier Milei returned to the center of the controversy by sharing on his X (ex Twitter) account a song by the British band Queen, a fact that was interpreted as a contradictory gesture on the most sensitive date in terms of national sovereignty. According to the Argentine News Agency, the president published the theme “Friends …