It will soon be the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War. My blog will holding a celebration all year. In honor of the event, I am going out right now to buy a Bears wool sweatshirt made of Falklands sheep (sheep outnumber people 200-1).
Apparently, Britain and Argentina are still fighting over the territorial issues.
Falkland Islands An Unsettled Issue 25 Years After War: Contending Claims by Argentina, Britain Burden Relations as Anniversary Nears
"The windblown archipelago is once again claiming headlines here, climbing back near the top of Argentina's international agenda a quarter-century after its military surrendered the territory to Britain.
Last week Argentina aimed yet another rhetorical dart at Britain, publicly reasserting its claim to islands it says were stolen by the English in 1833. The British should be getting the message by now: President Nestor Kirchner's government in the past year has issued official complaints concerning rights to the islands at a rate of more than one per month."
1 comment:
When Argentina previously fought for the Malvina islands, they were undergoing a political transition from military disctatorship to a democratic rule. The war was only a pretext to unify the people.This did not happen. The political instability caused the lack of unification for a successful war. The past war cannot serve as a base for comparison, for Argentina has advanced politically. Who knows, maybe this time the British may need to pick up their bags and leave.
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