Does anyone else find it strange Argentina still thinks they won the Falklands War?

[Wally]

Hilarious! So now "Milei gave the Malvinas to the UK". OK!

He also described Milei as a ”guy so coward that he already decided to hand over the Malvinas to the United Kingdom (...) Because he is a subordinate to the imperial powers. Here in Venezuela we do not subordinate ourselves to the imperial powers. We have not done it and we never will.”

Venezuela denies safe-conducts to asylum seekers in Argentine embassy

Venezuela's regime Wednesday denied Argentina's request for safe-conducts whereby six dissidents housed in the diplomatic mission in Caracas would be able to reach the airport and take a flight to Buenos Aires, government strongman Diosdado Cabello confirmed while calling Argentine President...

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[Nasdaq]

Hilarious! So now "Milei gave the Malvinas to the UK". OK!

He also described Milei as a ”guy so coward that he already decided to hand over the Malvinas to the United Kingdom (...) Because he is a subordinate to the imperial powers. Here in Venezuela we do not subordinate ourselves to the imperial powers. We have not done it and we never will.”

Venezuela denies safe-conducts to asylum seekers in Argentine embassy

Venezuela's regime Wednesday denied Argentina's request for safe-conducts whereby six dissidents housed in the diplomatic mission in Caracas would be able to reach the airport and take a flight to Buenos Aires, government strongman Diosdado Cabello confirmed while calling Argentine President...

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This is what we call some serious SPIN. Ha.

 

[Digital Nomad]

This makes sense to actually let the locals determine what they want.

A forum on decolonization calling on two other countries to decide the future of the Falklands people?

The speech was delivered in Venezuela by Teslyn Barkman Falkland Islands MLA at the Caribbean Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, (14/16 May), ahead of the Special Committee on Decolonization later this year.

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[GlasgowJohn]

Did anyone ask the good lady from the Falklands any questions?

 

[Larry]

Did anyone ask the good lady from the Falklands any questions?

No of course not. NONE of the people on the Falklands want to have anything to do with Argentina. Why would they? They never want to go back to Argentina. It should be the will of the people. I read somewhere once that those people would have to vote for it anyway and they would never vote for it. There is no turning back now, IMHO..

 

[LongIslander]

Did anyone ask the good lady from the Falklands any questions?

In the end, the locals there would never agree to lose their UK citizenship. I read Argentina bribed them with $2 million each at one point. I don't think many would even agree if Argentina agreed to pay which I doubt they ever could come up with that money.

 

[Vince]

All of these countries want the vast natural resources that the area has. There is $$$$$$ there. $$$$ makes people do crazy things.

 

[Sunny]

In the end, the locals there would never agree to lose their UK citizenship. I read Argentina bribed them with $2 million each at one point. I don't think many would even agree if Argentina agreed to pay which I doubt they ever could come up with that money.

Argentina should never pay the islanders any money. If this country someday becomes wealthy again, the islanders might choose to become Argentine citizens.

 

[Silvia]

Argentina should never pay the islanders any money. If this country someday becomes wealthy again, the islanders might choose to become Argentine citizens.

Agree 100%. With the way things are going in the UK you never know. My brother lives in the UK and he witnessed a stabbing the other day on the metro. He said stabbings there are common now. Maybe one day Argentina becomes wealthier again.

 

[StatusNomadicus]

UK

and USA, and many other "first-world" places, becoming less safe and more expensive. in the end, people will realize that being stuck to a piece of land isn't always the best for their family

https://twitter.com/x/status/1791679804409823734

2019 SanFran:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1175639294943334400

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[Avocado]

Interesting! I didn’t know things have gotten so bad in States.

 

[Avocado]

For you information

Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British...

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[Betsy Ross]

and USA, and many other "first-world" places, becoming less safe and more expensive. in the end, people will realize that being stuck to a piece of land isn't always the best for their family

Most of my friends didn't understand when I decided to move here many years ago. I could see the direction the US was headed in. People always fighting about politics. Half the population dead set fighting against the other. No one listens to reason. Taxes keep going up. Crime going up. Illegal migrants entering. What is happening today unlocked my worst nightmares. It does seem like politicians are bringing in migrants to eventually vote. I'm not sure but it is not the same country I was born in and lived most of my life. Argentina suits me just fine.

 

[FuturoBA]

Most of my friends didn't understand when I decided to move here many years ago. I could see the direction the US was headed in. People always fighting about politics. Half the population dead set fighting against the other. No one listens to reason. Taxes keep going up. Crime going up. Illegal migrants entering. What is happening today unlocked my worst nightmares. It does seem like politicians are bringing in migrants to eventually vote. I'm not sure but it is not the same country I was born in and lived most of my life. Argentina suits me just fine.

Most people are too scared to make a big change or make up excuses for why they can't leave while continuing to live their unsatisfying lives back home. Of course not everyone has the means or opportunity to make such a move, but even those that can too often stay put. It takes a certain courage to go against the grain, against friends and family, and to find a more suitable place that fits your needs.

 

[Silvia]

Most people are too scared to make a big change or make up excuses for why they can't leave while continuing to live their unsatisfying lives back home. Of course not everyone has the means or opportunity to make such a move, but even those that can too often stay put. It takes a certain courage to go against the grain, against friends and family, and to find a more suitable place that fits your needs.

Yes many American and Canadian friends are planning to leave in the next 2 years. I have never heard all my life so many people unhappy with their countries. Something is going on.

 

[Betsy Ross]

Most people are too scared to make a big change or make up excuses for why they can't leave while continuing to live their unsatisfying lives back home. Of course not everyone has the means or opportunity to make such a move, but even those that can too often stay put. It takes a certain courage to go against the grain, against friends and family, and to find a more suitable place that fits your needs.

100%. It was not easy to make the decision. But I am glad I did. For several decades my focus was only on working. My life was only about working. Had a few friends get sick and one passed away and that just showed me to change my priorities in life. Got an offer at work to take an early pension and glad I did. They are not offering them anymore.

It might not be for everyone and not everyone will have the opportunity to do it but I am glad I did. The only thing I probably would have done differently was to have kept my house and just rented it as the value has gone up many times over. But hindsight is 20-20.

 

[Betsy Ross]

Falklands - the world's most valuable real estate now.

The scramble for Antarctica's black gold

Deep beneath the harsh wasteland of the Antarctic shelf lies a prize hundreds of millions of years in the making.

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[Spend Thrift]

The Falklands "has a lot to give the world". It sure does!

MLAs to UN C24 conference: “Falklands have a lot to give the world in fisheries and science”

The Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLA Teslyn Barkman and MLA Gavin Short will represent the Falkland Islands at the upcoming United Nations Decolonization Committee or C-24 conference in New York at the beginning of June.

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[Finance Prof]

Doesn't sound like the locals ever want to come back to Argentina!

Falklands' Legislative Assembly note the Dissolution of Parliament at Westminster and the Elections

The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly notes the announcement by the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, that the Parliament at Westminster is to be dissolved and a General Election convened for Thursday, 4 July, 2024.

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[wonka]

For Argentina, it's a wound that is still open. Even an Argentine studio is creating a video game about the Falklands War, which they've named "Malvinas: The Last Card".

https://twitter.com/x/status/1793399843269796083