Milei Escalates Falklands Dispute With Threats Against British Oil Operations

Israeli investors in crosshairs of Argentina's Milei over Falklands oil project - Reuters

Israeli investors in crosshairs of Argentina's Milei over Falklands oil project  Reuters

Trump's response is key as Argentina's Falklands demands get louder

With Argentina's President Milei promising "winds of change" over the Falklands, will Donald Trump shift his stance on British rule?

Trump’s ‘retribution’ could now include Falklands as favor to Milei – and revenge on the UK

US president suggests he might support his Argentinian acolyte’s drive to reclaim sovereignty of disputed islands Donald Trump has long embraced vengeance. “I am your retribution,” he declared to an admiring audience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as he commenced his march back to the White House. It is unlikely Argentina, and far-flung holdovers of the former British empire, were on the US president’s mind at the time. Continue reading...

By Robert Tait in Washington

Javier Milei threat to Falklands oil sends Rockhopper shares down - The Times

Javier Milei threat to Falklands oil sends Rockhopper shares down  The Times

‘Winds of change’: How Milei is stirring Falklands claim amid Trump-UK spat

Analysts say Argentina's president sees an opportunity to exploit Trump’s growing tensions with London.

Milei announces construction of navy base after British oil exploration of the Falkland Islands

Argentine President Javier Milei escalated his country’s long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands on Thursday, praising U.S. President Donald Trump for saying Washington could reconsider its historically neutral stance on the islands’ sovereignty and vowing new measures to halt an offshore oil project near the British-controlled archipelago.

Argentina has threatened to seize the Falklands. There is one problem: their military is in tatters

The Argentine president said Britain was ‘in decline’ in a broadcast on Thursday, as a result of what he called ‘crises of a migratory, demographic and economic character’

By James C. Reynolds

Argentina’s Milei threatens sanctions on Falklands oil developers while citing Trumps openness to rethink the U.S.’ stance

Argentina's president argues oil development would entrench Britain’s presence, raising the economic stakes of the decades-old territorial dispute

By The Associated Press, Isabel Debre

The Falklands oil at the heart of new row between the UK and Argentina

The two nations face their biggest diplomatic dispute since their 1982 war

By Jonathan Leake

UK asserts 'unshakeable' Falklands commitment after Milei presses claim - International - World - Ahram Online

UK asserts 'unshakeable' Falklands commitment after Milei presses claim - International - World  Ahram Online

Milei’s history with Malvinas, from admiring Thatcher to defending sovereignty

The Argentine president made an almost 180° turn on his position on the conflict. What did he use to say about it? La entrada Milei’s history with Malvinas, from admiring Thatcher to defending sovereignty se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald.

By Martina Jaureguy

Milei's Malvinas measures: What the President announced in his speech

From a new naval base in Tierra del Fuego to a National Security Council, President Javier Milei announced a six-point package in Thursday night's national broadcast. Leer más

By James Grainger

Argentina ups the ante as Falkland Islands issue gains fresh attention

Buenos Aires: With the issue of the Falkland Islands gaining fresh momentum, Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday said that his government would...

By Times of Oman