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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, Spanish. That's the point. There were penguins, then was French, it was Spanish, it was British. It was never Argentinian. There were never civilians there.

The only civilians who have lived there are the Falkland Islanders, who identify as British. Argentina's claim is based on the Spanish once having a very limited military presence there, on which basis they want to assert some sort of imperialist sovereignty over a bunch of civilians whose ancestors have been there for hundreds of years and who have only ever considered themselves British.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

There were penguins, then was French, it was Spanish, it was British. It was never Argentinian.

They inherited the islands from Spain (as per their claim) when they won their independence from Spain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_dispute

Those islands are allot closer to Argentina than Great Britain, and closer to Argentina than Hawaii is from the US.