Argentina and the United Kingdom compete this archipelago of the South Atlantic occupied by the British. President Fernandez paid tribute to the 649 Argentine soldiers fallen during the bloody conflict of 1982.
Le Monde with AFP
Forty years after the 74-day war lost by the Argentine troops sent under the last dictatorship of the country (1976-1983), President Alberto Fernandez claimed on Saturday 2 April, the sovereignty of his country on the Malvino Islands, occupied by the British,
“Honor to our soldiers (…) The Malvines were, are and will be Argentine. We will never give up on our demands,” said Fernandez, at a ceremony in the gardens of the Museum of Malouines, in Buenos Aires.
The Head of State Argentine urged the United Kingdom “to abandon its unjustified and disproportionate military presence on these islands, which only put the tension in a region that is characterized by being a zone of peace and International cooperation. “
Many events across the country
Thousands of militants from left-handen organizations parade in the capital, up to the Embassy of Great Britain, against “British imperialist aggression”. In many cities in the country, tens of thousands of people, including veterans, also participated in ceremonies, vigils and torchlight steps, in tribute to the deaths of this war. At the end of aerial, land and naval battles, 649 Argentine soldiers died, and 255 British.
for Argentina, these Î The malvinas and inherited from the Spanish crown after the independence of the country, were occupied by the British troops in 1833, the governor and the Argentine settlers being then expelled to the continent.
The United Kingdom argues that nearly 100% of the 2,000 inhabitants of the archipelago, located about 12,600 km as the crow flies of London and that it calls the Falklands, approved the Maintenance under British control during a referendum in 2013. This is the main argument of London to ignore a United Nations resolution of 1965 evoking a conflict of sovereignty and inviting the two countries to negotiate.
