What country has a rightful claim to The Falkland Islands/Las Malvinas?

Question

Does Argentina and/or the United Kingdom has a rightful claim to this remote South Atlantic island group?

Yahoo! News: 'Falkland Islands dispute heats up'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060808/wl_csm/omalvinas

Answer 1

In theory you would think Argentina, but the Falklands have been a British dependancy since 1833. They govern themselves, but consider themselves to be British. Isnt it more about what the people of the Falklands want anyway? As part of a UN resolution too, the people of the Falklands must vote and hold a referendum to be rid of any British interest, which they apparently dont want.

And we place value on the islands because we're pretty fiercely territorial. Gibraltar anyone?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty_of_the_Falkland_Islands

Answer 2

Sounds like, from the article, that the people who actually live there would rather be self-governing citizens of the U.K., not Argentina. As far as who has the lawful right to the Islands, I do not know.

Apparently the islands were discovered and named by the British in 1690. It wasn't settled until 1764, and then by the French, not the British. The French gave the Islands their "other" name, Îles Malouines (the Spanish changed this to the more common, Las Malvinas.) The British laid claim to the western islands in 1765, twelve years before the Spanish took over control from the French.

The British were there before the Spanish, and thus the Argentines, and therefore are the rightful owners of the Falkland Islands.

Answer 3

England has no declare over the Falklands. it extremely is a British based Territory. do no longer confuse the Spanish approximately what's English and what's British extremely in case you're in Catalonia. The Islands have been uninhabited while Europeans first got here upon them. The Spanish first tried to colonise them yet abandoned them. while Britain took them over, there have been no inhabitants. because then, the human inhabitants have been sheep farmers of Scottish origins. Argentina took an interest incredibly those days while international rules on mineral rights to the sea mattress got here into rigidity. by applying claiming the Falklands, Argentina might desire to lay declare to the mineral rights of a extensive bite of the South Atlantic. The locals had different innovations. Argentina's declare is surely spurious. It has in no way had sovereignty over the Falklands. the closest element to the Falklands on the South American mainland is Cape Virgins in Chile. If countries had a stunning to declare islands because of the fact they're close by, France might desire to declare Jersey and Guernsey and the united kingdom might desire to snatch eire.

Answer 4

Wow, is it 1982 again already?

Screw Argentina! I believe the Falklands were part of Her Majesty's empire before those sons of cross-dressing Spaniards had a country.

Where's the Iron Lady when we need her?

Answer 5

UK.... The people hold UK passports and want to remain a dependant island of the UK, not be part of a banrupt country that still has to come to terms with its bloody dictatorial past.

Bit like saying who has the greater claim over Texas. The USA or Mexico ?

Answer 6

Argentina has the rightful claim to the Islands. It is their homeland. Imperialism; murder and theft is very old fashioned to say the least. Imperialism is ugly any way you look at it. It belongs in the garbage can so peaceful way's can be truly realized.

"""It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, ruled us we should have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilized men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence."""
-Mahatma Gandhi

The decendent's of the English are the majority of the population there now though. The damage has already been done... The people should have the government they wish for at this point.

Answer 7

Argentina makes more sense. Not sure why the British place such a high value on those miserable windswept rocks.

Answer 8

Argentina... definitely But HRH will probably disagree with me

Answer 9

can they both chill out...little shitty islands that have no tourists nor natural resources