which place is more representative of British empire..GIBRALTAR(EUROPE);or ISLAS MALVINAS(ARGENTINA)???

Answer 1

Las Malvinas pertenecieron al territorio argentino desde el momento de que nos independizamos... Inglaterra robo las islas mucho antes de nuestra independencia, y Francia se peleaba por tenerlas, luego este ultimo abandono la pelea e Inglaterra se quedó, después Los españoles lograron que se fueran y los ingleses "firmaron un tratado para diciendo que nunca jamas volverían a meterse con las islas Malvinas y del atlántico sur"... Pero luego (gracias a EE.UU!) los ingleses aprovechan un momento débil de las islas y las toman nuevamente.

"42 años, desde 1774 hasta 1816, las islas pertenecieron al Birreinato del Rio de La Plata.
17 años, desde 1816 hasta 1833, las islas pertenecieron a la Argentina, y despues fueron tomadas injustamente"

Esta es la historia completa:
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dff6bkv5_7gvg9nx
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Las ONU no acepta la soberanía del reino unido sobre las islas Malvinas, ni tampoco los países de sudamericanos, cualquier persona que sepa hacer uso de la razón tiene que estar en contra de la soberanía inglesa sobre las islas.

Otra cosa, los habitantes actuales de las islas son el producto de algo mucho mayor, ellos no tienen poder de decision sobre este tema, por que muchos creen que ellos tienen que decidir, y por supuesto que se quieren quedar, si son ricos gracias a la pesca y el petróleo.

Si se quieren quedar que lo hagan (aunque no me gusta la idea), pero no van a tener el poder para decidir en un tema que los supera ampliamente.

Answer 2

well, id go for the Falklands... it was only ever the malvinas when argentina decided they wanted them for themselves.. and in true British Empire style, we went to war 8000 miles from home, lost 70% of our battle group and supplies, walked with full kits some 200 miles from goose green to Stanley and kicked argentinian harse all teh way.

and now look at it, a beautiful rugged safe haven for members of the British Empire to loive in and enjoy in safety. at this point i should mention, the last war we lost was about a 1000 years ago... yes, weve had our ar ses kicked... but were not americans, we dont give up. we have a mission.. so we string the bow to give it purpose... and let fly the dogs of war.

the world seems to foget what we are, the common perception is of a weak underclass of overweight boozers who're good for nothing bar fighting on football terraces... until we have a common purpose. then a thousand years of tradition and history comes into play. we are slavers, not slaves, we dictate, we are not dictated to. we opress and subjugate..we free and educate...

and being a part of the British Empire still means something... i dont think there is a nation on this earth we havent been at war with.. and teh last 60 years have been the most peaceful in our long and illustrious history.. (the falklands was just a weekend skirmish) andother phrase springs to mind.. let sleeping dogs lie.

Answer 3

The Falkland Islands (not the malvinas, remember 1982) and Gibraltar are equally good examples of small islands who strongly desire to remain British. There hasn't been a British empire for a long time.

Answer 4

I can think of one more place where the british policy is trying until today to undermind another country and stay illegally in a region that used to be under the gay british empire... the island of Cyprus.

Answer 5

There is no British Empire anymore.

There are small parts of the globe that still come under British rule.

The Argentinians still can't handle the fact that they got their arses REALLY badly kicked by the British in the Falklands war. Its sad really. They need to move on.

Answer 6

We are realy in a minefield with this loaded question.It is difficult to be objective,but here goes.
The populations of both places continue to reiterate their preference to remain under the Crown.
Taking into account your name,I doubt if you are looking at this objectively,and the aftermath of the Spanish Empire remains with us in the form of Ceuta in North Africa and the chaos of Spanish Sahara.
All we can do is to strive to accept these remnants of history and to protect the indigenous peoples,especially in South America

Answer 7

Only been to Gibralter but must say it really is incredibly British, the worst kind of British but proud of it all the same

Answer 8

neither is very representative of the empire in the fact that the inhabitants are white and english speaking. the empire was primarily asian and african. these two places are completely different.

i'd go with india or s. africa as being representative.

Answer 9

there isnt a british empire hasnt been for a long time and anywhere which wants independace rom britain only has to ask as many places have

Answer 10

ISLAS MALVINAS, even if the British claim is theirs, that doesn't change the fact Britons robbed them of Argentinians, as they did with the rest of their colonies