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Argentina calls UK shameful for colonizing Malvinas
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says the British should be shameful for its continued colonization of the Malvinas Islands, also known as the Falklands. "The United Kingdom should be ashamed of itself," said Fernandez on Tuesday, in an address to the Peruvian parliament in Lima, according to Reuters. She called on the countries in the region to throw their weight behind Buenos Aires in an effort to urge Britain abandon the Malvinas Islands, which she described as "the last colonial enclave on the continent." Argentina claims the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean. Britain has ruled the Islands as a colony since the 19th century. Argentina and Britain went to a brief and bloody war in 1982 over the Islands, though Buenos Aires failed to recover them mainly due to the British military superiority that enjoyed the backing of US naval forces. The row has been reignited between the two governments following Britain's recent oil exploration in the area that Argentina regards a violation of its sovereignty. President Fernandez has gone to Peru to mend ties after 16 years of severed relations. Posted by: Fred 2010-03-25 |
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