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47. Funny, given how much of a hard-on the Argie gov't has

Reply to forest444 (Reply #46)

Wed Mar 30, 2016, 08:39 AM

Mar 2016

in at least pretending they want to take back the islands...

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UN expands Argentine sovereignty over maritime area [View all] forest444 Mar 2016 OP

It is a very large continental shelf. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #1

The folks at Google have really outdone themselves with Google Earth. forest444 Mar 2016 #4

I do think this is correct (pssst: for Uruguay too!). Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #12

That's the rub, isn't it. forest444 Mar 2016 #15

Ah. Fishing is a very immediate issue Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #17

Beautiful! forest444 Mar 2016 #23

Yes. Here, I have made very good friends from both countries, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #24

You're a true man (or lady) of the world. forest444 Mar 2016 #26

With you too, forest444. Man of the world in no way, except Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #38

The Falklands still have their 200 mile economic zone hack89 Mar 2016 #2

Well, it means the western half of said zone is now illegal per international laws of the sea. forest444 Mar 2016 #3

No, that is not what it says hack89 Mar 2016 #5

That's exactly what it says, whether you know it - and like it - or not. forest444 Mar 2016 #6

The proper thing would be to let the people of the Falklands decide hack89 Mar 2016 #7

On the sovereignty dispute perhaps - which this ruling does not impact at all. forest444 Mar 2016 #8

As regards Diego Garcia, I/we doubt British people, nor governments Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #14

That's a good point. forest444 Mar 2016 #21

. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #25

I did! forest444 Mar 2016 #28

Wasn't the population of Argentina mostly "implanted" from Spain? Nye Bevan Mar 2016 #34

During the French Revolutionary years Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #37

Nope. Everything from Argentina to Antarctica is now Argentina's, except for the 12 mile bubble. Xithras Mar 2016 #9

Excellent find. Thank you, Xithras. forest444 Mar 2016 #10

Well, I wouldn't go that far Xithras Mar 2016 #13

The part of the UN decision covering seafloor around South Georgia Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #36

Argentina has recognized a 160 mile exclusionary fishing zone around the Falklands hack89 Mar 2016 #11

Come to some agreement. Naturally. Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #16

I don't know about that. Argentina may be more willing to negotiate now. Xithras Mar 2016 #18

I think the big deal for the Falklands is the fisheries hack89 Mar 2016 #19

You exaggerate, Xithras. There is no connection Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #20

Nope. I copied that map straight off the UN website, right out of the approved proposal. Xithras Mar 2016 #22

Ok. "Those claims are independent of the Argentine continental shelf." Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #27

I'm just glad they have Michelle Bachelet there, not some Pinochet grease monkey like Piñera. forest444 Mar 2016 #29

Yes and no. Xithras Mar 2016 #30

I'm guessing the msp comes from Argentins's submission, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #40

That's insane. That area is bigger than the entirety of Argentina itself. NT Adrahil Mar 2016 #35

Guardian: Falkland Islands lie in Argentinian waters, rules UN commission Judi Lynn Mar 2016 #31

Excellent update. Thank you, Judi. forest444 Mar 2016 #32

I think it all just depends on what christx30 Mar 2016 #33

No the British won't comply forest. Its a non-binding decision of the UN. Britain isn't going Bacchus4.0 Mar 2016 #44

Here is the UN CLCS press release: Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #39

So Macri and his minister appear to be exaggerating, Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #41

US State Department cable in relation to Argentina's 2009 submission Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #42

So when does the invasion force land for Falklands War II? Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #43

Sometime during the middle of one of Cameron's wet dreams. forest444 Mar 2016 #46

Funny, given how much of a hard-on the Argie gov't has Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #47

Flag waving is key to all retail politics. forest444 Mar 2016 #48

UK Gov speaks: Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #45