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(36,943 posts)we know what Britain did in many areas to the indigenous populations with their "claiming", or rather cleansing ...
In regard to Las Malvinas specifically -
The first buildings in Las Malvinas or the Falklands as the British call the islands in the South Atlantic were houses made of stone and were built by Argentinean hands.
It was in 1831 when forty men led by Luis Vernet, the first Argentinean commander in Las Malvinas settled here. Along with him came his wife, María who gave birth a girl who was christened Malvinas. The Argentinean settlement in this merciless land didnt last long though.
In 1833 the British colonial power invaded Las Mavinas, and what happen afterwards is now called ethnic cleansing hundreds of English settlers were artificially introduced while all Argentineans were expelled ...
Much more here: http://theconversation.com/las-malvinas-or-falkland-islands-british-or-argentinean-6106