Falkland Islands: Argentina Ambassador Says Self-Determination 'Does Not Apply' To Territory

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4. Cant even get her definitions right.

An enclave by definition is a small region of land surrounded on at least 3 sides by one country.
in this case Argentina.

As a group of islands 460 or so kilometers of the coast of South America, The Falklands cannot be considered an enclave.

They are an archipelago.

And based upon their history and the fact that some of the islanders, quite a few in fact can trace their ancestry back to the original settlers in the 1820's and earlier, which is even prior to the 1st 1832 Argentine invasion, they most certainly have the right to self determination.

Argentina signed away their rights to the Islands in the 1850 Argentine/Brittish peace agreement.
Spain relinquished their rights to the islands in 1863, so Argentina could not have enherited the rights to them in the first place.

It is the height of arrogance that Argentina would take the Falkland Islands away from the very people who live their
and do so most definately against their wishes.

The original 1982 invasion by Argentina included plans for "ethnic" cleansing. They were going to round up the islanders and dump them in Montivedao. Then replace them with thousands of loyal Argentines. It was only the swift reaction of the British in swiflty putting their task force into action that foiled Argentina's dispicable plans.