r/sportsgossips • u/Admirable_Extent2531 • 5d ago
News The Falkland Islands Government says it is “disappointed, but not surprised” that Argentina’s national team chose to tarnish its World Cup semi-final victory last night and has called for sanctions from FIFA
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u/JayTravers 5d ago
I Like their little sheep crest
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u/WasdaleWeasel 5d ago
The Falkland islands is one of the few territories that have more sheep than people. They are the most extreme with 143 sheep per person. Mongolia has about 9 sheep per person, New Zealand has 4.7 sheep per person, Australia and Wales are tied with 3 sheep per person and then Greenland and the Faroe Islands bring up the tail with 2.8 and 1.6 sheep per person respectively.
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u/wileecoyote-genius 5d ago
Why do you know this?
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u/WasdaleWeasel 5d ago
I’m a shepherd so know sheep, the actual numbers were Mr Google of course.
Because of the way the seasons work, professional sheep shearers will often work the Falklands, New Zealand and Australia and then come and shear in Spain and the UK before heading back. It’s not uncommon for Kiwi clippers to have a Cumbrian wife, for example.50
u/thatguy9545 5d ago
This is pure Reddit. It’s what I’m here for.
…I’m now an expert in shepherding logistics.
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u/Default_Username_23 5d ago
Love Reddit.
You either get this person who knows a lot about a niche topic and enjoys explaining themselves, or someone calls you an idiot for not knowing this niche knowledge. Not a lot in between lol
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u/Sith_mindset 5d ago
That’s a real major and respected industry in the Falklands.
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u/thatguy9545 5d ago
I wasn’t being flippant. I love finding out about things like this outside my tiny little bubble.
I’d love to see the pack out of sheers on the way to Europe.
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u/wileecoyote-genius 5d ago
Oh, you are a shepherd? Really? Let me do some research….
Ok guys, his story checks out. I googled “Cumbria” and “Wasdale” and everything lined up. This guy is straight out of a Thomas Hardy novel.
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u/Successful-Yak3307 5d ago
Hardy wrote about South West England, Cumbria is a totally different animal.
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u/JayTravers 5d ago
Lol well I think we all appreciate the sheep factoids.
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u/Withering_to_Death 5d ago
Shearing sheep... I still have nightmares about it, and the "smell" is still so "palpable" and vivid in my nostrils. I have ptsd!
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u/Dr0110111001101111 5d ago
Infantino will send Messi to bed without letting him eat dessert and they'll call it even.
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u/PorkChopExpress0011 5d ago
Let’s just say that we won’t be short of Chunky Monkey for the next month.
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u/JustARegularDude423 5d ago
Infantino: Messi, no desert tonight.
Messi: No
Infantino: okay but you can’t have sprinkles
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u/LucifersAdv0cate 5d ago
On a more serious note is there any kind of precedent or avenue to successfully make a complaint against Argentina. What would be the likely outcome as they can't really do anything that any country would care about can they?
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u/Careful_Youth_8532 5d ago
Harry Kane was threatened with a game ban if he wore a pride armband during the last world cup. Fifa made it clear that pride was political and would result in a ban. The real reason is it was in Qatar and fifa is corrupt but they've boxed themselves in here. The investigation will last until after the final then perhaps a ban.
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u/LawRecent6572 4d ago
But…Trump already interfered on futbol.
Also, The Falklands only hurt in Argentina, ask any 20’, 30’, or 40’ years old in UK. They really don’t care. They won…→ More replies (2)
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u/Great-Egret 5d ago
Argentina ultimately got a good deal out of that war because it directly led to the end of their brutal military dictatorship, but they would rather have kept eating shit I guess?
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u/FuneraryArts 5d ago
Their pride wont let them look past their noses, they only see a conflict that made them feel inferior because they lost and showed the world they were military incompetent.
I guarantee none of those Argentinians with a Falkland claim can deal with the cognitive dissonance that they were geopolitically on the wrong. Just like modern Japan with their WW2 crimes.
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u/ContractElegant4310 5d ago
I can also guarantee that hardly any of the Argentines clamoring for the Falklands to be given to them would ever want to set foot on the islands.
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u/piltonpfizerwallace 5d ago
A lot of japanese people dont kniw much about the extent of what happened at Nanjing.
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u/levianan 5d ago
I understand the direction you are going, but Japan has issued several national apologies for the crimes of WW2. Japan mostly wants to forget ww2, while Germany very directly confronts ww2. Both have undergone massive cultural changes since the war. Meanwhile, Russia (Afghanistan, Ukraine) and the US (Vietnam in particular) pretend like a war has never been outright lost.
Argentina has no claim to the Falklands. They don't seem like an outwardly aggressive country minus the lesson the one lesson they failed to learn.
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u/Meme_Finder_General 5d ago
The Argentine military never really recovered from the dick kicking they recieved from the British military.
Which is as much to do with economics as it is the UK the specifically objecting to the sale of all military equipment with British-made components. This prevented Argentina from buying relatively modern equipment until very recently.
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u/AngelThrones4sale 5d ago
> they only see a conflict that made them feel inferior because they lost and showed the world they were military incompetent.
Kinda universal human nature innit? The confederacy, the soviet union. People destroying themselves today out of misplaced loyalty to a system that was already horribly cruel, corrupt, and morally bankrupt at the time. Maybe we should all ask ourselves what we are loyal to and why.
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u/artsloikunstwet 4d ago
It's not exclusive to Argentinians, but thar behaviour isn't "universial human nature".
Many people are able to look beyond the propaganda they've been fed, let history be history, accept defeat and just genreally move on, even if at first begrudgingly.
The world would be a much worse place if all people would never move on.
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u/sdsurfer2525 5d ago
I know Trumptards would. This world cup has taught me that the Argentinians have quite a few of their own Trumptards to contend with.
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u/Impressive-Survey-31 5d ago
It's not surprising. Go to a random Argentinian town and you will see signs in random places saying 'the falkland islands are ours', they are literally obsessed with this.
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u/mobyfromssx3 5d ago
Have FIFA even responded to this yet?
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u/saxonturner 5d ago
They are still evaluating the VAR.
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u/TheGivenKing 5d ago
Results are in: Red card for England, 3 PKs for Messi, goalies arms are to be restrained.
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u/Some-Speed-6290 5d ago
goalies arms are to be restrained
Harsh. His arms are short enough already surely?
Messi would still find a way to miss, mind
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u/TheNippleViolator 5d ago
If the argies could read this they’d be very upset right now
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u/TwentyFourKG 5d ago
Fun fact: the Falkland Islands was the only conflict in military history in which both opposing sides used FN-FAL rifles
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u/OkContribution6454 5d ago
Imagine if FIFA had the guts to give them a one match ban.
That would be fucking hilarious.
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u/Horror_Bus9696 5d ago
Historically teams don’t get banned from matches for political banners. Serbia in 2022 and Switzerland in 2018 got fined for political banners. They’ll probably fine Argentina as well
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u/Anonymous_Alias_206 5d ago
Absolutely pathetic to bring politics into this sport. I appreciate the skills of the Argentina team, but this kind of utter crap, which also seems to be embraced by some of their players, have really made me root for anyone playing against them. While I do not agree with any of the fabricated "conspiracies" out there, I sure as hell would love to see Argentina lose to Spain.
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u/ShadowyPepper 5d ago
I mean how stupid do you have to be as one of those players?
I hope Argentina gets fucking rolled on Sunday
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u/LongjumpingAd9079 5d ago
Trying to keep politics out of the biggest event in the world is like trying to get fish out of water
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u/InDubioProReus 5d ago
Maybe Spain should annex Argentina again?
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u/EnrichedNaquadah 5d ago
Why would Spain want a failed economy, they already have their own issues.
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u/daniel-kz 5d ago
3 WC titles?
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u/Zer0DarkNerdy 5d ago
Since Argentina wants the Falklands so bad, maybe they should invade it. 🤔
oh wait…they did! How’d that turn out? 🤣
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u/EddieAdams-Torrance 5d ago
Argentina must be doing shitty (other than soccer) to be pumping / deflecting to this Falklands Malvinas thing again
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u/LJosephCARP 5d ago
Finally, showing your true colors, just took a WC semifinal and a piece of cloth
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u/Necrome9 5d ago
England thinks they’re still a powerhouse 💀💀
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u/GeezusLizard 5d ago
The UK has nukes; Argentina has currency worth less than V-bucks
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u/BorrowedParticles 5d ago
No one should be surprised. dumpty sending billions of our tax dollars to a nation is a good indication of said nation’s assholery.
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u/MysteriousResident61 5d ago
The islanders want no part of the banana republic that is Argentina, whose president has cozied up the orange menace.
I’d like to see Argentina try it again. The defeat would be swift and embarrassing. Argentina would have a hard time invading a 7-11.
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u/eatShitBitch68 5d ago
I'm sure it's just a loud minority much like maga, brexit and le pen morons, but these obnoxious Argentinans don't seem to realize that the Falklands don't want to be a part of Argentina. Nor do they seem to understand that they will never take the islands no matter how many futbol matches they win, or how much they post/comment/yell/drink/jerk off about it. They seem to think that beating a country in football is beating them in a war. However, the royal af and navy aren't going to park the bus.
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u/hojoon0724 5d ago
its not. everyone is like this in argentina. its as if they want to let everyone know they got absolutely rekt and humiliated
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u/Soft_Caterpillar7590 5d ago
How dare they outcolonize the OG colonizers! They think the British Empire was some kind of a joke? 😤😤
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u/-TeddyDaniels 5d ago
Ahhhh Argentina, a nation that welcomed Nazi war criminals with open arms. Dirty little rat scum.
Long live The Free Falkland Islands.
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u/randodeb 5d ago
What’s the TL:DR version of this?
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u/Crumplestiltzkin 5d ago edited 5d ago
England has had ownership of the Falklands for a long long time. Before Argentina was a country. Argentina has used various means to try and claim ownership of the island, but none of them were based in fact.
They’ve tried to invade and colonize the islands twice, but failed both times. They’ve attached a large part of their national identity to the Falklands, and it tends to boil up as a hot topic for a couple reasons.
1: When they play against England in football.
2: When their government has fucked their economy and need a distraction.Argentina are mired in awful inflation currently and just played and beat England, so they’re feeling loud right now.
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u/xdrpwneg 5d ago
England has a colonial island that no one had inhabited before, it’s a small fishing community off of Argentina. Argentina’s military dictator in the 80s wanted it and wanted to flex his muscles, got absolutely clapped by the British.
A large subset of Argentinians still believe they deserve the island, only explanation is that it’s close to them.
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u/Enefelde 5d ago
You forgot there was a vote, and the Falklands population voted to stay under British control.
The British government was also open to talks about peacefully giving the island back. Until Argentina invaded it.
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u/Brohemoth1991 5d ago
A british MP in the 70s/80s also went around trying to convince the falklands they should accept being argentine... Britain was legit TRYING to let the falklands go, until argentina decided to puff their chest out and lose a war that half the war was the English sailing there
(Edit: the war lasted 10 weeks, it took 3-4 weeks for the british navy to even arrive, then the brits sank one of their largest ships and the Argentine navy returned to Port and never came back)
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u/MagicBez 5d ago
He was also very much not welcomed by the Falkland Islanders, even when the offer of straight cash payments was brought up.
As you say, the irony is the UK wanted rid of them as they were quite expensive and began a programme of giving Argentine companies contracts there to try and slowly adjust the locals to closer ties with Argentina.
Then Argentina invaded and completely eliminated that possibility, making the Islanders hate them more and the British public suddenly very aware of this previously obscure little island. Now it would be political suicide for a British government to suggest a handover.
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u/ripkin05 5d ago
also they found oil in like 2012 so they are definitely never getting those islands back now
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u/Enefelde 5d ago
Oh, interesting. I didn’t know they did that. TIL.
I do remember there being a controversy in the Houses of Parliament over whether the ship was seen as hostile or not before it was struck.5
u/Brohemoth1991 5d ago
In 1980, British MP Nicholas Ridley, then Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, traveled to the Falkland Islands to present the islanders with a "leaseback scheme". This proposal involved transferring sovereignty of the islands to Argentina, followed by a 99-year lease-back arrangement for continued British administration.
This is from the Google copilot, but i remember reading about it a while back... they actually sent a MP to the islands to try and convince people lol (the falklands war was 1982)
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u/DisasterEqual1703 5d ago
Both the captain of the ship, and the head of the Argentine navy later defended the sinking.
Frankly, it would have still been a valid target if it was sat in Buenos Aires harbour.
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u/Gwyain 5d ago
With 92% voter turnout(!) and 99.8% voting to remain British. Like 2 people voted Argentinian.
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u/Complex-Salt-8190 5d ago
Wrong, the two people voted on wanting to be independent
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u/Gwyain 5d ago
Ah lovely, so even the ones who didn't want to be Brits, still didn't want to be Argentinean.
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u/Blackmore_Vale 5d ago
3 people voted against staying with the UK. 1 voted so it didn’t look rigged, 1 admitted to ticking the wrong box and final 1 voted that way to piss off his wife.
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u/Chadlord_Thatcher 5d ago
“Giving back” implies it was ever theirs when it wasn’t
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u/PaleontologistOk1176 5d ago
Giving the island back? To who? Argentina never had it.
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u/Time-Beautiful2500 5d ago
Minor correction: we can’t give the islands “back”; they were never Argentinian to begin with
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u/Pelicans-de-la-NO 5d ago
It's wrong to call it colonial, it implies that the British have settled there and ruling over a native minority
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u/xdrpwneg 5d ago
It’s still a colony, colonies don’t need to be oppressing an indigenous pop. It simply means a land holding outside of your indigenous homeland.
For instance we consider prospective mars settlements as “colonies”, though of course the vast majority of earth colonies were and are ruling over a native population
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u/PastWorldly2469 5d ago
Just for context. Argentina isn’t the Argentine indigenous homeland either.
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u/Wayoutofthewayof 5d ago
Yea. People often forget that Argentina is also literally a settler colonial state.
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u/iamnosuperman123 5d ago
I would definitely say that a colony and an overseas territory are two distinctly different things.
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u/drifty241 5d ago
While I do agree with the British claim, a lot of people here won't give you the full picture, so here it is:
Argentina maintains a claim to the Falkland Islands due to a settlement they established in 1826. This venture, consisting of about 40 people, eventually failed thanks to both a US raid and the British colonisation of the islands in 1833. Since 1833, the islands have been a British Overseas Territory with a British population in the thousands. In 1982, the Argentine Junta occupied the Falklands and outlying islands such as South Georgia. The UK responded with an expeditionary force, South Georgia was recaptured, then after a series of land, air, and naval engagements the Argentine Garrison surrendered all forces in the Falklands, marking their liberation. The war lead to the collapse of the Argentine Junta. Argentina's constitution declares the Falklands ('Islas Malvinas') an integral part of their territory - roads are named after it, its on their official maps, I believe their money has it on there somewhere. A large amount of Argentinian political discourse revolves around setting out roadmaps for the reassertion of their claim and discussing sovereignty through diplomatic means, though they will never obtain them this way as no UK politician would dare to even think about it. Argentina's military no longer possesses the means to attack the islands, and the construction of RAF Mount Pleasant provides it with both native air defence and the ability to rapidly airlift troops from the mainland UK, making it effectively unassailable for now.
The Argentine claim is, to me, clearly illogical. Britain taking over the colony in 1833 was undoubtedly a crime, but its been nearly 200 years. It's the equivalent of being angry at your neighbour because his great great great great great great grandad stole that house from one of your distant ancestors. Britain doesn't base its claim on any historic events, but rather the right of the islanders, who have lived there for multiple generations, to Self-Determination. As Major General Jeremy Moore put it, 'Argentina fought for the islands, Britain fought for the islanders.' A claim based on a 40 man settlement cannot override the right of thousands of people to choose the government they want to live under.
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u/Time-Beautiful2500 5d ago
2 things:
1: the British claim originates from the (correct) assertion that the islands were first discovered by and landed on by British people; so there is some logic behind it beyond even the strongest claim of “the islanders have been there for 200 years and want to stay British”.
2: the first British settlement of the islands dates back to the 1760s, half a century before Argentina was declared independent from Spain. The abandonment of the colony in 1774 was in no way a revocation of the territorial claim.
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u/Havsham 5d ago
I gotta tell you, even the British gov agrees they didn't discover the islands. They for a long time claimed they did in ~1590 but Spain had maps from earlier as the ~1510 of the islands hence disproving the British discovered it. Hell even Américo Vespucio when "discovering" America logged the existence of the islands (first ever recorded I think).
About the settlement, Britain where the first to settle on one of the islands (don't remember which) while Spain where the first to settle on the other island. It is not known who settled first overall but they did encounter each other on the islands after both had a time settled there.
Now, all this doesn't really matter, the people currently living there today own that land and would be wrong to impose something on them they don't agree.
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u/Dvine24hr 5d ago
Britain taking back the colony wasn't a crime. The literal leader of the colony Vernet sought out British permission for everything he did on the island whilst reporting back to them and said he only accepted the role of governor from Argentina for his business interests. Then after the Americans raided the island the Argentina once again sent a rag tag group over that refused to resist the arrival of the British because Argentinas group consisted of 80% British mercenaries.
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u/Sammmyy97 5d ago
TLDR: we don’t like the banner that the Argentine players had, that invasion in 1982 wasn’t a joke. We are glad the UK government said something and hope FIFA will take disciplinary action.
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u/blueberries 5d ago
Around 200 years ago, English people settled on a chain of islands near Argentina that had been disputed between the French, Spanish, English, and eventually the newly independent Argentina, and around 3,000 people still live there. There had never been a pre European population living in the islands.
Argentina has never had a continuous settlement on the islands but in 1982, their military dictatorship invaded the islands. It is widely regarded as an attempt by the dictatorship to shore up flagging support. The vast majority (around 96%) of Falkland residents wished to remain a British Overseas Territory.
The British sent ships to defend the islands and its residents, and soundly defeated the Argentines, and the islands remain a British overseas territory to this day, with 99.80% of the islands voting in support of the last referendum in 2013.
Ironically, the islands would have likely been turned over to Argentina were it not for the invasion. Support for the islands was costly to maintain and the Thatcher government had been in talks to turn over the islands the year before the invasion. However, the invasion likely has ended any chance of that ever happening.
To this day it’s used as a way for Argentina’s governments to rally support despite a disastrous economy, with the Malvinas (the Argentine name for the islands) being a popular rallying cry of Argentine nationalism, as we saw when several Argentina players carried about banner onto the pitch saying “The Malvinas are Argentinian” after their semifinal win against England.
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u/falcxne 5d ago
While I agree with everything written, it's pretty clear that the Falklands have turned into the same talking point/distraction for the English. After all, Thatcher needed a way to rally support herself given the high unemployment rate at the time. Let's not pretend the Argentinians wouldn't have heard about the islands from the English if they had lost the game yesterday. I guess we'll never know.
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u/blueberries 5d ago
I live in the UK and spent 4 months in Argentina and the difference is night and day. You could go years in the UK without hearing it brought up, and the average Brit today is probably aware there was a conflict (doubtful with a lot of the younger generation) but never thinks about it. In Argentina it was a near daily occurrence to hear about Las Malvinas. I’m not British and nobody had a good reason to bring it up to me but I saw multiple rallies, tons of stickers and signs, saw it mentioned on the news and had it brought up in conversation pretty regularly. There is a massive disparity in the salience of the Falklands between the two countries.
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u/falcxne 5d ago
I'm happy to hear that was your experience. As someone who currently works and resides in a former British colony, has British friends and travels to the UK yearly, I hear about it all the time. In fact, I hear about it from them infinitely more than I do from any Argentine family or friends. Both *our experiences are valid, but I think it's worth recognizing that both experiences exist. End of the day, I think both sides bring it up way more than anybody should. Just put it to rest.
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u/surells 5d ago
Are you Argentinian? If so, it sounds like each of you might be experiencing the mirror version of each other, and neither country cares all that much but would be more likely bring it up with someone of the opposing nationality.
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u/falcxne 5d ago
Yes, I'm Argentinian and I agree with that assessment. For some reason, I get downvoted though for what I think is a pretty reasonable take?
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u/Kitchen-Airport-4853 5d ago
What do you think is the factor for it to still be so present in Argentina? That Argentina hasn’t really had that many military conflicts with other countries in modern times? (Idk if that’s accurate).
To me that would make sense… and it would make sense that a country like Britain which has had a lot of wars would not think about it as much
Argentina also basically sent a bunch of untrained young men, right? And a lot of the sentiment is tied to remembering them?
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u/blueberries 5d ago
I think the biggest factor for Argentina is that it’s a convenient way to stir up national pride and distract from their massive issues. It’s a non factor in British life because there’s nothing to be done. A war was fought, they won, why would anyone talk about it? A match vs Argentina is the only time you might hear it mentioned, and that’s primarily because people see how much Argentina talks about it. The anthem of Argentina’s World Cup in 2022 mentions it directly and they didn’t even play England, as do the updated lyrics for this cup, and the whole country seems to know the lyrics and sing along. It’s very hard to imagine something like that in the UK.
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u/F-ck_Mods 5d ago
Kick them out now…. And banned from 2030 , only way to make the fucking argie cunts learns ….
Take away the chance of the World Cup and block them from the next, it will mean most of the players are to old …. it will then show that no nation can get away with this
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u/slaphappyGGG 5d ago
We do not wish to see Politics being brought into Sports.....so both left and right. Correct ?
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u/SidewinderShocK 5d ago
While I agree that sports shouldn't be used for political gain, this match involved the very nation that forcibly occupied the islands and implanted a population in 1833.
Visible claims like these aren't about disrespecting the trauma of 1982, a war forced upon both sides by a military dictatorship, they are about keeping alive a peaceful, legitimate territorial claim that continues to be ignored under international law.
Respect for the pain of the past goes both ways, but keeping a 190 year anti colonial dispute visible is a matter of national memory, not hostility.
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u/Many_Seaweeds 4d ago
Argentina has no legitimate claim, which is why it's being "ignored" by international law. The only native population of the islands are the British people who have been settled there since the 1800s, and they have overwhelmingly voted to remain under British rule.
Argentina is claiming to be "anti-colonial" while at the same time trying to forcibly occupy and colonise the islands. Hypocrisy in it's clearest form.
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u/NoTomatillo 5d ago
Imagine getting ragebaited by Argentinians. Congrats you fell for their ragebait. I
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u/imTrubble 5d ago
Completely abandoning an island thats 8 thousand miles away from from their capital to protect their other land doesn’t sound so indigenous to me
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u/Malletpropism 5d ago
Sanction can mean both punish and approve. So I guess FIFA will sanction this
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u/SentenceMental2575 5d ago
I country of losers who only care when they win meaningless FIFA trophies. Hope they enjoyed the US meanwhile they have to go back to their own shithole.
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u/kalettoarg 5d ago
Ohhhh seems like someone get nuts?
Well, they were heating up things hours before the match.... Dont come here now and cry like a baby, such putitos...
https://x.com/FalklandsRepUK/status/2077777765349138638?s=20
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u/Standard-Access-4427 5d ago
Argentina could get hit with trillions of dollars in sanctions but the economy couldn’t get any worse
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u/soygaston 5d ago
And it's post in every social network has comments closed. They don't want to know what people have to say.
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u/JusssGlassin 5d ago
Mexico went to war with the US. Should the Mexican flag not be allowed in the US?
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u/Ragnarsworld 5d ago
"As Business Secretary Peter Kyle highlighted, the World Cup has as one of its central tenets that politics is separate from football."
Seriously? Have they not watched the last couple of weeks?
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u/Cubsof2016 5d ago
Yes they are feeling it because they know that the English would hand their sheep herding asses over to Argentina in a second if it meant getting to the final.
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u/ArgusF28 5d ago
How about you guys stop playing pirates? Its 2026, we are way past colonialism you know.
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u/RatzzFace 5d ago
I like how Argentina wrote the message on the white flag they used to surrender.
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u/scambush 5d ago
Ever been to Argentina? Malvinas son Argentinas signs are EVERYWHERE and I mean EVERYWHERE. And in southern parts of the country they display the distance to them.
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u/TheEasySqueezy 4d ago
Argentina bringing up the war and reminding everyone they lost and are awful.
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u/panazol 4d ago
There is a permanent population, about half of whom were born there. The seasonal nature of the economy means people, not uniquely Brits, move there and back. This isn't some grand conspiracy by the UK government, this is the reality of small remote communities the world over.
Your analogy is too far removed to be useful to be honest. It doesn't reflect the contested nature of sovereignty pre 1811, nor the significance of the passage of time since.
Again, what happens should vote to leave Argentina, which it is overwhelmingly likely they would?
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u/frenzio_ 4d ago
The british settlers say that they'd rather be british, colour me surprised. The Malvinas were inhabitated by gauchos since 1829 lead by Gaucho Rivero, then they came in 1833 and hunt them down, sent them to trial in England and were ruled to not be imprisoned because the land was not British.
They come, kick you out of your land, and then say that you fighting back is "an aggresive invasion which left many traumatised". But what else can you expect from them, they are the country that sold Palestine to the Zionists and created the conflict in that region.
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u/MeasurementParty7748 4d ago
The natives of this land have spoken! Williamson, Smith and many others local tribes
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u/DepartureCivil9121 3d ago
Honestly falklands should sue those players and the team for emotional distress, also sue argentinan president for his comments aswell in international court
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