Britain and Argentina have renewed their...
just a colonial anachronism. They are like an ulcer in today"s global body politic, which has become inflamed again and again.The ulcer is usually aggravated by one side in the Falklands dispute for internal political gains.
This time President Kirchner is responsible for the relapse. Kirchner faces a tough election next year, with Argentineans growing increasingly unhappy with the Kirchners (before Cristina, the president was her husband Nestor, who is currently his wife"s chief adviser). Both Argentina"s economy and Cristina"s popularity have slumped, and there have been numerous scandals regarding the couple"s questionable business deals.
Drawing public attention to the Malvinas was a primitive but effective move, as 80% of Argentineans think the islands have been taken from them illegally, which is actually true: the British snatched the islands from Argentina in 1833.
The Falklands resurfaced as a political issue in the spring of 1982 when
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