Milei backs self-determination for Falkland Islanders: ‘We hope one day they will vote with their feet’

Milei backs self-determination for Falkland Islanders: ‘We hope one day they will vote with their feet’

Javier Milei has overturned Argentina’s historic claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and acknowledged the right of the “Malvinenses” — as he recognized the archipelago’s inhabitants — to choose their nationality. On Veterans and Fallen Day, which commemorates the war that pitted Argentina against the United Kingdom 43 years ago, the far-right president decided not to participate in the main homage. Instead of traveling to Tierra del Fuego, where Vice President Victoria Villarruel — a political rival of his — had traveled, Milei stayed in Buenos Aires and led a brief ceremony, surrounded by officials and a vast police deployment. The speech he delivered generated widespread criticism for weakening national demands to recover the islands.

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