Most of you may have heard by now about the banner that the Argentine squad used to show off their politically-charged interest declaring Las Malvinas Son Argentinas (The Falklands are Argentine) to the football crowd before kick off. (The report: news.yahoo/argentina-falklands-dig-world-cup-eve-213045207--sow.html ) In response to the banner, Argentina if she has a claim, has to: 1. Disprove British sovereignty since 1765. 2. Prove that Britain abandoned the Falkland Islands between 1765 and 1833.. 3. Prove that the Falkland Islands were part of the Viceroyalty of La Plata. 4. Prove that Spain ceded the Falkland Islands to argentina (assuming #3 is correct).. 5. Prove that argentina was the sole heir… Because, one must understand that the Viceroyalty also included Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and parts of Chile and Peru. This brings the problem of “identity of heir”.. 6. Prove that the “Convention of Settlement” of 1849/1850 was not a “Peace Treaty”, and that the usual and normal internationally accepted rules and practices of peace treaties do not apply in this case.. 7. Disprove argentina’s acquiescence, 1849-1888 and after 1888, in Britain’s possession of the Falklands (i.e. accepted it by action or inaction). 8. Prove that the basic human right of SELF-DETERMINATION does not apply to the Falkland Islanders. As of yet Argentina has still to do any of these, proving how vain the banner actually was and will keep on being.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 14:33:48 +0000
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