The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic:the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency,South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April 1982,when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands,followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April,the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June,returning the islands to British control. In total,649 Argentine military personnel,255 British military personnel,and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities.
ARA Almirante Irízar is a large icebreaker of the Argentine Navy. She was ordered from a shipyard in Finland in 1975.
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner,often referred to by her initials CFK,is an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015 and later as vice president of Argentina from 2019 to 2023 under President Alberto Fernández,as well as the first lady of Argentina during the tenure of her husband,Néstor Kirchner,from 2003 to 2007. She was the second female president of Argentina and the first elected female president of Argentina. Ideologically,she identifies herself as a Peronist and a progressive,with her political approach called Kirchnerism.
Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The British claim to sovereignty dates from 1690,when they made the first recorded landing on the islands,and the United Kingdom has exercised de facto sovereignty over the archipelago almost continuously since 1833. Argentina has long disputed this claim,having been in control of the islands for a few years prior to 1833. The dispute escalated in 1982,when Argentina invaded the islands,precipitating the Falklands War.
The Falkland Islands is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi (480 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about 752 mi (1,210 km) from Cape Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula,at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago,with an area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km2),comprises East Falkland,West Falkland,and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory,the Falklands have internal self-governance,but the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The capital and largest settlement is Stanley on East Falkland.
The Argentina–Brazil relationship is both close and historical,and encompasses the economy,trade,culture,education,and tourism. From war and rivalry to friendship and alliance,this complex relationship has spanned more than two centuries. The countries also share a system of government,a federal republic with a presidential system.
Foreign relations between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have existed for over two centuries.
The Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1984 between Chile and Argentina was signed into agreement at the Vatican on 29 November 1984.
Héctor Marcos Timerman was an Argentine journalist,politician,human rights activist and diplomat. He served as his country's Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2010 to 2015,during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Argentina and Indonesia established diplomatic relations in 1956. Since then,bilateral relations between both countries have become increasingly more strategic. According to Argentine Ambassador to Indonesian Javier A. Sanz de Urquiza,Indonesia has been a "true friend of Argentina" over the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute. Argentina has an embassy in Jakarta,while Indonesia has an embassy in Buenos Aires. Both countries say they share the same values regarding the international order,and the same aspiration to defend the developing nations' interest in international forum. Both countries are members of Group of 77,the G-20 major economies,the G20 developing nations,and Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation.
Nigel Robert Haywood is a British diplomat,who served as British ambassador to Estonia from 2003 until 2008 and Governor of the Falkland Islands from 2010 until 2014.
The Presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began on 10 December 2007,when she became President of Argentina. She was an Argentine Senator for the Buenos Aires Province at the time of her victory in the 2007 Presidential election. Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became the second female president of Argentina,and the first one directly elected as such. In elections of November 2015,she was succeeded by Mauricio Macri as President.
Jorge Martín Arturo Argüello is an Argentine politician and diplomat. He is the Ambassador of Argentina to the United States.
In the late 1840s,the Argentine Confederation attempted to regulate traffic on the Paranáand Uruguay rivers,which impacted upon Anglo-French trade with the landlocked Paraguay. As a result,Britain and France took military action in the blockade of the Río de la Plata. Although militarily successful,the victories against Argentine forces proved somewhat pyrrhic and both withdrew their forces and made treaties with Argentina. The peace treaty with the British is referred to as the Convention of Settlement;or the Arana–Southern Treaty.
A referendum on political status was held in the Falkland Islands on 10–11 March 2013. The Falkland Islanders were asked whether or not they supported the continuation of their status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom in view of Argentina's call for negotiations on the islands' sovereignty.
Alejandro Jacobo Betts was a Falklands-born Argentine air-traffic controller and activist who worked with the Argentine government as a technical advisor on the Tierra del Fuego's Malvinas Question Provincial Observatory Advisory Council. Betts supported Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands and was a controversial figure in the Falklands as a result. Betts also was the older brother of Terry Betts,who served as a member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council and assisted British forces in the Falklands War. His younger brother Peter served in the British Task Force.
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Buenos Aires is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Argentina. The Embassy also represents the British Overseas Territories in Argentina.
The hijacking of Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 648 occurred on 28 and 29 September 1966 when a group of Argentine nationalists hijacked a civilian Aerolíneas Argentinas aircraft en route from Buenos Aires to Río Gallegos and forced the captain at gunpoint to land in the Falkland Islands in protest to the UK's presence on the islands. After landing,the hijackers raised the Argentine flag,took several islanders hostage and demanded the Governor of the Falkland Islands recognise Argentine sovereignty over the islands. On 29 September 1966,after negotiating through a Catholic priest,the hijackers surrendered and were returned to Argentina for trial.
María Cecilia Nahón is an Argentine economist,diplomat,and politician who served as Ambassador of Argentina to the United States from 2013 to 2015.
Eduardo Alejandro Roca was an Argentine lawyer,academic,and diplomat. He was Ambassador of Argentina to the United States (1968–1970) and was appointed as a permanent representative to the United Nations during the 1982 Falklands War.
