conomically. Throughout this time, Argentina has been in a constant
struggle to deny any claims made by the British over the Islands. They
believed that the British had no right over the land and that the land was
officially awarded to Argentina by Spain upon their independence.
This created a major issue in the international law. However, since
the British had possessed the Islands for such a long period of time,
generations of the British had been living on the island and their families
were supported with profits gained from the income of the Islands as a
whole. This increased the feeling of a strong claim over the possession of
the Islands. This dispute was brought in front of the UN in 1964. Both the
nations argued extensively over the possession of the land. The
Argentineans affirmed their claim as the land was awarded to them by the
Spanish. In addition to the, they argued that legally the land should be
Furthermore, Argentina argued that if the land was awarded to them,
it would mean an end of colonialism in their immediate neighborhood.
However, the British proposed that such an act would further enhance
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