- Discovery of the isles is disputed between Spain, France and the UK, with the oldest sighting dated back to 1502, with the first full illustration being drawn in 1520 on the Magallanes expedition. But eventually the French disembark in the isles in 1764, naming the isles Malouines after Saint-MalΓ³, which translated into spanish as Malvinas.
- 1766: France and Spain reach an agreement (after much deliberation and conflict) that the isles are now part of Spain's domain, and governance of the region is established under Buenos Aires' rule, with a new governor being sent to the isles. 32 governors succeed him henceforth.
- 1770: England tries to take control of the isles, but are stopped by Spain
- 1811: after the Napoleonic wars and the argentinian revoluciΓ³n de Mayo, the isles are abandoned by the spanish and taken over by the new independent territory, based on the principle of Uti Possidetis Iuris, through which a newly emancipated state inherits all territory which is within the jurisdiction of the colonizers. In this case, since the Malvinas were under the rule of the Viceroy of the RΓo de la Plata, they belonged to Argentina.
- 1820: Argentina formally claims the isles, and the news is published in The Times in 1821
- 1823: LuΓs ElΓas Vernet is given the territory to govern and exploit its resources
- 1833: The isles are taken by the british. A war vessel under the command of captain Onslow arrives onto the isles and tells the leader his intention to take the land, and the latter has no choice but to accept, being in no condition to combat it.
None of this screams "rightfully ours", does it? In fact it points to the opposite, ironically.
Oh and before you tell me about the right of self determination: yeah the UN itself disqualifies that standpoint due to the fact that all the inhabitants of the isles were brought over by the UK in the colonial formula they oh so love, therefore they would obviously choose to remain under england's control. So no you dont get to wash your hands off of this one.
Las Malvinas son Argentinas. Punto final.
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