jumjummy comments on After beating England, Argentine football players waved a banner which said: "The Malvinas Islands (Falkland) belong to Argentina"

[–] jumjummy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Except in this case there was nobody living on the island, so the “natives” are all of European descent and overwhelmingly (like 90+%) want to stay part of the UK.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

1,513 voted yes to stay part of the UK overseas territories. 3 people voted no.

Even those no voters were not saying yes to Argentinian rule.

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[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago

I believe some (or all) said they did it for a prank.

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[+] calcopiritus@lemmy.world -9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, that happens when you kick out the existing argentinian/spanish settlement (I don't remember if it was before/after independence) and bring your own British settlers, as I explained before.

Idk what European descent has to do with anything. Many Argentinians are of European descent.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago*