The Secretary for Falklands (Malvinas), Antarctica, and South Atlantic of the Argentine government, Guillermo Carmona, will come to Brazil next week to ask for support in the claim for the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas Islands).
The conflict in the region began a little over 40 years ago, in April 1982, but the issue is already almost 190 years old, with the dispute for the territory’s sovereignty, known in Argentina as the Malvinas Islands and in the United Kingdom as the Falklands Islands.
The conflicts of the 1980s represented the only war in history to involve a Latin American state and a nuclear power. The war ended in June 1982, when the Argentines surrendered, and the UK reclaimed the archipelago.
Among the meetings planned for the Argentine secretary is one with high-ranking ministers of the Bolsonaro government at the Planalto Palace (there is still no confirmation whether the president will attend the event).
At the meeting, besides asking for the Brazilian government’s support in claiming the sovereignty of the Falklands, the Argentine secretary will also discuss South Atlantic treaties.
Carmona will also meet with ambassadors in an event at the Argentine embassy, which will give the name “Ilhas Malvinas” (“Malvinas Islands”) to a hall of the consular building in Brasilia.
Besides Brazil, the itinerary of the secretary’s trip, a former federal deputy from Argentina, will also include Uruguay and Chile.
In May, Carmona had a two-day mission to the United Nations (UN) headquarters, in New York, for a series of meetings about the next session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24) and dealt with the topic.
In June this year, Argentine President Alberto Fernández demanded then British Prime Minister Boris Johnson open negotiations about Argentine sovereignty over the territory.
With information from G1