A New Falkland Islands Row is brewing after the president of Bolivia had repeated his belief in the law of Argentina to reclaim the archipelago as their own. President Luis Arce argued for the country to reclaim the islands that it had in the beginning of 19.one century, as part of a broader explanation about South American sovereignty.
Mr. Arce also expressed support for Bolivia to have sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean and the independence of Puerto Rico. He said: “In our bilateral relationship with Chile, we always maintain the historical demand for sovereign access to the Pacific, with a national and inalienable priority, as established in the constitution. Bolivia’s sovereignty at sea is part of the current agenda for Latin -America and the Caribbean.”
Landlocked Bolivia lost access to the sea in 1884 after a war with Chile and it has since tried to gain access.
In 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Bolivia in his dispute and stated that Chile was not obliged to negotiate access.
The Bolivian leader used the struggle of his country and a broader region struggles to argue for broader sovereignty.
He mentioned four issues of regional importance: “The return of the Malvinas Islands to Argentina, the independence of Puerto Rico, the return of the basic Guantánamo Bay to Cuba, and the end of the economic blockage against that country.
“As you can see, we still have much to discuss in the region and we can discuss much in 2014 and the principle that we are a peace zone, explained by Celac (Community of Latin -American and Caribbean States), a good framework for.”
Although historical reports whose islands “discovered”, they were held by the British since the removal of the Argentinian governor and the garrison in 1833.
In 1982, an Argentinian invasion of the islands led to the war in Falklands, because a British task force was sent to reclaim the territory.
The 74-day conflict resulted in 255 British soldiers who lost their lives, as well as 649 Argentines before Buenos Aires surrendered.
Great -Britain has long said that the territory will remain British as long as the inhabitants want it to stay that way.
A referendum from 2013 about the sovereignty of the Falklands saw 1,513 of 1,517 voters state that they wanted to remain part of the UK.
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