copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-06-12): Falkland Islands: Loss echoes across Argentina 40 years on - Published [...] Argentina and the UK have disagreed over the ownership of the islands for two centuries. Argentina claims the Malvinas are theirs because it inherited the islands from the Spanish crown in the 1800s and because of their proximity to Argentina. The UK bases its claims on long-standing administration of the islands and on the principle of self-determination of the islanders, who in 2013 overwhelmingly said they wanted to remain British. [...] "It's in our DNA that the Malvinas are Argentinian, it's like a football shirt," says veteran Daniel Guzman who lost 12 friends in 1982 - their names inscribed on the walls of the memorial in the centre of Ushuaia. It was a period that marks him to this day. "War though is a huge step back both in terms of the bilateral relationship and the human one. When we lost the war, we lost the human touch too."
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-11): Argentine President Javier Milei announced his intentions to restore Argentina's sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, adding new fuel to a decadeslong territorial conflict. Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement last week that the country would reaffirm its "lawful and indefeasible sovereignty rights over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands and their adjacent maritime areas," saying that the United Kingdom has forcefully invaded the islands for more than 190 years. Located near the southern tip of Argentina, the Falkland Islands have long been the subject of a territorial dispute between the United Kingdom and Argentina. Currently classified as a British Overseas Territory, the islands are technically self-governing, with foreign affairs and defense matters handled by the British government. The majority of the islands' 3,000 inhabitants are of British descent, and English is the primary language.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-01): On April 2, 1982, Argentina invades the Falklands Islands, a British colony since 1892 and British possession since 1833. Argentine amphibious forces rapidly overcame the small garrison of British marines at the town of Stanley on East Falkland and the next day seized the dependent territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich group. The 1,800 Falkland Islanders, mostly English-speaking sheep farmers, awaited a British response. The Falkland Islands, located about 300 miles off the southern tip of Argentina, had long been claimed by the British. British navigator John Davis may have sighted the islands in 1592, and in 1690 British Navy Captain John Strong made the first recorded landing on the islands. He named them after Viscount Falkland, who was the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time. In 1764, French navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville founded the islands’ first human settlement, on East Falkland, which was taken over by the Spanish in 1767. In 1765, the British settled West Falkland but left in 1774 for economic reasons. Spain abandoned its settlement in 1811.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-04-02): Argentina’s President Javier Milei has said his government is committed to establishing a "roadmap" towards Argentine sovereignty of the British-ruled Falkland Islands. "I want to reiterate our unwavering claim for the islands, and I commit that during our government we will be able to have a clear roadmap so that the Malvinas return to Argentine hands," Milei said Tuesday, using Argentina’s preferred name for the islands, whose sovereignty is the source of a long-running dispute with the United Kingdom. [...] The Falklands have long been coveted as a strategic shipping stopover and potential wellspring of natural resources, including lucrative fisheries and a growing oil drilling industry.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): This week marks the 40th anniversary of the 74-day conflict known as the Falklands War, which began on April 2, 1982, when Argentina invaded and occupied the British dependent territory of the Falkland Islands. This undeclared war was part of a much longer dispute over the sovereignty of the Falklands and associated islands in the South Atlantic. [...] In the opening weeks of the war, requests were being received from both Argentina and the United Kingdom for LANDSAT photos of the same coverage area – specifically, the open ocean area west of the Falkland Islands on May 7-8, the Falkland Islands on May 9-11 and South Georgia on May 10-12. [...] Also of interest, read the Telegram from the Central Intelligence Agency, sent April 12, 1982 – just ten days into the conflict, outlining the views of the Argentine Government. This document is an example of the reports being received by the National Photographic Interpretation Center (NPIC), an NGA predecessor organization, as the situation in the Falkland Islands unfolded.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2013-03-12): The Falkland Islands are administered by the U.K. as an overseas territory, but are also claimed based on historical arguments by Argentina, which calls them "las Islas Malvinas". Both countries have signed and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which defines ownership and legal rights for the waters surrounding coastal countries. According to the UNCLOS, each country is entitled to three basic zones of control in its surrounding seas: [...] The territorial sea is an area stretching up to 12 nautical miles out from the edge of the land or internal waters, which is considered sovereign territory of the state (i.e. an actual part of the country), though the "innocent passage" rule requires that foreign ships still be allowed to sail there without permission. Both the U.K. and Argentina claim a 12 nautical mile territorial sea surrounding the Falkland Islands. The two countries' claims are slightly different because they're drawn from the edges of the differing internal waters claims. The U.K. claim is shown on the map above (the small circle at the bottom is the territorial sea around Beauchene Island).
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-04): Argentina vowed Thursday to "recover" the Falkland Islands from Britain, after the U.K. government gave up control of a different archipelago in the Indian Ocean. "With concrete actions and not empty rhetoric, we will recover full sovereignty over our Malvinas Islands. The Malvinas [the Spanish name] were, are and will always be Argentine," Buenos Aires’ Foreign Minister Diana Mondino wrote Thursday night. Britain and Argentina fought a war in 1982 over the Falkland Islands, which are situated in the south Atlantic Ocean. Argentine forces invaded the Falklands, before surrendering to Britain two and a half months later after hundreds of combatants were killed on both sides. The islands have remained a source of tension between London and Buenos Aires ever since.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-06-14): The Falklands Conflict was a short undeclared war between Argentina and Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands (known as Islas Malvinas in Argentina), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and cost over 900 lives. [...] Most Falkland Islanders were of British descent and opposed the Argentinian claim. In 1982, President Leopoldo Galtieri of Argentina decided to take control of the islands by force. Argentina had already established an unauthorised but unopposed presence in the South Sandwich Islands in 1976. Now, Argentinian forces occupied the Falkland Islands (2 April) and South Georgia (3 April), a move condemned by the United Nations.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-08): The conflict was a major episode in the protracted dispute over the territories' sovereignty. Argentina asserted (and maintains) that the islands are Argentine territory,[4] and the Argentine government thus described its military action as the reclamation of its own territory. The British government regarded the action as an invasion of a territory that had been a Crown colony since 1841. Falkland Islanders, who have inhabited the islands since the early 19th century, are predominantly descendants of British settlers, and strongly favour British sovereignty. Neither state officially declared war, although both governments declared the islands a war zone. [...] Diplomatic relations between the United Kingdom and Argentina were restored in 1989 following a meeting in Madrid, at which the two governments issued a joint statement.[6] No change in either country's position regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands was made explicit. In 1994, Argentina adopted a new constitution,[7] which declared the Falkland Islands as part of one of its provinces by law.[8] However, the islands continue to operate as a self-governing British Overseas Territory.[9]
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-06-20): GAVIN SHORT, identifying himself as a democratically elected representative of the Government and people of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), said his family has lived there for 174 years. The Falklands are an overseas territory of the United Kingdom through choice, he stressed, highlighting that: "We are a multicultural and forward-looking democracy who have taken the Falklands from zero to a country that can now boast an A+ credit rating." Countering Argentina’s claim to sovereignty, he said that country has actively sought to undermine the Falkland Islands’ economy and taken direct actions against his State. Calling on the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to visit the Islands, he asked members to put politics aside and listen to what the people have to say about their lives and their future, and urged support for their right to self-determination.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Falkland Islands, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles (480 km) northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan. The capital and major town is Stanley, on East Falkland; there are also several scattered small settlements as well as a Royal Air Force base that is located at Mount Pleasant, some 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Stanley. In South America the islands are generally known as Islas Malvinas, because early French settlers had named them Malouines, or Malovines, in 1764, after their home port of Saint-Malo, France. Area 4,700 square miles (12,200 square km). Pop. (2012, excluding British military personnel stationed on the islands) 2,563. The two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and about 200 smaller islands form a total land area nearly as extensive as the U.S. state of Connecticut. The government of the Falkland Islands also administers the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, including the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands. [...] The population of the Falkland Islands is English-speaking and consists primarily of Falklanders of British descent. The pattern of living on the islands is sharply differentiated between Stanley and the small, isolated sheep-farming communities. Four-fifths of the population lives in Stanley.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-04-06): On the 2 April 1982, Argentine forces invaded the British overseas territory of the Falkland Islands, sparking one of the largest major conflicts since WW2. [...] Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, had long been challenged. Argentina claimed that the land, which they call the Islas Malvinas, belonged to them because of its natural proximity to the South American mainland. They also asserted that it was rightfully inherited from the Spanish Crown in the 1800s.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-02): Argentina has called on the United Kingdom to launch new talks over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, a disputed archipelago in the South Atlantic. [...] Argentina’s announcement was met with strong criticism in the UK, which also claims authority over the Falkland Islands. The two sides had been engaged in talks in New Delhi, India, this week at the Group of 20 (G20) summit, which concluded on Thursday. [...] "The Falkland Islands are British," he wrote on Thursday. "Islanders have the right to decide their own future — they have chosen to remain a self-governing UK Overseas Territory."
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of Argentina (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-09): The Falkland Islands (Malvinas)* has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1946, following the transmission by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of information under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations.** - See General Assembly resolution 66 (I) of 14 December 1946 [...] *A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). **At the 25th meeting of the Fourth Committee in the 1st session of the General Assembly, held on 6 December 1946, the delegation of Argentina made a reservation to the effect that the Argentine government did not recognize British sovereignty in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). The delegation of the United Kingdom made a parallel reservation, not recognizing Argentine sovereignty in these islands.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): The Falkland Islands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory.[73] Under the 2009 Constitution, the islands have full internal self-government; the UK is responsible for foreign affairs, retaining the power "to protect UK interests and to ensure the overall good governance of the territory".[74] The Monarch of the United Kingdom is the head of state, and executive authority is exercised on the monarch's behalf by the governor, who appoints the islands' chief executive on the advice of members of the Legislative Assembly.[75] Both the governor and the chief executive serve as the head of government.[76] [...] As a territory of the United Kingdom, the Falklands were part of the overseas countries and territories of the European Union until 2020.[82] The islands' judicial system, overseen by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, is largely based on English law,[83] and the constitution binds the territory to the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights.[74] Residents have the right of appeal to the European Court of Human Rights and the Privy Council.[84][85] Law enforcement is the responsibility of the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP).[83]
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-09-07): Falkland Islands profile - Published The isolated and sparsely-populated Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, remain the subject of a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Argentina, who waged a brief but bitter war over the territory in 1982. [...] The windswept and almost-treeless territory is made up of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, as well as hundreds of smaller islands and islets.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-02-11): Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital city. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the British invasion of 1833. [...] On April 2, 1982, Argentina invaded and temporarily occupied the Falkland Islands and other British territories in the South Atlantic (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands), a move which successfully diverted public attention from the nation's poor economic performance. The United Kingdom's reduction in military capacity in the South Atlantic may have encouraged the invasion. The Foreign Secretary, Lord Carrington, and two junior ministers had resigned by the end of the week following the Argentinian invasion, taking the blame for Britain's poor preparations and plans to decommission HMS Endurance, the Navy's only Antarctic patrol vessel. [...] Executive authority of the Falkland Islands is vested in the British Monarch and is exercised by the Governor on hisr behalf. The Governor is also responsible for the administration of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, as these islands have no native inhabitants. Defense and Foreign Affairs are the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): In 1965 the UN General Assembly approved a resolution inviting Britain and Argentina to hold discussions to find a peaceful solution to the dispute. These protracted discussions were still proceeding in February 1982, but on April 2 Argentina’s military government invaded the Falklands. This act started the Falkland Islands War, which ended 10 weeks later with the surrender of the Argentine forces at Stanley to British troops who had forcibly reoccupied the islands. Although Britain and Argentina reestablished full diplomatic relations in 1990, the issue of sovereignty remained a point of contention. In the early 21st century Britain continued to maintain some 2,000 troops on the islands. In January 2009 a new constitution came into effect that strengthened the Falklands’ local democratic government and reserved for the islanders their right to determine the territory’s political status. In a referendum held in March 2013, islanders voted nearly unanimously to remain a British overseas territory.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-08-02): Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) [...] Nationality noun: Falkland Islander(s) [...] Country name conventional long form: none conventional short form: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-07): Establishment of Port Stanley [edit]In 1833 the United Kingdom asserted authority over the Falkland Islands and Richard Clement Moody, a highly esteemed Royal Engineer, was appointed as Lieutenant Governor of the islands. This post was renamed Governor of the Falkland Islands in 1843, when he also became Commander-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands. Moody left England for Falkland on 1 October 1841 aboard the ship Hebe and arrived in Anson's Harbour later that month. He was accompanied by twelve sappers and miners and their families; together with Whittington's colonists this brought the population of Anson's Harbour to approximately 50. When Moody arrived, the Falklands was 'almost in a state of anarchy', but he used his powers 'with great wisdom and moderation'[39] to develop the Islands' infrastructure and, commanding detachment of sappers, erected government offices, a school and barracks, residences, ports, and a new road system. [...] In 1983, the UK passed the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act granting full British citizenship to the islanders. High-profile dignitaries visited to show British commitment to the islands, including Margaret Thatcher, the Prince of Wales, and Princess Alexandra. In 1985, the Falkland Islands Dependency was split into the Falkland Islands proper and a newly separate territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. [...] - ^ "Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territory)". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-09-09): The Falkland Islands consist of two main islands and several hundred smaller islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, off the east coast of southern South America. They are a British Overseas Territory, but nearby Argentina claims jurisdiction under the name Islas Malvinas. Most visitors to the islands come between October and March (Southern Hemisphere summer) to enjoy the spectacular wildlife and hardy rural lifestyle. [...] Understand [edit]The Falklands are a UK Overseas Territory. The archipelago is roughly the size of Wales or, in North American terms, Connecticut, but extremely sparsely populated; penguins outnumber humans by a hundred to one. The islands are also claimed by Argentina as the Islas Malvinas and were the site of a major conflict between the two countries in 1982. [...] Tourist information [edit]- Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Tourism. Jetty Visitor Centre, Stanley, ☏ +500 22215, fax: +500 22619, jettycentre@horizon.co.fk
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2013-03-12): Falklands referendum: Voters choose to remain UK territory - Published The people of the Falkland Islands have voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory. [...] The referendum had asked: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?"
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Falkland Islands War, or Malvinas War, (1982) Brief but undeclared war between Argentina and Great Britain over control of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and associated island dependencies. Both countries long had claimed sovereignty over the Falklands and had been in protracted negotiations over them. On April 2, 1982, Argentina’s military government, impatient with the negotiations, occupied the islands with some 10,000 troops. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher responded by sending a naval task force to the region, and within three months British forces had defeated the Argentines and reoccupied the islands. British losses numbered 255, and Argentine losses about 650. Argentina’s defeat discredited its military government and helped lead to the restoration of civilian rule in 1983. Falkland Islands War summary verifiedCite [...] Falkland Islands, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies about 300 miles (480 km) northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan. The capital and major town is Stanley, on East war Summary
Claim: Falkland Islands is a territory of United Kingdom (Falkland Islands, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-08-08): Nationality noun: Falkland Islander(s) Falkland Islander 48.3%, British 23.1%, St. Helenian 7.5%, Chilean 4.6%, mixed 6%, other 8.5%, unspecified 2% (2016 est.) [...] Country name conventional long form: none conventional short form: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)