That's insane. That area is bigger than the entirety of Argentina itself. NT (Reply #35)

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35. That's insane. That area is bigger than the entirety of Argentina itself. NT

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UN expands Argentine sovereignty over maritime area [View all]	forest444	Mar 2016	OP
It is a very large continental shelf.	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#1
The folks at Google have really outdone themselves with Google Earth.	forest444	Mar 2016	#4
I do think this is correct (pssst: for Uruguay too!).	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#12
That's the rub, isn't it.	forest444	Mar 2016	#15
Ah. Fishing is a very immediate issue	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#17
Beautiful!	forest444	Mar 2016	#23
Yes. Here, I have made very good friends from both countries,	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#24
You're a true man (or lady) of the world.	forest444	Mar 2016	#26
With you too, forest444. Man of the world in no way, except	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#38
The Falklands still have their 200 mile economic zone	hack89	Mar 2016	#2
Well, it means the western half of said zone is now illegal per international laws of the sea.	forest444	Mar 2016	#3
No, that is not what it says	hack89	Mar 2016	#5
That's exactly what it says, whether you know it - and like it - or not.	forest444	Mar 2016	#6
The proper thing would be to let the people of the Falklands decide	hack89	Mar 2016	#7
On the sovereignty dispute perhaps - which this ruling does not impact at all.	forest444	Mar 2016	#8
As regards Diego Garcia, I/we doubt British people, nor governments	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#14
That's a good point.	forest444	Mar 2016	#21
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I did!	forest444	Mar 2016	#28
Wasn't the population of Argentina mostly "implanted" from Spain?	Nye Bevan	Mar 2016	#34
During the French Revolutionary years	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#37
Nope. Everything from Argentina to Antarctica is now Argentina's, except for the 12 mile bubble.	Xithras	Mar 2016	#9
Excellent find. Thank you, Xithras.	forest444	Mar 2016	#10
Well, I wouldn't go that far	Xithras	Mar 2016	#13
The part of the UN decision covering seafloor around South Georgia	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#36
Argentina has recognized a 160 mile exclusionary fishing zone around the Falklands	hack89	Mar 2016	#11
Come to some agreement. Naturally.	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#16
I don't know about that. Argentina may be more willing to negotiate now.	Xithras	Mar 2016	#18
I think the big deal for the Falklands is the fisheries	hack89	Mar 2016	#19
You exaggerate, Xithras. There is no connection	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#20
Nope. I copied that map straight off the UN website, right out of the approved proposal.	Xithras	Mar 2016	#22
Ok. "Those claims are independent of the Argentine continental shelf."	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#27
I'm just glad they have Michelle Bachelet there, not some Pinochet grease monkey like Piñera.	forest444	Mar 2016	#29
Yes and no.	Xithras	Mar 2016	#30
I'm guessing the msp comes from Argentins's submission,	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#40
That's insane. That area is bigger than the entirety of Argentina itself. NT	Adrahil	Mar 2016	#35
Guardian: Falkland Islands lie in Argentinian waters, rules UN commission	Judi Lynn	Mar 2016	#31
Excellent update. Thank you, Judi.	forest444	Mar 2016	#32
I think it all just depends on what	christx30	Mar 2016	#33
No the British won't comply forest. Its a non-binding decision of the UN. Britain isn't going	Bacchus4.0	Mar 2016	#44
Here is the UN CLCS press release:	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#39
So Macri and his minister appear to be exaggerating,	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#41
US State Department cable in relation to Argentina's 2009 submission	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#42
So when does the invasion force land for Falklands War II?	Blue_Tires	Mar 2016	#43
Sometime during the middle of one of Cameron's wet dreams.	forest444	Mar 2016	#46
Funny, given how much of a hard-on the Argie gov't has	Blue_Tires	Mar 2016	#47
Flag waving is key to all retail politics.	forest444	Mar 2016	#48
UK Gov speaks:	Ghost Dog	Mar 2016	#45

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