Argentines contest British-Israeli oil project near Falklands
- On Tuesday, Argentine groups announced a lawsuit to halt the Sea Lion oil field project, a British-Israeli operation involving Britain's Rockhopper Exploration and Israel's Navitas Petroleum located 137 miles from the Falkland Islands.
- Plaintiffs claim the project violates a United Nations resolution requiring parties to avoid unilateral actions during territorial disputes; the 1982 conflict between Argentina and Britain left 649 Argentines and 255 Britons dead.
- Lawyer Enrique Viale told AFP the complaint demands companies "refrain from starting and/or continuing the works" of hydrocarbon extraction, following President Donald Trump's comments about reviewing Washington's traditionally neutral position.
- President Javier Milei welcomed Trump's comments and stated he will address the "SACRED issue for Argentines: the Malvinas cause" in a televised address Thursday night.
- During the World Cup, Argentine footballers displayed a banner reading "Las Malvinas are Argentine" after defeating England, prompting a Downing Street spokesperson to respond: "the World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are.
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Argentine groups have filed a lawsuit for the suspension of a British-Israeli oil project off the disputed Falkland Islands.
Argentine groups have filed a lawsuit against two British and Israeli companies over an oil project near the disputed Falklands coast.
Two Argentine organizations filed a lawsuit to stop an oil project promoted by the British Rockhopper and the Israeli Navitas in waters north of the Malvinas Islands, whose sovereignty is disputed by Buenos Aires and London, the litigants reported this Tuesday.
The CECIM La Plata and the Argentine Association of Environmental Lawyers filed a petition to stop the British-Israeli Sea Lion project. The lawsuit introduces the concept of “sovereign environmental tutorship” and aims at financing.
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