Argentina's Milei addresses UN as tensions rise over Falkland Islands
- On Wednesday, President Javier Milei will address the United Nations General Assembly amid escalating tensions with Britain over oil exploration around the Falkland Islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas.
- Argentina earlier this month initiated sanctions against more than 60 companies and people linked to offshore oil drilling, while Milei recently presented a bill to toughen penalties for natural resource activities.
- On Friday, British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Overseas Territories Uma Kumaran called the actions "unacceptable," saying "the Falkland Islands are British and they have the right to develop their natural resources as they see fit."
- Despite the sanctions, Sea Lion project owners Navitas Petroleum and Rockhopper Exploration do not expect Milei's actions to derail development. Peronist opposition congressman Guillermo Michel alleged the move is "simply something to look good in the eyes of society or to try to shift the agenda."
- On Thursday, Milei is scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US President Donald Trump suggested Washington could reconsider its traditionally neutral position on the Falklands sovereignty dispute.
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The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, charged against the UN this Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. "It is a useless organization, disguised as bureaucrats", said the Argentine president during his speech; he also added that the institution today only serves to "feed a caste of ... Continue reading "Milei charges against the UN and qualifies it as "useless organization, disguised as bureaucrats""
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lrytas.ltArgentine President Javier Miel launched a scathing attack on the organization in a speech to the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday, calling it "useless" and full of "arrogant parasites."
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Javier Milei shreds ‘useless’ UN to its face in fiery speech to 'fatally arrogant parasites' - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei struck again, this time in a fiery speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, in which he called the body “useless” and made up of “fatally arrogant parasites.” Milei began by commending the U.N.’s founding mission of resolving conflict [...]
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