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Islands’ referendum poses long-term difficulties for Falklands/Malvinas solution
A resounding victory in the Falklands Islands’ (Islas Malvinas) referendum has done nothing to resolve the long-term future of the South Atlantic islands. The UK is left paying a large annual defence bill for an island of less than 3,000 inhabitants while Argentina claims its rights over the territory – and the potential gas and oil in the nearby seas.
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