Word: falklander
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...been the Falkland Islands' good fortune to have lived under British rule for 150 years. It is a pity that all South America has not had the same fate. In spite of being a Latin American, I recognize what the British have given to the world: freedom, life under law and respect for the individual. These rights must be defended even if it takes warships...
Since the anticipated oil wealth of the Falkland Islands area is a prime concern of Great Britain and Argentina, why don't the two countries agree to share it fifty-fifty? Then let the islands' inhabitants vote on which country they want to be associated with. The loser would be compensated with 5% to 10% more of the oil money...
...deny the Argentines use of the airport at Port Stanley." That terse announcement from Britain's Defense Ministry last Saturday confirmed what the world had steadily come to fear after a month of failed diplomacy: the war was on for possession of the remote, frigid, sparsely populated Falkland Islands...
...proposals for a peaceful solution to the crisis. They included 1) an Argentine withdrawal from the islands and pullback of the British fleet; 2) an end to economic sanctions against Argentina imposed by Britain's supporters; 3) establishment of an interim U.S.-British-Argentine authority for the Falklands while the two disputing countries negotiate ultimate sovereignty over the territory. The U.S. already knew the principal British objection to the proposals: they did not address the issue of self-determination for the 1,800 Falkland Islands residents, who have long insisted on retaining their ties with Britain...
...bargaining at Camp David. In a letter to Begin two weeks ago, President Reagan reaffirmed Washington's commitment to achieving "full autonomy" for the Palestinians within a "Self-Governing Authority" in the West Bank and Gaza. But even before Secretary of State Alexander Haig became embroiled in the Falkland Islands dispute, the Administration had offered little evidence of a coherent policy toward this most pressing issue in the Middle East...