Beneath the Atlantic seabed, England and Argentina are both losing out
It’s win or bust for England and Argentina in Atlanta tonight. But in one area of global affairs — in a part of the world very familiar to leaders in London and Buenos Aires — both are about to lose.
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It’s win or bust for England and Argentina in Atlanta tonight. But in one area of global affairs — in a part of the world very familiar to leaders in London and Buenos Aires — both are about to lose. As first reported by the Financial Times, developers are prepping to drill the Sea Lion oil field north of the Falklands, the tiny archipelago and British Overseas Territory over which Argentina and Britain went to war in 1982. Any windfall from an oil boom — and developers reckon revenues could run to hundreds of millions of pounds a year — would be directed to the Falklands government, much to the annoyance of Argentinian President Javier Milei, who insisted any resources “belong to Argentina.” Not that Brits will look on particularly happily.
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- It’s win or bust for England and Argentina in Atlanta tonight. But in one area of global affairs — in a part of the world very familiar to leaders in London and Buenos Aires — both are about to lose.
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Beneath the Atlantic seabed, England and Argentina are both losing out
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