“It was the South Atlantic Conflict,” he points out, “not the Malvinas War.” Like 8000 other soldiers, Giannini was sent to Patagonia during the war and was on standby. “Members of my regiment went to the islands, but not me. That doesn’t mean I didn’t suffer.” A group of war veterans, … At the recent Rio Group meeting in Mexico last month, where 23 Latin American and Caribbean nations met, the region fully backed Argentina’s claim for sovereignty over the islands. …

Read the original:
Falkland Islands Oil Dispute Raises Old Issues and New Problems …