Argentina's Milei reiterates Falklands claim, threatens to sanction oil firms
BUENOS AIRES — Argentine President Javier Milei has escalated tensions with the UK over the Falkland Islands, warning he will impose economic sanctions on oil companies drilling in the British overseas territory claimed by Argentina.Milei's comments in a televised national address on Thursday came days after US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing Washington's neutral position on the remote archipelago in the South Atlantic.Milei said the "winds of change" favored Argentina's claim to the islands, emboldened by signs the US might reconsider its stance of neutrality on the issue.Sovereignty of the archipelago in the southwest Atlantic Ocean remains hotly disputed between Britain and Argentina.The prospect of two oil firms carrying out exploration in the islands, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas, was an urgent threat to Argentine interests, Milei said, 44 years after his country was defeated by Britain in a war over the islands.Milei said he was sending Congress a bill aimed at strengthening Argentina's response to what he called violations of its sovereignty.Milei said the Sea Lion oilfield, where a British and an Israeli firm are due to begin exploration work, was a "
