Argentine irredentism
Argentine irredentism refers to the idea of Argentina's sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, along with the dispute with Chile over the Southern Patagonian Ice Field and the region designated as Argentine Antarctica.
Constitutional Irredentism over the Falkland Islands
The Argentine government has maintained a claim over the Falkland Islands since 1833, and renewed it as recently as June 2009.[1] It considers the archipelago part of the Tierra del Fuego Province, along with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
The Argentine claim is included in the transitional provisions of the Constitution of Argentina as amended in 1994:[2][3]
The Argentine Nation ratifies its legitimate and non-prescribing sovereignty over the Malvinas, Georgias del Sur and Sandwich del Sur Islands and over the corresponding maritime and insular zones, as they are an integral part of the National territory. The recovery of these territories and the full exercise of sovereignty, respecting the way of life for its inhabitants and according to the principles of international law, constitute a permanent and unwavering goal of the Argentine people."
Southern Patagonian Ice Field
50 kilometres (31 mi) of the Chile–Argentina border, between Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Murallón, remain undefined,[4][5] on the extrapolar ice field of Southern Patagonia. This desolate uninhabitable region is the last remaining border dispute between Chile and Argentina, outside of Antarctica. In August 1991 the governments of Chile and Argentina had agreed on a borderline,[6] but it was never ratified by the Argentine parliament due to its supposed favoring of Chile. Argentine Parlament believed the border needed to be pushed farther west to encompass a larger part of the ice field as it provides a large deposit of fresh water,[7] the Chilean government felt it was already pushed too far west thinning their already thin strip of land in the region.[7] The dispute would come up for demarcation again in 1994, 1998, 2006 and 2009; however no official boundary has ever been reached.[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ "Malvinas: la ONU hará más gestiones para abrir el diálogo". Lanacion.com.ar. Retrieved 2010-03-15.
- ^ "Constitución Nacional" (in Spanish). 22 August 1994. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Constitution of the Argentine Nation". 22 August 1994. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Border agreement between Chile and Argentina". Archived from 1998 the original on 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Map showing border between Chile and Argentina (partly undefined)". Retrieved 2006-10-27.
- ^ "Chile and Argentina: from measures of trust to military integration". Military Review. 2007.
- ^ a b http://en.mercopress.com/2010/05/20/argentina-revives-long-time-border-dispute-with-chile-in-patagonian-ice-fields
- ^ http://edant.clarin.com/diario/2006/08/30/um/m-01262333.htm
- ^ http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.aspx?ref=IE8Activity&a=http%3A%2F%2Fedant.clarin.com%2Fdiario%2F2006%2F08%2F30%2Fum%2Fm-01262333.htm
External links
- Expedición Transpatagonia 2007, Campo de Hielo Patagónico Sur. Primera exploración histórica del Cordón del Gaviotín y del Lago Greve
- Subsecretario argentino de turismo dice que mapa de Campos de Hielo es oficial "El Mercurio", Chile 29 August 2006
- Hielos Continentales: reclamo de Chile por los mapas argentinos Clarín, Argentina 29 August 2006
- Tras la fricción por los Hielos Continentales, la Argentina llama a Chile a demarcar los límites "lo antes posible" Clarín, 30 August 1996
- Argentine Bases[dead link]
- Marambio Base (Spanish/English)
- Dirección Nacional del Antártico: Bases
- Argentine Antarctica History (Spanish)