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Under the 1985 constitution, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) became a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, with the governor as head of government and representative of the monarch. Members of the FIG are democratically elected and the governor is effectively a figurehead.
Nonetheless, the Falkland Islands have been a matter of controversy, as they have been claimed by the French, British, Spaniards and Argentines at various points. The islands were uninhabited when discovered by Europeans. France established a colony on the islands in 1764.
Apr 3, 2012 · The Falklands were left to the sheep until 1820, when a ship from the United Provinces of the River Plate, the newly independent Spanish colony which would later become Argentina, claimed the...
Mar 12, 2013 · The Falkland Islands, a South Atlantic territory disputed between the U.K. and Argentina, held a status referendum this week in which 99.8% of voters defied Argentina by choosing to remain British. But it's not just about the islands - also at stake are legal rights to the sea for hundreds of miles around.
Ferdinand Magellan. It is often claimed by Spanish speakers that one of the ships involved in his first global circumnavigation discovered the Falkland Islands. 1504: Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (France) sights islands that may have been the Falklands.
Oct 9, 2024 · Sir Keir Starmer declared the Falkland Islands are British and will remain British after a row about his decision to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. The prime minister last week refused...
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Aug 1, 2022 · The British claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands is based on the argument that with the “exception of two months of illegal occupation in 1982”, Britain has “continuously, peacefully and effectively inhabited and administered” the Islands since 1833.
