article_snippet.sent: Britain struck oil in the Falklands yesterday, a discovery likely to escalate already heightened tensions with Argentina over the ownership of the islands.
article_snippet.sent: Britain struck oil in the Falklands the Falklands yesterday, a discovery likely to escalate already heightened tensions with Argentina over the ownership of the islands.
article_snippet.sent: a discovery likely to escalate already heightened tensions with Argentina over the ownership of the islands comes amid worsening relations with Buenos Aires, exactly 33 years after Argentina invaded the islands.
article_snippet.sent: Lord West of Spithead, a former First Sea Lord, said last night the find would lead to further claims by the Argentinians over the long-disputed territory in the South Atlantic.
article_snippet.sent: ‘the Argentinians have always been worried we will find oil and, given the Argentinians economic state, the Argentinians will think, “we should have it”.
article_snippet.sent: The latest incident sees a heightening of tensions between Argentina and Britain over the Falklands.
article_snippet.sent: The row over the sovereignty of the islands, which Argentina calls Malvinas, could be intensified by the oil find.