The White House has waded into the Falklands row

close Cancel email WhatsApp link share Share bookmark Save The White House has thrown its weight behind Argentina’s football team after its political stunt at the World Cup. After beating England 2-1 in the semi-finals, the players held up a banner reading “Las Malvinas son Argentinas” (The Falklands are Argentine). In 1982, Argentina and the UK went to war over the British overseas territory located in the south-west Atlantic, 300 miles off Argentina’s east coast. In 2013, the islands’ residents overwhelmingly voted to remain British, but tensions have persisted, with current President Javier Milei saying he would set out a…