More than 44 years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands, Argentina is reasserting its claim
More than 44 years after Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands, Argentina is reasserting its claim over the territory once again. Al Jazeera’s Ava Warriner explains why the decades-old dispute is back in focus and how US President Donald Trump’s tensions with Britain are playing into it.
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