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Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands

Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with 'parasites' in bellicose general assembly speech Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take "matters into our own hands" in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas.

Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands

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Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with 'parasites' in bellicose general assembly speech Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take "matters into our...

In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in...

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Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with 'parasites' in bellicose general assembly speech Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take "matters into our own hands" in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas.

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Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with 'parasites' in bellicose general assembly speech Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take "matters into our own hands" in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas.

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