Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the President of Argentina, has demanded the return of the Falklands 180 years after Britain took control of the islands.
In an open letter to David Cameron, she called on him to end the era of British colonialism three decades after open conflict in the South Atlantic.
Mrs Kirchner claimed that “Argentina was forcibly stripped of the Malvinas Islands” on January 3, 1833. The demand for their return to Argentine sovereignty is the latest step in a recent escalation of hostility between Buenos Aires and London.
The British Ambassador to Argentina was handed a formal note