Majority of young Argentines consider Malvinas a “national cause”

October 15, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

Over half of interviews openly disagreed with the military occupation of 1982

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Eight out of ten Argentines believes that the British presence in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands is a violation of Argentine sovereignty, although a significant percentage is willing to consider the possibility or shared sovereignty, according to the latest survey to be released in Buenos Aires.

Pollster Iberómetro found out that 79.3% of Argentines consider the Malvinas question which triggered a war between Argentina and Britain in 1982, a very important issue for the country.

“A significant conclusion from the survey is that among the youngest the average of those who consider the issue very important or important is above the medium rate which helps to explain why it remains among those issues of most public interest in Argentina”, pointed out Leonardo Hekimian, Foreign Policy Professor at the Catholic University of Argentina.

The survey also reveals the high appraisal of diplomacy as the tool to recover sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falklands and a strong rejection of any warlike action. In effect, seven out of ten supports Argentina’s diplomatic actions in international and regional forums, while 11.8% prefers political and economic pressure to force Britain to negotiate sovereignty and 3.2% remain supportive of a military occupation of the Islands.

Furthermore 52.8% of those interviewed said they openly disagreed with the military recovery of the Malvinas/Falklands in 1982. Similarly 44.3% consider positive the Argentine government’s sovereignty claims insistence in international forums.

Looking ahead three out of ten Argentines thinks that in the future the UK and Argentina will share sovereignty over the Islands, while 25% believes that eventually the Malvinas/Falklands will return to Argentina and only 15.9% that the local Islanders will declare themselves and independent country.

As to the shared sovereignty, 41% if interviews consider it a step towards the final completion of Argentine sovereignty while 30% said it was “unacceptable” and for 18.9% it’s the maximum Argentina “will ever be able to achieve”. Read full article…