Argentine protesters burn British flag

Also on Monday, Argentine Defense Minister Arturo Puricelli unveiled a plaque in the capital praising Argentina’s “heroes of the Malvinas” and noting that President Cristina Kirchner has declared June 10 to be the “Day of Affirmation of the Argentine Rights over the Malvinas.”

On June 10, 1829, Puricelli noted, Luis Vernet was named the country’s first “political and military commander” of the islands. Vernet later returned to Buenos Aires, leaving behind a small settlement that was taken over by British forces in 1833.

Britain has held the islands ever since, with the exception of Argentina’s 74-day occupation in 1982.

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