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Jan Cheek - Executive Councillor, Falkland Islands Government

Jan Cheek - Executive Councillor, Falkland Islands Government

The Interview vor 13 Jahren

Falkland Islanders if they want to remain a British overseas territory. Should they agree?

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To Britain it's the Falklands, to Argentina the Malvinas. Thirty
years ago, the two countries went to war over these islands in
the South Atlantic. Now they can smell oil - eight billion
barrels worth is being drilled for this year. Is that why Buenos
Aires and London are trading insults once again? Jan Cheek is one
of the leaders of the 3000 islanders who are about to be asked to
vote on whether there should be negotiations with Argentina. She
says no but by what right do the Islanders insist they should
stay linked to a country on the other side of the world? And for
how much longer will the British be prepared to pay the military
and diplomatic bill?