U.K.-Argentina Tensions Rise Over Falkland Islands Dispute
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The U.K. and Argentina summoned each others’ ambassadors as Britain stepped up its defenses of the Falkland Islands and the South American nation filed criminal charges against oil companies operating in the area.
The Argentine Foreign Ministry said it called in the U.K. ambassador to explain the defense spending and revelations by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden that the U.K. had spied on the Argentine government since 2009. Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro was questioned by the U.K. after President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said the islands will be Argentine sooner or later, the Telegraph reported, citing a Foreign Office spokesman it didn’t identify.