OPINION

200 years since the raising of the Argentine flag

Oped, Felipe Solá, Published on 13/11/2020

» Nov 6, 2020 marks an anniversary of great relevance in the protracted sovereignty dispute over the Question of the Malvinas Islands: On this date, 200 years ago, David Jewett, a US national at the service of the Argentine Navy, took possession of the Malvinas Islands (Falkland Islands), raising the Argentine flag on the islands for the first time.