Argentina is not supposed to be a nationalistic country. Chileans are, of course, it’s an Argentine that told me.
However, every map of Argentina includes the Islas Malvinas, called Falklands by English-speakers. These islands are claimed by Argentina since some time, after the English colonised the islands that were not occupied enough by Spain, then Argentina. Then, I recall reading that Spain, then Argentina in the middle of an independence war, did not protest enough.
Following what I have learnt of International Law, this lack of protest after the occupation is called acquiescence and would a strong influence if an International Court was to proceed on the issue. Whether fair or unfair, this is probably why the dispute has not and will not be brought in front of the Court.
We can always discuss the influence of the Empire and its colonisation on actual hot spots, such as the Middle East or Cyprus, but that will not be the point here.
Anyway, just to say that Argentine maps also all include as part of its territory a chunk of the Antarctic, doesn’t matter if some of it is claimed and by Argentina, and by Chile. And by the United Kingdom.
Chile can also include it on its maps if it wants, and everyone’s happy.
