Falklands War lives on in Argentina 40 years later

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June 14 marks 40 since the war between the United Kingdom and Argentina over control of the Falkland Islands. While the war may have ended in an Argentine defeat and the continued British control of the islands located roughly 300 miles east of the South American country, Argentina continues to dispute control of what the country calls the Islas Malvinas. Host Carolyn Beeler spoke with Alejandro Milcíades Peña, a senior lecturer in international politics at the University of York, about what the war and the islands mean to Argentinians today.

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