Islas Malvinas: EU signs deal using Falklands’ Argentine name (www.theguardian.com)

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Forty-one years after the Falklands war, the UK has suffered a diplomatic defeat over the archipelago as the EU appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the disputed territory, Islas Malvinas.

Brussels supported an Argentina-backed declaration referring to Islas Malvinas at a summit of EU leaders with Latin America and the Caribbean (Celac) leaders on Tuesday, which Buenos Aires called a “diplomatic triumph”.

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[-] chuso@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's what I was going to say also.
I am Spanish and they were always called Malvinas for us.
This was a summit with Latin America and the Caribbean countries and I assume it is the same for them. The Falklands name sounds totally made up to us.

You can even see the Wikipedia articles in most Latin languages call them Malvinas:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islas_Malvinas_(territorio_brit%C3%A1nico_de_ultramar)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Eles_Malouines
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilhas_Malvinas
https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_Malvinas
https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illes_Malvines
https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illas_Malvinas
Italian and Romanian Wikipedias seem to be the exception:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_Falkland
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulele_Falkland

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