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Falklands face a hostile Argentina four decades on

Argentina's president is attacking the islands' oil industry and hinting that the fisheries could be next; the islanders say they just want to be left alone.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Meet the Pressure
Published 10:00 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

Photo: Falkland Islands — Photo: Ben Tubby · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBN

At a glance

First reported by The Guardian: “‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 10:00 AM ET on Meet the Pressure, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Argentina.
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The Guardian‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Stanley, the Falkland Islands' capital, residents say they are four thousand people minding their own business, as Argentina's president, slumping in the polls, targets the islands' oil industry and hints that fisheries could be next.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo a leader losing at home has found a rock in the Atlantic to be furious at. I've seen that forecast before.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe islanders' own assembly meets in a wood-panelled courtroom, with a military police officer at the back.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is a small room for a very old argument.