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The Falklands Flashpoint: How Oil and American Ambivalence Expose the Cracks in Western Hegemony

Argentine President Javier Milei has issued an ultimatum to Britain, demanding a halt to the Sea Lion oil project off the Falkland Islands and threatening UN legal action. This brazen move, cynically timed with high oil prices and Donald Trump's wavering support for the UK, exposes the predatory nature of Western resource control and how neo-colonial powers weaponize sovereignty to plunder the resources of the Global South.