Abstract
The issue between Argentina and the United Kingdom concerning Falkland's islands is as old as the creation of Argentina itself. However it is more in the second half of the twentieth century that Falkland Islands emerged as the main issue between both countries. Both countries have got their own version of the islands' history to legitimize their views. The geographical point of view favors the claim of Argentina, as the islands are four hundred miles from the Argentine coast but eight thousand miles from Britain. At that time during the Cold War, both countries were major allies for the United States of America. Argentina provided support in South America, and Britain on the Northern Europe front while bringing into the fold a global power like France. Both of them were even linked militarily to the USA; the NATO for the United Kingdom and the OAS with the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance for Argentina. However, the war could be explained more effectively thanks to the domestic context in each country. Thus Argentina was an authoritarian regime ruled by a military junta with President Leopoldo Galtieri ad its head since December 1981, and the economic and healthcare situations of the country were in a disastrous condition.
