Santiago Caputo, a figure in Javier Milei's Argentine government, called for Argentina to recover the Falkland Islands and warned that the United Kingdom is "being colonized by Islam," according to La Nación. The remarks were reported Wednesday by the Argentine outlet and picked up by several other national media, including MDZ Online, iProfesional, Vox Populi and Agencia Noticias Argentinas.
Caputo framed the sovereignty claim around his claim about demographic and religious change in the UK, arguing that this alleged "colonization" is a reason Argentina should press its claim to the South Atlantic islands. He also issued a warning about the South Atlantic, according to Vox Populi.
The Falklands, known in Argentina as the Malvinas, have been a long-running point of contention between the two countries. Argentina and the UK fought a war over the islands in 1982, and Argentina has continued to assert a sovereignty claim since. The islands remain a British overseas territory.
The reports surfaced as part of live coverage of Milei's government and its measures, per La Nación. The available reporting does not include the full text of Caputo's remarks or any response from the UK government.
What to watch next: whether Caputo's comments draw an official response from London or Buenos Aires, and whether they shift into formal Argentine policy.
