# ‘4,000 people minding our own business’: four decades on, Falklands again face a hostile Argentina

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-18T04:00:49+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/18/4000-people-minding-our-own-business-four-decades-on-falklands-again-face-a-hostile-argentina
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/4-000-people-minding-our-own-business-four-decades-on-falklands-again--cc04fc/

Facing a slump in the polls, Argentina’s president is making economic attacks on the islands’ oil industry, and suggesting its key fisheries industry could be next A dozen local people and a uniformed military police officer (“Do you mind if I sit in?”) took their seats at the back of the handsome wood-panelled courtroom that doubles as the Falkland Islands’ legislative assembly. Outside, it was a

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