"We are watching": Argentine intelligence posts message on Falklands after Milei address
Argentina's State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) published a satellite image of the Falklands in the early hours of Friday accompanied by the phrase "we are watching," hours after President Javier Milei announced in a televised national address sanctions against companies operating around the archipelago without Argentine authorization and the construction of a naval base in Tierra del Fuego.
On Friday morning, Argentina's State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) released a satellite image of the Falkland Islands, along with the message "we are watching," in a post to their official X account. This came just hours after President Javier Milei delivered a televised address announcing sanctions against companies operating near the islands and plans for a naval base in Tierra del Fuego.
The post contained no further details, but it quickly gained over 160,000 views within the first few hours. SIDE was involved in drafting Milei's speech, a fact revealed by Presidential spokesman Adrián Ravier. The message was atypical for intelligence agencies, as they typically do not publicize their observation activities. The Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory, have been under British administration since 1833, with a 2013 referendum confirming the majority of residents' preference for British rule.
Argentina does not recognize the vote and believes self-determination does not apply to the islands' population. Neither the Falkland Islands Government nor Britain's Foreign Office commented on the SIDE post at the time of publication.
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