{
  "id": 18270550,
  "title": "Chilean expert suggests Argentina buy the Falklands for US$15 billion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/chilean-expert-suggests-argentina-buy-the-falklands-for-us-15-billion-18270550",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T06:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MercoPress",
    "slug": "mercopress",
    "url": "https://en.mercopress.com/2026/11/05/chilean-expert-suggests-argentina-buy-the-falklands-for-us-15-billion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chilean defence expert Richard Kouyoumdjian has proposed a new strategy to resolve the Falklands dispute, suggesting that Argentina buy the islands for around US$15 billion. He criticizes the current approach of using communications, legal and economic actions as ineffective, stating that \"only military capability sufficient to take the islands or impose a blockade could force change.\" Kouyoumdjian argues that Argentina lacks the necessary military capacity and that rearming with second-hand F-16 fighters would not be enough to counter British Typhoons. Instead, he proposes a \"safer\" strategy of buying the islands, which could be financed by granting the United States or China the right to operate from Mount Pleasant. The expert emphasizes the importance of reversing the 2013 referendum result where 99.8% of Falkland Islanders voted to remain a British overseas territory, concluding, \"Win without going into battle. Buy, don't fight.\"",
  "summary": "Chilean defence expert Richard Kouyoumdjian has suggested that Argentina abandon its strategy of pressure on the United Kingdom and offer to buy the Falklands for about US$15 billion, the equivalent of about US$4 million for each islander, in a column published by Chilean outlet El Líbero in which he calls Javier Milei’s government’s policy “ineffective”.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}