Between the Cold War and the Global South: Argentina and Third World Solidarity in the Falklands/Malvinas Crisis
Abstract This article looks at Argentine attempts to mobilize the Third World support by framing the Falklands/Malvinas War as a North-South conflict. Despite fundamental ideological divisions, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Non-Aligned Movement offered support to Argentina, while...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fundação Getúlio Vargas
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| Series: | Estudos Históricos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21862017000100141&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | Abstract This article looks at Argentine attempts to mobilize the Third World support by framing the Falklands/Malvinas War as a North-South conflict. Despite fundamental ideological divisions, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Non-Aligned Movement offered support to Argentina, while the NATO powers - the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United States − backed Great Britain. The Falklands/Malvinas was thus a conflict where nationalist agendas linked up with global narratives of decolonization and the Global South. |
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| ISSN: | 2178-1494 |