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Currently, the Google Maps website identifies a small collection of islands in the South Atlantic as the "Falklands (Islas Malvinas)" (see our cover story, Issue 21). The islands fly the British flag (hence the British name). But Argentina has long considered the archipelago to be Argentine, so their claim and their name gets recognition, in brackets.
Writer: Sasha Issenberg
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