The General Assembly of the United Nations urged the United Kingdom to leave the Chagos archipelago, ruling  in favor of the West African country Mauritius. The United Kingdom had already face off with Mauritiu at the UN for control of the Chagos archipelago in February before the International Court of Justice gave a favorable response arguing for the decolonization of ...

John Bolton recently referred to Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua as a “three tyrants” and announced that sanctions would be imposed against all three. According to him, all three countries will soon experience the “hard sanctions regime”. The main reason, according to Bolton, is human rights violations. The sanctions will include the ban on US citizens who take part in trade ...

INDEX Historical background The diplomatic dispute since 1945 to the Malvinas War. After the war: international organizations, diplomacy and territories of colonial remanence Conclusions Sources Historical background Discovered by Magellan in the sixteenth century, the Islas Malvinas (The Falkland Islands in Spanish) were a Spanish overseas territory, disputed by the United Kingdom in the late eighteenth century during its period ...