FALKLAND ISLANDS VOTE FOR BRITISH RULE
[99.8% for remaining British territory as Argentina ups sovereignty claim]
Residents of the Falkland islands voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum aimed at winning global sympathy as Argentina intensified its sovereignty claim.
The official count on March 11, 2013 showed 99.8% of islanders voted in favour of remaining a British Overseas Territory in the two day poll, which was rejected by Argentina as a meaningless publicity stunt. There were only three 'no' votes out of about 1,500 cast.
"Surely this must be the strongest message we can get out to the world", said Roger Edward, one of the Falkland's assembly's eight elected members. "That we are content, that we wish to retain the status quo... with the right to determine our future and not become a colony of Argentina". Pro-British feeling in
running high in the barren and blustery islands that lie off the tip of Patagonia, at the southern end of South America.
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