1970-1982







Falkland Islands, since 1982


In 1983 the military dictatorship in Argentina returned power to a democratically elected government, and ever since Argentina is a functioning democracy. While Argentina continues to claim the Falkland Islands, it does not pursue a military option, and relations with Britain have improved.
Compared to the days prior to the Argentine invasion of 1982, Britain has increased its military presence on the islands. Maintaining such a military presence is a continuing burden on the British taxpayer. In recent years the population has increased from c.1,800 prior to the 1982 war to c.3,000 as of 2005; the population now, to a greater extent than before, is concentrated in the capital Stanley. The 1985 constitution introduced democratically elected self-government. The exploitation of the islands' natural resources, long neglected, has begun; the licensing of fishery rights in the seas off the Falklands brings additional revenue.






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Article History of the Falkland Islands, from Wikipedia
DOCUMENTS Historical Population Statistics : Falkland Islands, from Population Statistics (J. Lahmeyer)
REFERENCE Article : Dependent States : Falkland Islands, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1983 pp.295, 298-299, 1984 pp.293-294 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1982-1983 pp.451-453, 1983-1984 pp.453-454, 1984-1985 pp.450-452, 1985-1986 pp.452-454, 1986-1987 pp.456-459, 1987-1988 pp.462-464, 1988-1989 pp.464-466, 1989-1990 pp.467-469, 1990-1991 pp.466-468, 1991-1992 pp.466-468, 1992-1993 pp.535-538, 1993-1994 pp.542-544, 1994-1995 pp.532-535, 1995-1996 pp.531-533, 1996-1997 pp.470-472 [G]
Article : United Kingdom : Falkland Islands, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1997-1998 pp.1377-1380, 1998-1999 pp.1498-1500, 2000 pp.1686-1688, 2001 pp.1650-1653, 2002 pp.1710-1712, 2003 pp.1713-1715, 2004 pp.1729-1732, 2005 pp.1743-1746, 2006 pp.1746-1749 [G]
Article : Falkland Islands, in : The World in Figures 4th ed. 1984 p.128 [G]
Entry : Falkland Islands, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.434-437 [G]



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