Milei's Energy Gambit: A Sovereignty Showdown Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, has set his sights on Navitas Petroleum, an oil company operating in British territory on the Falkland Islands.
The Argentine government plans to file criminal charges against the company and several subsidiaries for allegedly violating Argentine law.
Milei's stance on this issue is rooted in Argentina's long standing claim that the Falkland Islands, known as Las Malvinas, are an integral part of the country.