La presidenta de Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, ha criticado mediante su cuenta de Twitter, los planes del Reino Unido para realizar maniobras militares en la zona de Malvinas, y anunció que su gobierno emitirá una queja ante Naciones Unidas por la "Militarización del Atlántico Sur".
El comentario fue luego eliminado, pero fue comentado de manera entusiasmada en su mayoría por miles de usuarios.
Este hecho amenaza con incrementar la tensión en la zona, en la que empresas británicas están iniciando la exploración de bolsas de petróleo y gas. La pasada semana, en el primer incidente de este tipo en cuatro años, un patrullero argentino acusó a un pesquero con base en Malvinas, dentro de las aguas jurisdiccionales de Malvinas, de pesca ilegal, obligándolo a retirarse.
Reino Unido informó a Argentina de que maniobras con misiles son habituales cada seis meses, y que se han realizado durante 28 años.
Kirchner anunció que la reclamación de Argentina por las Malvinas sería permanente, aunque descartó el uso de la fuerza. Las Malvinas estuvieron bajo administración argentina durante un breve periodo de tiempo en 1982.
Al parecer, podría haber unos 700 millones de barriles de crudo en la zona de Malvinas.
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Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner used Twitter, to criticise plans by the Ministry of Defence to carry out military tests in the Falklands region. She announced that Argentina had complained to the United Nations about Britain's "militarisation of the South Atlantic.
Mrs Kirchner wrote: "Royal Navy, occupying colonial force in Falkland Islands, reports military exercise with missiles on the coast of East Falkland."
Her postings were erased, but not before they had been re-posted by hundreds of other Twitter users, many of them Argentines who enthusiastically endorsed the remarks.
The Twitter posts threaten to increase tension between the two countries at a time when British companies are beginning to explore for oil and gas in the region. Last week, in what is thought to have been the first incident of its kind in four years, an Argentine military ship confronted a trawler from the Falklands and accused it of fishing illegally. The Argentine crew contacted the fishermen, who were several miles inside Falklands waters, and demanded their details. The boat, from Port Stanley, eventually moved away.
Britain informed Argentina last week that it planned to carry out missile tests, in what officials have insisted was standard procedure. An embassy spokesman told local reporters: "We are a little taken aback, because these exercises are routine and are carried out every six months. They've been happening for 28 years."
Mrs Kirchner has previously pledged an "eternal fight" to claim the Falklands Islands. However she later ruled out the use of force to take the islands, which were briefly under the control of the then-ruling Argentine military junta in 1982.
Recent tests indicated that there could be about 700 million barrels worth of crude oil under the ocean around the Falklands, which could be worth about £3 billion.
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