Inside Milei's Two-Week Ultimatum to U.K. Over Falklands Oil Exploration

Setting a two-week deadline on Monday, Milei said if the Sea Lion offshore oil project—a venture between British and Israeli companies—has not been stopped, then he will take the matter to the “International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea,” an independent judicial body responsible for the application of the United Nations' Convention on the Law of the Sea. Milei said Argentina’s Foreign Ministry and legal teams have been prepped to “initiate international arbitration” against the U.K. The oil companies—Britain's Rockhopper Exploration and Israel's Navitas Petroleum—have said they have valid licenses for the planned extractions. TIME has reached out to the companies for further comment.The threat from Milei comes after weeks of escalating tensions between Argentina and the U.K. The Falkland Islands, known in Argentina as “Islas Malvinas,” sit roughly 300 miles from the Argentine coast, and have been a British territory for almost two centuries, but Argentina has never accepted British sovereignty over the area. As such, Milei is adamant the oil exploration project would amount to an “illegal plundering of [Argentina’s] resources.” U.S. President Donald Trump further stoked tensions...