Almost every argentine and most latin americans believe that in geography , history and international law the islands they call the malvinas belong to argentina .
Ask latin americans about the falkland islands and they will say three things : that they are the malvinas , that they belong to argentina , and that therefore their population must be suffering from british colonial domination .
Argentina 's government protests that britain 's sovereignty over the islands it calls the malvinas is a colonial injustice , and that the principle of territorial integrity demands that they be reunited with the mainland .
The leaders also expressed their support for argentina 's claim to sovereignty over the falkland ( or malvinas ) islands , which has been reignited by the arrival of an oil exploration rig in the islands .
