Falkland Islands: Islanders prepare for referendum to mantain status like Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom or to go under Argentina
Falkland Islanders will go to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether they want to remain British amid increasing tensions with Argentina over the sovereignty of the territory.
The tiny community is expected to overwhelmingly back retaining its status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.
Authorities in Port Stanley hope the result will send a clear message to Argentina as it ramps up its rhetoric over the islands it calls Las Malvinas, and outside observers are being brought in to monitor the referendum in order to prove it is free and fair.