In a new chapter of British colonialism illegally clinging to the Malvina Islands, the usurping administration of the islands has released information that, while presented as an account of its economic activity, only confirms the systematic plundering of Argentina's natural resources.

A report by the Mercopress website , based on data from the colony's Legislative Assembly, reveals the magnitude of the plunder: £2.45 billion in gross value generated in a decade by fishing exploitation. Converting this figure to dollars reveals the monumental theft suffered by the Argentine nation, representing a figure that exceeds the £3.3 billion in the US dollar.

According to data revealed by illegitimate island legislator Teslyn Barkmann , the fishing industry generated an impressive $3.3075 billion between 2014 and 2023 (an average of $330 million annually). Most of this revenue comes from two emblematic species native to Argentine waters: the Loligo squid , which contributed more than $2.709 billion to British pockets, and the Patagonian toothfish , which added another $247 million .

These numbers, presented with the cold formality of a financial report, are not simple statistics. They are concrete evidence of the economic damage that Argentina is constantly suffering .

The approximately 250,000 tons of fishery resources annually that the British claim to extract from the waters surrounding the islands should be under the control and benefit of Argentines. However, colonialism and the illegality of the British occupation prevent this wealth from being translated into development, employment, and infrastructure for our country.

The discussion in the Legislative Assembly of the usurpers, cited in the report, is revealing. Kelper legislator Mark Pollard acknowledges that the fishing quota system is a kind of "quasi-monopoly" and a "significant privilege" that allows them to harvest a "shared public resource." This phrase, in its cynicism, exposes the true nature of the problem: the British are appropriating a resource that does not belong to them, justifying its exploitation with arguments of "sustainability" and "transparency," while the true owner, the Argentine people, is conspicuously absent from this equation. This theft has been refused to be addressed by successive national governments since 2015, as well as by the administrations of the province of Tierra del Fuego over the last decade.

The report also details other multimillion-dollar revenues from fishing for other species, bringing the total to more than $3.42 billion over a decade, but this figure is only part of the problem. The British report also mentions, with striking casualty, a series of accidents at sea, including two men overboard and a trial for fishing license violations, demonstrating the lack of controls and the high risk involved in the activity—a risk not assumed by the true owners of the sea they exploit.

Ultimately, this report is not just an economic assessment, but a document that reflects the ongoing aggression against Argentine sovereignty. Every pound and every dollar the British claim to have obtained from the waters of the Malvinas Islands is a slap in the face to history, international law, and the memory of the Argentines who fought for the recovery of the islands. The wealth extracted, year after year, is a reminder that colonialism is not a problem of the past, but an open wound that Argentina and Argentines suffer in the present.