As I understand it, Argentina's claim of soveirngty is largely based on the international laws of uti possidetis juris and uti possidetis.
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Chile claimed that according to the Uti possidetis of the Spanish crown, the coastal region belong to them and their territory bordered directly with Peru.
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(3b ) The uti possidetis argument ( Joe Hung's argument ) . ( This principle is a rule for resolving treaty ambiguities ).
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:AnonMoos's uti possidetis is probably what the OP wants, but if you read the question literally, there's another answer.
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This contrasts with " uti possidetis ", where each side retains whatever territory and other property it holds at the end of the war.
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I have just added " Category : International law " to Uti Possidetis; it was unfindable otherwise . talk ) 19 : 57, 30 September 2008 ( UTC)
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On the other hand, European powers and the USA never recognized the principle of " Uti possidetis " 1810, as for example in the Falkland Islands.
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Argentina and Chile base their territorial claims in Antarctica on the " uti possidetis juris " principle the same way they did so for their now recognized Patagonian claims.
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Since uncertainty characterized the demarcation of frontiers according to the " Uti possidetis " 1810, several long-running border conflicts arose in America after independence throughout the 19th century.
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In 1964 the Organisation of African Unity passed a resolution stating that the principle of stability of borders the key principle of " uti possidetis " would be applied across Africa.
