I used to go to Argentina quite a bit in the late 80s and early 90s (for work) and they were still celebrating that World Cup win from the 80s. :-)
I also remember that if someone said "Falklands" in Argentina, they would be swiftly corrected and told that those islands are "Las Malvinas."
>>I used to go to Argentina quite a bit in the late 80s and early 90s (for work) and they were still celebrating that World Cup win from the 80s. :-)
Do you mean winning the championship overall (which they did not in 1982, but have done, I think three times in all) or beating England, which they did again in 1986. The latter win was the highly controversial one when Diego Marradonna punched the ball into the net, out of the referee's sight, and latter claimed it was the 'hand of God' that scored the goal. Football fans tell me he was very good, but not THAT good.
> I also remember that if someone said "Falklands" in Argentina, they would be swiftly corrected and told that those islands are "Las Malvinas."
Yes, they would say that. But remember their claim is dubious in the extreme. It is not supported by any of the inhabitants of the Islands, and stems from an 8 year occupation in the nineteenth century. Mexico has a more recent, and less fraught, claim on Texas, in that Texas had not previously been American when Mexico first took it.