Jeremy Corbyn's Leadership Victory Prompts Congratulations From Argentina's President
Jeremy Corbyn's Leadership Victory Prompts Congratulations From Argentina's President
The Huffington Post UK | By Paul Vale
Posted: 12/09/2015 21:24 BST Updated: 1 hour ago
Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour Party leader on Saturday was met with overblown optimism and shrill pessimism from across the UK as supporters and detractors offered competing analyses of one of the more bizarre moments of modern political history.
Yet the victory for the socialist MP, who celebrated with a pint and a chorus of The Red Flag, was noted beyond the shores of Blighty with Argentina’s president congratulating the 66-year-old on his “triumph.”
Calling Corbyn a “great friend” to her country, Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner was the first international figure to congratulate the 66-year-old on his “triumph,” even suggesting that his ascent could help Argentina claim the British-ruled Falkland Islands.
Corbyn, who in the past has called for a joint administration to govern the disputed territory, opposed the 1982 war in which British forces expelled soldiers of the military junta, dispatched by Buenos Aires to whip up nationalist sentiment at home and detract from failing domestic policies.
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