That's because he has twisted several facts to make an impact. For example their was no Argentine Administration on the Falklands, it was a penal settlement that had mutinied and killed their commander (who was in fact acting under the authority of The Republic of Buenos Aires, not Argentina), and the actual administration of the Islands at that time was tentatively under Luis Vernet and that settlement was established under permission from the British Authorities and The United Provinces of the River Plate, (nominally The Republic of Buenous Aires), this was prior to the formation of Argentina as we know it today. The establishment recognised British Claims to the Islands. This settlement continued after the British re-established control of the Islands in 1833, (although it was attacked and vernet left by the United States)..The original claims from the 18th Century, both French and British predate either the Spanish claims or the existence of Argentina or its independent forebears.
The integration of Buenos Aires into Argentina did not happen until 1860, by which time British rule of The Falklands was fully established, and it has been this way ever since. There was never an Argentine claim to the Falklands, they have always attempted to imply that they inherited any such claims from former colonies or Spain, which is somewhat ironic.
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