The Marcha de las Malvinas (in English: ''March of the Falklands'') is a patriotic anthem of

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It is sung in demonstrations to assert Argentina sovereignty claims over the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...

(in Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and was prominently broadcast by the military government (controlled media during the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...

). On March 3, 1948, it was premiered by the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra. Since 2017, it is also the official anthem of

Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands province Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "''Land of Fire''"; ), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands (Spanish: ''Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur''), is the southernmost, sm ...

. The lyrics were written by the Argentine poet Carlos Obligado and the music was composed by José Tieri. They won a 1939 contest organised by the ''Junta de Recuperación de las Malvinas'' (''Falklands Recovery Commission'').

Lyrics

References

External links

MP3 at the Argentine website "El Malvinense"
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