Almost every argentine and most latin americans believe that in geography , history and international law the islands they call the malvinas belong to argentina .
Ask latin americans about the falkland islands and they will say three things : that they are the malvinas , that they belong to argentina , and that therefore their population must be suffering from british colonial domination .
Argentina 's government protests that britain 's sovereignty over the islands it calls the malvinas is a colonial injustice , and that the principle of territorial integrity demands that they be reunited with the mainland .