Was Argentina punished after their Falkland Island war?

No doubt. United Kingdom-Argentina relations shuddered. The United Kingdom is also very friendly to the United States, and until last year, also the European Union. There is a law in the USA that says that any equipment that has American components, Americans can veto their sale. read more

There were no reparations, sanctions, or anything like that. The President who had launched the war became an ex-President with remarkable rapidity, and the military government that had launched that President was itself replaced a year or so later by free elections. read more

The Falkland Islands remained a self-governing British overseas territory, but shortly after the war the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 granted the Islanders British citizenship (replacing British Dependent Territories citizenship), strengthening the link between the Islanders and the UK. read more