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The islands, which lie 480 kilometers (300 miles) off Argentina’s coast, are home to some 3,600 people, roughly 450,000 sheep and over 1 million penguins, according to government figures. Colorful murals of the islands and of war veterans popped up across the country. “The World Cup is now over, and yet people are still talking about the Malvinas because the Malvinas somehow became part of the World Cup,” said Edgardo Esteban, an author and veteran of the war. “Kids in schools are asking me, ‘What’s this Malvinas thing?’ Now there’s a passing of the torch.” None of Argentina’s players had been born when the country’s military dictatorship invaded the Malvinas in 1982, holding the islands for 73 days before British forces recaptured them in a war that killed 649 Argentine and 255 British troops. On Wednesday, FIFA charged Argentina’s soccer federation for players parading the banner.
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