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Brexit, as seen from the Southern Cone

The dis-United Kingdom, now lacking a veto in the EU, is alone and isolated in its failure to respect the 41 UN resolutions demanding a resumption of negotiations with Argentina. Español

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Dignitaries watch the remembrance service to mark the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict in London. Alessia Pierdomenico / PA Archive/Press Association Images. All rights reserved

Brexit creates a very complex situation both for the UK and for Europe - with unpredictable challenges and conflicts. This is also a period of surprises and paradoxes in our own region: the suspension of Brazil’s president by a congress rife with corruption, a seditious right-wing in Venezuela attempting to impose its view at the OAS, the conservative revival in Argentina. A time of world disorder.

From the South, we view the Referendum, created and implemented by the Tories, as unleashing a struggle between two factions of the party: on one side Boris Johnson, ex-mayor of London bidding for the leadership, and on the other Prime Minister David Cameron and his Chancellor George Osborne defending the status quo; while the extreme right represented by UKIP, was seeking withdrawal.