Alejandro Betts

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Alejandro Betts
Alejandro Betts at the meeting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization in 2011.
Born
Alexander Jacob Betts

(1947-10-28)October 28, 1947
DiedMarch 13, 2020(2020-03-13) (aged 72)[1]
NationalityArgentine
Known forCampaigning for Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland Islands

Alexander Jacob Betts Goss (also known as Alejandro Betts; 28 October 1947 – 13 March 2020) was an Argentine air-traffic controller and historian. He worked with the Argentine government as a Technical Advisor on the Tierra del Fuego Malvinas Question Provincial Observatory Advisory Council.

Betts supported Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands and is a controversial figure in the Falklands as a result.[2]

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  1. Falleció Alejandro Betts, el malvinense que defendió la soberanía argentina sobre las Islas Malvinas
  2. Sherwood, Deborah (2007). "Three brothers in Port Stanley. Three brothers in Port Stanley. Two helped the Brits, the other sided with the Argies". TheFreeLibrary.com. Archived from the original on 2014-08-09. Retrieved 2014-08-08.