Sean Penn accuses Britain of 'colonialism' over Falkland Islands

Belfast Telegraph Tuesday 14th February, 2012

Hollywood actor Sean Penn is taking Argentina's side in the Falklands dispute. Penn met Argentine President Cristina Kirchner in Buenos Aires today and then urged Britain to join UN-sponsored talks over what he called "the Malvinas Islands of Argentina". Penn says "the world today is not going to tolerate any ludicrous and archaic comm...

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