Ushuaia, where commemorations began on Sunday, is in Tierra del Fuego province, the closest Argentine territory to the Falklands, and Kirchner will deliver a midday speech there to veterans of the conflict.
In Britain, there will be a remembrance ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, eastern England, where a "Falklands flame" will be lit for 74 days.
The remote Falklands – population around 3,000 – are located some 400 nautical miles from Argentina, which calls the islands the Malvinas.
The April 2 invasion ordered by the then-ruling military junta in Argentina caught Britain's Foreign Office off guard and initially there was scepticism on whether military action in the far-off territory was worthwhile.
Then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, however, resolutely vowed to reclaim the islands and once the war was won she basked in her reputation as "The Iron Lady," to win re-election in 1983, and again in 1987.
Tensions between London and Buenos Aires have flared anew since 2010, when Britain authorised oil companies to explore in Falklands waters, and Argentina has accused Britain of militarising the seas around the windswept islands.
Thirty years on, London is facing a united Latin American front led by Brazil – the region's dominant power that displaced Britain in December as the world's sixth largest economy – over Argentina's territorial claims.
During the conflict, Chile – then under the rule of the late Augusto Pinochet – gave covert support to Britain, and the only regional country to provide true aid to Argentina was Peru, which sent weapons and Mirage jets.
Today, Latin American countries depend more on each other and are less dependent on Europe and the United States. They also seek to assert a common identity.
Source: agencies
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