Tierra del Fuego prepares to implement Falklands’ maritime traffic decree
Argentine Tierra del Fuego Governor met this week with Coast Guard authorities in Ushuaia to coordinate the implementation of Decree 256 that regulates maritime traffic between Argentine ports and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, and which could have an impact on the cruise industry.
According to Decree 256 all ships heading for Falklands ports crossing through Argentine waters must previously request a permit from the Argentine government.
“We are committed to make available all of our resources for the new system established by the federal decree in Tierra del Fuego provincial jurisdiction areas so as to collaborate in what is needed for the controls that are to be applied”, said governor Fabiana Ríos.
The head of Coast Guard operations in Ushuaia, Rodolfo Alfredo González said that Governor Rios “was willing to provide all the structure of the provincial government for the implementation of the decree”.
González explained that normally Coast Guard checks the incoming and outgoing vessels on security and documentation issues, “but from now on we will request authorization from the special committee created by decree 256” to fully abide with its implementation and purpose .
The control “will affect mostly cruise vessels sailing between Ushuaia and the Malvinas Islands which at this time of the year, high season, generate an important traffic” indicated Gonzalez.
According to local press reports the meeting was held at Government house in Ushuaia with the participation of provincial cabinet ministers whose offices will be involved in the implementation of the decree.
According to the decree a special commission under instructions from the cabinet chief and with representatives from different government ministries and offices will be in charge of evaluating the permits. So far the commission has not been named or the functioning and attributions clearly determined.
Under the Argentine constitution Tierra del Fuego province also includes Argentine Antarctica and the disputed South Atlantic Islands (Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich).-
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The last time Argentina tried this, they backed down when it became apparent the cruise ships were planning to give Argentina a miss.
I'm sure the inhabitants of the islands would be interested to hear that secretly the 'real' governor of the Islands is one Fabiano Rios. In keeping with the logic applied by Nitrojuan, Jorge and other deluded Argentines on this site, I would like to inform them that I, Julius Pedro Hamster, am the 'real' President of Argentina.
“..mandating that their women all wear burkhas. becouse..............”
burkha wearing had used by English Secret Services to mask their
pale skin identitiy when the Taliban era in Afghanistan !
a economic statistic : in England Republic ,women clothes sales are
2.5 times more than men clothes whereas women and men population
are almost equal there !!??
by the way ,a question ! which of you more proudful ?? you .? Australians ?..Welsh ? Scots ? N.Irish ?....
Translation here Gentlemen, I wonder does that mean in event of another glorious liberation will the 3 leaky tugboats of the Argentine navy have to apply for prior permission in order to transport the 16 soldiers and 4 rifles to the Islands?
And of course due to the airspace ban, doesn't that mean that mean the FAA aren't actually legally allowed to fly over the islands anymore?
Thank you Agent Kirchener for your efforts in securing greater security for HM's realm!
As usual you have to resort to the ridiculous straw man. No Argentine invasion, no British military presence. Britain has no desire to maintain a garrison in the South Atlantic, it never did till Argentina invaded.
surely there is a case here for the Islanders to go to the Hague? It might be a remarkably interesting case, since the islanders are Argentine citizens and are therefore not covered by Argentine law in territory not covered by Argentine law, does Argentina have a right to include the islands on it's constitution, and do elected officials have a right to declare themselves to have a mandate to rule over peoples who never approved their election?
I think to any islanders here this could be an interesting fight back?
how can the islanders go to Ushia to get their docuements? you just forbid flights and shipping between the two silly!
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This will hit the local economies in Argentina when there is an inevitable re-routing of cruises to other countries. The Falkland Islanders certainly won't give up their sovereignty, even if the cruise trade decreases.
Return the malvinas!
MALVINAS ARE ARGIE!
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Moving on to far more important matters. Dear Real Hamster, piratical imperialistic usurper and pretender that you are, how can you be the real president of Argentina when it most clearly is me.<br />
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I expect that you are not even a real hamster. <br />
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On what basis can you possibly have a claim that is stronger than mine? My claim is IRREVOCABLE AND UNRENOUNCEABLE and following the logic used by many Argentines on this site, the use of capital letters means that what I write MUST BE TRUE. See also the many EXCELLENT COMMENTS BELOW FROM BBC.CO.UK (i tried bbc.com as quoted by Nitrojuan but could find no such site)<br />
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'Julius Pedro Hamster is the only true president of Argentina. Mrs K and the real hamster are just pretenders who should bugger off back to Spain where they came from all those hundreds of years ago. I was taught this at school so it MUST BE TRUE'<br />
Anonymouse - BA, Argentina<br />
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'JP Hamster's claim is totally and completely legitimate. Mrs K and the Argentinian government and its people should bugger off back to Europe where they came from all those years ago. Imperialist dogs.'<br />
H Chavez, Venezuela.<br />
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'Julius seems very nice and he can't be much worse than the other lot who came and settled here a couple of hundred years ago and then murdered all my people.'<br />
last remaining indigenous indian, hiding out in some shanty town somewhere in Argentina.<br />
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.....“In the Falklands, the Governor is appointed in consultation with the FIG. Apparently Argentina would impose a Governor, just like they did back in 1982. Only just goes to show their colonial ambitions....”....
Until UK sit down to negotiate, we'll consider Fabiana Ríos the governor of those islands.
Splendid idea Nitrojuan ! However, to be sure they will receive the forms and use them, I suggest the formulas ought to be print on toiletpaper.<br />
Then there should be a fair chance they will use them.o:)
I want to give an offer to your people (before Arg. close the only link with the continent) , but i feel nobody is prepared to it...
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Simon Jenkins<br />
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www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/25/falklands-britains-expensive-nuisance<br />
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