Lawmaker says Chile should keep distance from the Malvinas issue
Lawmaker Ivan Moreira from the ruling coalition junior partner UDI said that Chile should not get involved in the Falklands/Malvinas issue which has to be addressed between Argentina and the UK, and recalled that Chile has its own problem with the coming International Court of Justice dispute with neighbouring Peru.
“We don’t have to be part of the problem between Argentina and UK. One thing is to acknowledge the rights of Argentina over the Malvinas Islands but we must not mess with the problems the two countries have to solve. With Argentina and Britain, we must have the best of relations”, said Moreira who is also a member of the Foreign Affairs committee from the Lower House.
Moreira added that Chile must not forget “that we have a real conflict in The Hague with Peru, and we are in no position to get involved in any situation different from this one”. Peru has taken Chile to the International Justice of Court over a maritime limit difference.
The lawmaker also said he would have liked Argentina “at the time, not to offer refuge to the killer of Senator Jaime Guzmán”, in reference to Galvarino Apablaza whom was granted political asylum (and a job at the Cristina Fernandez administration) thus impeding the extradition request from the Chilean government.
On Tuesday also the Chilean ambassador in Argentina Adolfo Zaldívar was in Santiago to meet the Chilean Executive secretary Andres Chadwick. The visit was thought to be linked to that evening’s speech in Buenos Aires by President Cristina Fernandez, referred to the Malvinas issue and even the possibility of the suspension of the Lan Chile flight linking Falklands with Punta Arenas.
But Chadwick played down any speculation: “we are absolutely cool. There is no situation of tension or nervousness, whatever the Argentine president says today. Anyhow we are going to closely follow with great interest given the expectations generated”.
Ambassador Zaldivar, who interrupted his summer vacation to come to Santiago, said his visit to La Moneda Palace had been pre-arranged to address issues border crossings and tunnels between both countries.
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There can be no complaints from either the UK or Argentina about the way the Chilean Government conducts itself.
Apparently Fidel Castro supports Argentina but he doesn't agree with Old Zipper Neck that the single destroyer deployed by UK amounts to much of a military threat.
When will CFK be lauding the support of Mugabe, Kim Jong Un and Afterdinnerjacket?
Most are criminals and Mulatto's. Drug smuggling is Chilian policy to destroy our nation. They must be made part of Argentina they will join Malvinas. This is their destiny. It will start with forced occupation of all Terra del Fugo. Those Chilians removed can live South Gerogia we be kind and let all pirates live there behind big wire mesh.
So much to them being your brothers, eh filippo.
The Chileans, Uruguayans, and Peruvians shall be grateful as we can run their countries better than they can themselves. We are better than them South Americans in every respect. Cheers.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9068701/Castro-mocks-UK-Falklands-claim-as-Argentina-accuses-Britain-of-militarisation.html
”Cristina Kirchner: Argentina's new Eva Peron ”?
“The question of the Malvinas has stopped being just an Argentinean cause. It has become a Latin American cause. It is a global cause,” Mrs Kirchner said.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/8845537/Cristina-Kirchner-Argentinas-new-Eva-Peron.html
CFK the new Eva Peron? Well, I can see the analagy when you consider how EP sold the country out, had lots of nice clothes and shoes and bamboozled the poor people into thinking she worked for them!
Why do the ordinary people of Argentina fall for these shysters time after time?
And they still love her. It's incredible!
why compare her to a corps,
unless you know something we dont .
I propose an economic and shipping blockade by Latin America, Royal Navy harassment of Argentine shipping, the suspension of air links and constant ratcheting up of the rhetoric and tension, followed by a claim that Argentina is militarising itself in defence. And a call on the UN Security Council to take action against them.
There we go. I am sure you can see our claim is as relevant as theirs!
You really post some rubbish. You're really claiming that the islanders are still there because of the Junta?
The big difference between the abhorrent Chilean Junta (I am glad it's gone) and yours is that yours decided to go to war against us, and the following CFK govt is still pursuing their war-aims: conquest of the Falklands and sudjugation of the islanders.
the brits dont care for you
the argies dont care for you
you live in canada, defending a broken fence 8,000 miles away,
why do you bother .
Clearly, Malvinas is Argentine, claim exist since before Argentina exist. This is well documented that we renounce claim in 1850 but claim was resurrected under Peron who traveled to Italy and adopted policies of Mussolini fascist party in order to make Argentina great nation that it became.
As part of expanded living space, we must continue this policy and we must take over Terra del Fuego and Beagle Channel and then Malvinas.
My grandfather while working for Intelligence visit Indonesia in 1976 to copy plans they used for invasion of Portuguese East Timor and removal of colonial population to be copied in invasion of Malvinas.
If we had copied these plans our invasion would be success and like East Timor is part of Indonesia, Malvinas would now be part of Argentina. World has very short memory.
In order to do good for our country we must do bad things. This is what my grandfather always says.
We know Malvinas never been under Argentine sovereignty but gifted to us by Papal Bull in 1496. No one can argue with Pope or God, that whole of South America given by him to Spain.
Go home colonial pirates w claim you land before our country exist, you can not argue with that. You live there almost 200 years illegally, you have no rights. We will own your homes, farms, businesses, oil and fish.
You will be made to speak Spanish, drive on right, obey our laws, live under our government and governor. In return we give you right to be reborn like our national hero James Peck.
James Peck is son of Malvinas War traitor Terry Peck, he was awarded MBE for helping British occupy our land. Unlike his father, James is brave, patriot, his father will be turning in his grave.
You can all be reborn like James Peck. Or you can die like Terry Peck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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