Argentina expects strong Malvinas support statement from the Americas summit
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be attending on Saturday the VI Americas summit to be held in Colombia, which is already involved in a strong controversy because of the non invitation to Cuba.
From the historic Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias, the Argentine leader expects to leave with another strong regional support for her sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas, as has been her policy in all possible international meetings.
The two-day meeting, April 14/15, with US President Obama presence confirmed, already took off with a conflict from the moment Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa announced he will not be attending Cartagena or any other future Americas summit if Cuba continues to be excluded.
The coming summit is the first the Argentine president will be attending since her re-election and the second time she flies overseas, following the state visit to Chile of a few weeks ago.
As has been her administration’s policy and that of her former husband and president Nestor Kirchner, she plans leaving Cartagena with another full support for Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas as her government intensifies the campaign to recover the Islands on the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict with the UK.
Regarding Cuba, Colombia abstained from inviting the Castro regime alleging lack of consensus among OAS member states. This was particularly true for the President Obama administration that barred such a presence, from the moment Cuba does not wish to be re-incorporated to OAS which would force Havana to sign and adhere to the Inter American Democratic Charter.
OAS lifted the ban on Cuba in 2009, standing since 1962, and left the initiative of the return to the Organization of American States, in the hands of Cuba.
Another regional figure and close ally of Cuba, Hugo Chavez Venezuela has warned this must be the ‘last Americas summit’ without the participation of Cuba.
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Repetitive, monotonous, Yawn
If Argentina isn't careful, they'll lose all of the shallow support they've garnered on the back of traditional latin american 'solidarity'.
It wouldn't surprise me if the Americas summit does release a 'weak' statement of support for the Argentine claim. Unless of course the American's (USA) force a neutral stance (I'm not sure how powerful they are in OAS).
Regardless, it'll be utterly meaningless. Diplomacy is about negotiation between interested parties. As long as the Argentines set the parameters of negotiation in such restrictive terms (as to not be negotiation at all; demand do not a negotiation make) and refuse to recognise the primacy of the most important interested parties (the Falkland Islanders themselves), negotiation will strictly remain off the table. Even with the entire UN general assembly backing negotiations. In essence, it's a myth that Britain refuses to negotiate on the Falkland Islands matter. It's Argentina, with it's rediculously restrictive constitution, which is making negotiation an impossibility. There are no UN general assembly resolutions (or C24 resolutions to my knowledge) that demand that the UK and FI governments attend a pointless slagging match where Argentina sits on the other side of the table shouting “¡Las Islas Malvinas son argentinas, devolverlos de inmediato o se nos hace exclamar!” every ten minutes. Such would be tedious and counter-productive, I suspect. ;-)
In my crystal ball I also foresee suggestions to amend the constitution so she can serve a 3rd term....
Of 34 OAS members that will be present at Summit of the Americas, 13 are Commonwealth members and 3 others have largely non-Hispanic roots (Haiti, Suriname, Brazil, United States). Assuming that ALL the Hispanic-origin OAS members are on side with a strong Argentine motion, no doubt that Argentine and UNASUR folks have been busy in last several months negotiating with the wobblies in the group - Commonwealth and the non-Hispanics.
Just as likely that the UK Permanent Observer crew will have been doing same to shore-up resistance to the Argentine initiative. Wonder if any of the other European Union OAS permanent observers that have OCTs (Denmark, France Netherlands, Spain) will have been doing anything. The Summit Implementation Review Group followup would seek to bring an approved resolution to other forums (UN, Commonwealth, EU, etc) to actually show that there has been followup. Given that FCO aren't neophytes at the job, an OAS resolution won't be unanimous and it won't go anywhere important.
www.thecommonwealth.org/Internal/142227/members/
www.summit-americas.org/nat_coords.html
www.oas.org/en/ser/dia/perm_observers/countries.asp
It's a racist, fanatically nationalist bastard child of a fascist dog and a Communist cow, the end product is a President that looks something like Mugabe crossed with Aleister Crowley and a Donkey!
“ Argentina should go away in short jerky movements.”
Sounds kinky
Anything else will not work back home for the deluded masses (and British Kirchner).
If she doesn't get it, perhaps she won't come back.
There's always hope.
CFK & Co have to get something here however small, everything else has gone nowhere.
So far it does appear they are doing a better job of isolating themselves, than the Islanders.
It's a no lose situation in Argentina to play this nationalistic card to divert attention from the many problems the country is facing at the moment, high inflation, currency controls, import restrictions, corruption at the highest level (Boudou), internal fighting with the CGT (Moyano).
CFK is picking too many battles & at this rate is unlikely to survive her current term, her only option is to continually play the trump card hoping that today's political correctness will somehow force the minority British government to at some point give in to her demands & hence cement her legacy in Argentinian politics (aka Evita)
The Brits would do well just to ignore the current rhetoric & let it fizzle out just like the current government is starting to fizzle out way ahead of it's current mandate, but there again ........ que se yo ???
@8 Your “Queen” needs to be spread all across the world. In pieces. Very small pieces.
@12 Well spotted! That's argieland. Kinky and queer.
@18 The Brits (us) will do what we always do. What is necessary but no more. Thus, Britain doesn't base 2 squadrons of combat aircraft on the Falklands, it has just 4 aircraft. It doesn't base a division of ground troops there, just a company. It doesn't send a fleet, it sends one warship. Why would we need to do more? For now.
That’s a bit two faced is it not?
The Falkland islanders did vote, and decided,
But argentine government criminals refuse to accept it,
CFK should be ashamed of herself, a leader in the 21st century,
Using ‘political opportunism’ in Falklands sovereignty-claim campaign,
Disgraceful.
.
Canada has their flag nailed already. I doubt they will defect to Argentina from the mother country, for whom their leader has a great affinity. If I remember correctly, Antigua & Barbuda as well as Dominica said no to this before, and all you'll get from O-Loser is some vague statement of neutrality and a wish for peace. I'd also be interested to see where Honduras falls, as they recently ousted their Chavez-approved dictator, Zelaya.
Also, don't forget Cuba has been excluded, which in turn has made Ecuador cry and withdraw. If Argentina is expecting an outcome of American solidarity, they need to think again
The 6th Summit of the Americas will not include in its final statement the subject of the Falkland Islands, whose sovereignty is claimed by Argentina to the United Kingdom.
This was expressed in statements to Prensa Latina by the Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, who said there was a lack of consensus on a statement on the matter.
However, the foreign minister said that the issue will be addressed in the discussions, as well as the issue related to the fight against drugs, although they will not be mentioned in the final document.
In the first case, Holguin said that this is a bilateral issue between Argentina and the United Kingdom and called for a dialogue between the parties, while the war against drugs “is a matter of concern to all.”
Don't you know what that saying means, Cher Think?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyPC0SD0PGw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTBAjfgHLyk&feature=relmfu
www.youtube.com/watch?v=azwWSN2pukk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvQw00SV-c
www.ripoffreport.com/government-worker/argentina-tourists-m/argentina-tourists-murdered-l-33f51.htm
www.ripoffreport.com/federal-government/cristina-kirchner/cristina-kirchner-cristina-kir-dc9b0.htm
Gracias Cristina y Nestor.......oh and thanks too Boudou!!
You need to calm down dear, you know what I have advised you about your mental health. :o)
she is not your queen,
she is the argentine president,
And the out come will be the same
No negotiations without the islanders say so .
l suppose we could tell them just how much money we're banking.
Just to annoy them! ha ha
I hear you. I know I shouldn't enjoy this, watching KFC or whatever she's called, work herself into a state of high blood pressure over this, but I do. I'm on the verge of placing bets as to when she will collapse of a heart attack as she carries on with all of her nonsense.
lf she died of a heart attack after working herself up over the Falklands, you could bet your bottom dollar that the Argentines would say that it was our fault!
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