“Sovereignty party” for when Libertad and Espora sail in together to Mar del Plata
Argentina’s dredgers union assured a safe passage for when the Navy’s flag ship ARA Libertad arrives to Mar del Plata next 9 January to a big reception party headed by President Cristina Fernandez. There were concerns that the depth of the access channel wouldn’t be enough.
“The access channel to Mar del Plata is 80 metres wide and 9 to 10 metres deep, I believe the frigate draught is six metres to there is a considerable margin” said on Friday the number two of the dredgers and buoys union Juan Carlos Schmid.
However he admitted that the channel has had difficulties for some time and large vessels face serious inconveniences when entering the port of Mar del Plata.
“Having the channel in good safety and navigation conditions is a responsibility of the federal government; I believe a tender is being drafted to improve access, because the channel is quite narrow in some areas”, added Schmid.
But this will not prevent the big party scheduled for next Wednesday when ARA Libertad after having been retained impounded in Ghana since October, makes her triumphal return escorted by the corvette Espora which was also delayed in South Africa, for mechanical reasons, but under threat of a similar impound action from hedge funds.
ARA Espora on Thursday called at Rio do Janeiro and has programmed the rest of the trip in such a way that it will emerge in the Mar del Plata horizon next to ARA Libertad.
However to avoid any possible difficulties when entering the port where President Cristina Fernandez and her cabinet will be waiting, the two vessels are scheduled to sail in at high tide at 17:25 hours.
The head of the navy in Mar del Plata, Carlos Barrios Cardozo, said that they were “coordinating the naval route and organising security for the ships’ arrival into the port.”
“The ships will arrive on Wednesday the 9th of January between 5pm and 6pm and will have helicopter security and the coastguard present. “The idea is that the arrival be a celebration and that nothing strange happens,” Cardozo said.
Following the formalities of the reception ceremony, and probably a strong speech in support of sovereignty and condemning hedge funds from President Cristina Fernandez, the Argentine leader leaves for a trade mission to Emirates and Indonesia.
The port and surrounding area will then be opened for a dance and singing party with the participation of several rock groups, which is expected to be a great success since it coincides with the peak of the summer season in Mar del Plata and the Atlantic coast.
ARA Libertad was impounded 2 October on arrival at Tema, Ghana on demand from a New York court order favouring US hedge funds trying to make effective Argentine defaulted sovereign bonds.
After several diplomatic attempts failed the case reached the International Court of the UN Law of the Sea with seat in Hamburg which ordered Ghana to release ARA Libertad.
The recovery of the frigate on a naval cadets final training course was presented by the government of President Cristina Fernandez as a battle for Argentine sovereignty threatened by hedge funds and other forces intent in humiliating Argentina and bringing down her government.
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That should keep the masses occupied for a little while longer.
You could not make this up,only in Argentina celebrating out of not paying your debts even though the bailiff is still knocking at the door
Should keep their aggressive colonialist adventurism in check though.
Only arrogant Argentinos could see this as a reason for celebration.
Argentina meets sailers at 21 century
what a dévelopment !
Time to crack open the Champagne for sure.
Like the Pompeiians celebrating at the base of mount Vesuvius.
www.contexto.com.ar/vernota.php?id=94929
How ironic!!!!!
Nice link Chris.
LOL.
Yup, the ecomony is in the toilet. People are struggling to keep a roof over their heads and feed themselves.............. Protests against the government and food riots. Let's have a party!!!
Well, at least they got their boat back.....................
Would you like something to read, “No we want our Islands back!”
Would you care for a pillow, “No we want our Islands back!”
All I can say is, I hope the cabin crew on this plane are being paid Hazzard Pay, because I have a sneaky supicion they are going to earn it!
@13 Have you seen the film 'Game Change'? Really Palin and CFKC could be interchangeable. Obviously not looks, but the handling of a megalomanic, bi-polar, somewhat dense politician with no consideration outside her own needs and popularity.
'Cristina, no tenes verguenza hija de mil putas!!!!!!'
'Quien tiene la culpa que esta ladrona este como presidenta???????'
arf!
I agree that if Palin had been elected VP and McCain dropped dead from the stress of being POTUS, she probably would have gone to war with someone, anyone, if she could find it on a map.
Can you immagine this happening here in UK Tax payers funding a premiers sons bit on the side luxury lifts home in a presidential plane nice to see democrecy working well in Argentina
SERIOUSLY you could not make this shit up
I do not think any of her so called allies, would be foolish enough to get involved in a conflict with our armeded forces. They are well aware of our capabilities and not through any great intelligence work either.
Since 9/11 all they have had to do to see those capabilities, is to turn their Television on and tune in to the World News. The capabilities of our forces are there for all to see. Not to forget of course, that those forces have now more that a decade of combat experience, are equipped witth the latest military hardware available and last but not least, are all veterans and well capable of using it. I'm not bragging, I'm just saying it as it is.
They would be foolish to start anything and they know it.
Argentina does and the english string that follow?
“The idea is that the arrival be a celebration and that nothing strange happens,”'
What do they expect to happen? The bailiffs cannot strike there so they must be concerned about anti-government action. Is CFKC going to be roped to the prow of the ship as a living Figurehead?
Reading this just made me glad that we have a prick like Camoron and his bitch Clegg in charge of the UK.
Even they cannot fuck up the PR potential to the Falklands (there are STILL no Malvinas you pratts) surely?
SELF-DETERMINATON!
Is the corvette Espora escorting the Libertad, or being towed in by it I wonder.
Seems you have no comments on your dear leader not being able to use Tango1 infear of it being inpounded LOL even more though is that she is hiring a GREAT BRITISH private jet to ferry her around on her over seas jaunt-as she told the rest of you Argentines about this????
On a serious note this Libertard party is going to provide more laughs.
The Argentines are very generous in making the world a happier place with all the laughs they provide.
It would be even better if he announced they were running a surprise based on 'the good old days' and chucked the lot of them out the door without parachutes.
Even a jet when slowed and down at 10,000 ft could do that.
www.economist.com/news/americas/21569040-weakened-president-falls-out-fellow-peronists-enemy-within
'To travel to Asia, Cristina chartered a plane for a million dollars - It was for direct recruitment to a British company. I would not use the Tango 01 for fear of possible foreclosure...'
www.clarin.com/politica/viajar-Asia-Cristina-alquilo-dolares_0_841715935.html
Judging by their courageous conduct back in 82, they must be well used to being ambarrassed by now.
'CFK the movie'
I would pre-book now, she is better comedy value than any sitcom I've watched.
Letting CFK run a country is the equivalent of letting a toddler drive a bus. But its not just her, tinman and count von count are just as thick, it's hilarious.
Not so much of the Intelligence officer giving the latest intel on enemy movements and dispositions, more a case of the accountants giving intel on the Bailiffs movents and dispostions!
Wonder what the latest IA drills are on being served a summons.
Celebrating a national humiliation, how amusing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdWM_m8aXjE
It's almost like you didn't lose the Falklands to a country half your size and 50 times further away. It's like that, but not quite the same, you bunch of dicks.
Getting rid of that bitch would be a good first step.
www.clarin.com/politica/afiches-Cristina-capitana-convocan-Fragata_0_841715936.html
who does she think she is?
followingthevoicewithin.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/christ-pilot.html
!!Abandon Ship!! just dont ask her to park it!
Get real. No one gives a fark.
www.lanacion.com.ar/1543176-con-un-afiche-epico-de-cristina-convocan-a-recibir-a-la-fragata-libertad
Well it certainly explains things. With KFC at the helm no wonder the ship struck an economic mine.
Tells her people don't buy British while she hires a luxury British private jet
LOL like Mr Cameron says WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER,except for Crissy ofcourse.
What the world is seeing here is the creation of another historic legend, the birth of the Argentine Boudicea. The picture is positively Wagnerian, I'm guessing that the artist is infuenced by his/her Germanic descendants, Circa 1933-1945.
You can not spending your life running away ,and moving and moving and moving to somewhere else that might be safe .Sometimes you have to make a stand.
And so the authoritarian eternal reign of the Kircheners begins to the great clapping of hands... and the return of a boat running away from its own shame.
If the return of a sailing ship and a clapped out warship does it for them, be magnanimous. Have they anything else to be happy about ?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2257904/Flying-flag-Falklands-row-President-splashes-BRITISH-luxury-jet-plane-grounded-debt-fears.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
says CFK is a possible British agent
i always say that read DailyMail no others.
British firms swarming in Argentina
very normal that British has imperial/global culture,Argentina has not.
YOUR EMBARRASSED TINX ADMIT IT
I know so many countries politicians who admirer of British and Oxford is more attractive than Harvard for their children.
i thought i had seen her exact hand pose pointing to the heavens once before,
she actually believes shes a goddess, check out gods pose in michaelangelos painting,
sharpaboutyourprayers.com/2010/06/06/reaching-out/
a living modern day peronist goddess, who would of thought it,
one would think she would use her god-like status to help out her chubby friend chavez,
Thanks for the question!!! :o)
I live permanently in Uruguay and no longer have a house or other residence in the UK: so I no longer have a vote.
Yes, it seems ridiculous that India and Pakistan can arrange for all their citizens, even the homeless ones to vote, but no so the UK.
However, I have to admit a liking for UKIP and Nigel Farage, but they will get nowhere other than to rob the Conservatives of voter share. I am certainly NOT a supporter of the BNP, they are neo-Nazis.
The UK is, dare I say it, a bit like AG: a one horse race as far as my political leanings are concerned.
It was $20 when I lived there but I guess inflation takes a toll everywhere.
hahaha
As UK aircraft are classed as UK territory and, therefore, subject to UK law, couldn't we have her forcibly brought to the UK (or Diego Garcia) and sectioned under the Mental Health Act?
Just a thought.......
@62 Tell P-H.
@68 You can't “remember” anything when you have terminal mixamatosis.
@71 Is she not a goddess? In Norse mythology, is there not a goddess called Hel? She rules over the realm of Hel where she receives a portion of the dead. Sometimes described as an “image of a greedy, unrestoring, female deity”. Sounds about right.
Dance to the daddy, sing to the mammy
Dance to the daddy , to the mammy sing
Thou shalt have a fishy on alittle dishy
WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN
... Thou shalt have a bloater, though shalt have a haddock
WHEN THE BOAT COMES IN
Some of the other verses of the song are quite apt too
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/06/falklands-uk-argentina-fight-defence
In a fight between TMBOA and CMD, I'd put my money on CMD.
Of course Britain will defend the Falklands, but it doesn't hurt to remind the Argentine government of that fact.
I think another Type 45 deployment to the area is in order, and who knows, maybe Uruguay will 'sight' a RN submarine again ;)
As for the Libertad and Espora, I'm glad the sailors are returning home to their families. No doubt TMBOA is already spending money on minting them “I dodged the bailiff” medals. :)
Borrowing with no intention of paying back is simply theft. Which I guess is a virtue according to Nestoranity.
www.indexmundi.com/g/r.aspx?v=66
”UK among the select group with the most woeful rate of growth in 2011 (chart above), and the last five-year period”
UK 183 of 216.... lol
UK edged out in a tight race by economic superpowers SAN MARINO and COCOS ISLAND. :)
But at least you barely scratched by mightt Madagascar.
UK! UK! UK! hahahahahahaha.
Fitch warns Argentina on “growing diplomatic isolation” and “investment shortages”
It's the poor Argentines that suffer not old Crissy and her cronies bleeding the country dry.
PARASITES.
www.indexmundi.com/blog/index.php/tag/corruption/
:)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_5_AD9wXuY
geddit
Now THAT is worth celebrating.
You should be on your way to Mar del Plata to join the welcoming committee, not playing your usual tricks of hijacking a thread that has nothing to do with GDP.
The term is actually “nook and cranny”
They CANNOT defend CFK anymore.
Hopefully there's a Union flag on that jet, would make for a sweet photo.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwqd4cOJsPg
And rehearsing her Speach for the sovereigny party at Mar del Plata
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0fywBbhvxo
Is it going to be declared a national holiday, I wonder?
no
You all can claim it was a humiliation but absolutely no one will remember the incident in 12 months. However, everyone will remember how Argentina is becoming the 1st nation in history to time and time again defeat the vultures.
And to ice the cake, the vulture is not spatting with Ghana over port costs. It's just like a movie where the good guy seems hoplessly cornered, but pulls a trick and the two bad guys are left bickering and fighting each other.
Jesus christ, why is your president leasing a British plane then?
Do not come up with some bullshit story about it being broken, because frankly. no one beliefs you !Not even your own people.
She is afraid to use it in case it is seized! and by any definition, that is humiliating!
A short-term circumspect approach is a small price to pay to see the bankers get absolutely nothing for eternity. They've gotten nothing, have lost on all court fronts in all continents, have lost twice in a restructuring unitaterally done by Argentina... they have an ignominous record of defeat against us.
and you have the balls to call me an oaf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry, made agender assumption then!
I'm sure they accepted pesos and are so desperate for clients (no one can afford jets in the UK anymore is my assumption), that they are willing to sell themselves to the lowest bidder, and to an enemy to boot.
Oh and we are not the ones calling for boycott of UK goods and services, she is.
Keep on twisting and squirming, it does not alter the facts. She is going on a foreign business tour and it' s a British company that's taking her.
Everybody loves a party, a day off and so forth... most wont have a clue what it is over, or that it is hiding a terrible embarrassment... but getting away with turning it into a nationalist celebration.
credit where it is due.
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“A short-term circumspect approach is a small price to pay to see the bankers get absolutely nothing for eternity. They've gotten nothing, have lost on all court fronts in all continents, have lost twice in a restructuring unitaterally done by Argentina... they have an ignominous record of defeat against us.”
christ but you're SO ruddy naive Nostro:
bankers always get their pound of flesh, always and they dont care if it DOES take eternity.... for there will always be bankers even if there may not always be an Argentina.
for gods sake go do some travelling around the world and get some RL experience.
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“It is much easier to beat an inflation problem than to beat a “growth” problem.
”
the PROBLEM - the REAL problem, is that nobody but baboons believe the economic figures from the Argentine government.... so putting “real growth in GDP” is a bit of a piss-take when including any Argentine statistics. The Argentine Gov quite literally just makes its numbers up.
What's funny is that some people CHOSE to believe them... naive burks :-0
@Nostrolldamus The, Argentina (on its own figures) as dropped 7 places in GDP rankings is now 27th so dropped out of the G20 that will help old Crissy with her travel plans ,no more G20 meetings no more expensive BRITISH jets to hire
Baboons are very intelligent, so they certainly wouldn't believe TMBOA any more than any normal sane person.
Nostril/Tobias is of course completely nationalistic and probably unbalanced, as he can't get his medication anymore (stuck at the border waiting fr the hospital to export soya). It's because of people like him that Argentina is fecked.
They are completely unable to critise themselves or teir country, because to do so would (in their demented world view) be unpatriotic. No doubt in the 1970's and 1980's he wouldn't have been able to critise the junta, and would've supported them and their methods, because not to would've unArgentinian.
Certainly though none of them are able to grasp the way in which more & more Britons are able to comfortably live with their Nation's past (deeds & misdeeds).
If only the same were true of them, they would be much, much wiser.
That wont happen until they go out into the world a bit though, for all their claims of wordly knowledge they all exhibit terrible naivety and an appalling lack of experience of the wider world....and if they ever did venture therein they appear to have learned little.
The same, alas, is too true of others.
The phrase that springs to mind is “Eyes wide shut.”
Argentina contracted more than the UK in the second quarter of 2012 (-0.9 to -0.4) and grew slower in the third quarter (0.6 to 0.9). Supposedly advanced economies like Australia and Britain should always have slower growth than developing countries like Argentina. So let's not even get started on Chile's annual 5.7% or Uruguay's 3.0% or Peru's 6.5%.
They would do well to look at what we have given to the world also
“A bombardier jet is not British you oaf!!!”
Its Canadian, and they support the FIs right to self determination.
I'm puzzled as to why Argentina hasn't hired a Cuban, Venezualan, Iranian or Syrian jet.
Do you know Nozzy?
This b...h as got so much (saggy) neck there's no way she's embarrassed I just hope the company got paid up front-what they should do is not turn up on day of departure and leave her stranded at the airport then let her fight for a refund.
www.rionegro.com.ar/diario/pichetto-la-recepcion-a-la-fragata-fortalece-la-posicion-argentina-ante-los-acreedores-1043633-9532-nota.aspx
Perhaps the UK should preempt her with a press release, something along the lines of the UK supporting the Islanders undeniable right to Self Determination as enshrined by the Charter of the United Nations. Maybe announcing a deployment of Civilian Police to help facilitate the smooth running of the referendum.
No need to actually do it, just announce it, then watch the sparks fly!!!!
Sounds “objective”.
Then these fools wonder why I take none of them seriously.
You choose not to live in Argentina so why do you choose to be here?
You do not add to the discussion, you rarelydiscuss the articles, you do partake in any discourse while pretending to sit above everyone, you continual tell people you won't talk to them when it suits you and you deflect and change the subject seeminly at random.
If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.
So I suggest you leave because quite frankly, you CAN'T ARGUE.
If I were that Master, oops .....I forget it's a naval vessel. If I were the Captain of the Libertad, I would be hiding my head in shame and I suspect that he wants to, only he is being ordered to the party. What are they celebrating? Another victory in a financial skirmish from being a deadbeat borrower? The victories are getting narrower and narrower and an indication that they will not continue. But skirmish and firefight victories does not make a war and campaign won.
“It's laughable how the rest of you just toss about assumptions about other posters like you actually have some Kristallkugel from a Hansel and Gretl tale, that I am a CFK myrmidon, that I am living off people, that I don't live in Argentina, that I'm not Argentine... all arguments of feckless ranters who don't like their endless “traduce Argentina” fulminations interrupted.”
Again you deflect. Tell me where I have made an assumption and correct it. I assume you don't live in Argentina. Am I right or wrong? If you don't reply then I can only based on what I read. I don't believe you are a paid troll which is what I am ASSUMING you meant with myrmidon. Why? Well quite frankly you aren't very good at this. I've come across plenty of more skilled wumao on other sites than I have ever seen here.
Also there is an English word for Kristallkugel. You seem to have assumed I'm a monolingual Anglo-Saxon. Seems assumption are being made by everyone.
In your case it is merely a reflection of your own attitude.
As someone who is openly hostile to anybody non-Argentine and who derides and abuses all Europeans and Americans (north) its pretty amazing that you have the nerve to call anybody else “racist”: you are, after all, the most openly hostile and xenophobic person on these fora.
Also if you want to stop assumptions on your heritage and abode, then just answer the questions as to what/where they are - it isnt exactly rocket science, nor a state secret.
Me? Welsh, Zimbabwean living in the UK.
wow, that was hard.
Of course, when multiple people share the same accounts it is much harder as one has to remember all the other lies, as well as your own.
“”“”all arguments of feckless ranters who don't like their endless “traduce Argentina” fulminations interrupted.“”“”
its largely of your own construction and your own fault, but then blaming others for your self-created problems is a trait that you share with CFK...so colour me un-surprised.
@102 So what you're saying is that your ability to refuse to pay your debts is an admirable thing? Could we just remind you that, at the bottom line, you defrauded thousands of ordinary people in a number of countries. You took their life-savings and their pension funds and finished up telling them they could have 30 cents back for each dollar they had invested. Doesn't matter how you dress it up. That's fraud and theft.
@106 No British company would accept a third-world currency. US$ or British£.
@125 Not true! When it comes to belligerency, inadequacy, larceny and mendacity, you're in the top5%.
@127 Alright then. You're just a useless fart! An objective view based on the crap you post. Nothing racist. Your nationality and domicile are irrelevant. You're just a useless, pointless fart!
@130 Useless, pointless fart!
My warm hearted congratulations to CFK, the Argentine Armed Forces, and the Argentine Nation on behalf on the working people of the United States of America. Our Nation, People, and Government are behind you 110%. Your nation is fighting a just war against the usureres in defense of us all.
Keen thinking Mdme. President. I am sure that the Bubbly man will make a bundle. More profits, more taxes.
I wish I were there.
Seeing Opportunity, WPP Adds to Its Investments in Latin America Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the British advertising giant WPP, says he sees growth prospects in Latin America. The firm has taken a 20 percent stake in an information technology services company based in Argentina.
I'm not Kirchnerista, just don't think if an important British company invests here I don't think they are fools. I think they invest despite Cristina, and despite Cameron.
“Apparently WPP doesn't see the dark future for argentina ”
Nice little detail. Every little bit of information serves well on this site to dislodge some of those self imposed brain stops most of the Brit particants seem to have.
Didn't you know that she left Ghana with guns blazing and her heroic crew fighting off the pirates of the Royal Navy who were waiting for her out at sea. In the ensuing fight, she sank HMS Astute by ramming it ,seriously damaged HMS Daring then left her pursuers in her wake. Of course the British will lie about their ignominious defeat but the whole world will know the truth.
No doubt WPP will be called on to produce an advertising campaign with T shirts and stickers to celebrate the glorious victory.
“I wish I were there to receive this beautiful and battle scarred ship. I am sure that I would have a grand time in majestic Mar del Plata as I did in 1998 with my Argentine Navy Colleagues. What a glorious day for Argentina and Latin Amreica. An example of steadfastness and commitment. ”
Stop it, stop it, you're killing me !!!
Killing me with laughter, LOL LOL LOL !!!
You?? You, in the Argentine Navy??? LOL
On another thread, you said you were in the US Navy!! Even more ridiculous!!!
Go on, say some 'navy' things. Waiting, how funny!
“Keen thinking Mdme. President. ” STOP, please !!
ROFL - oh how funny!!
“...on behalf on the working people of the United States of America. Our Nation, People, and Government are behind you 110%”
What do you know of 'working people'??
You spend all your time on here, despising them as suckers and perpetuating CFK's lies so that she can rob them and manipulate them.
That would have been the funniest line yet, if it were not so sad.
Honestly, this is the most stupid posted you've ever come up with!
Ha, ha, ha.
ie that KK will celebrate a third world country they seized a boat. Tomorrow we celebrate that Maximito hemorrhoids were cured, why not?
under the protection of international law in the world struggle against the usurers and vultures. Many were hoping to see this marvel sail into the Thames or Portsmouth as a vulture prize. Dream on, dream on.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlXcJDtDwM
Instead, on January 9 she will sail into Mar Del Plata with hundreds of boats to welcome her, thousands upon thousands of visitors to chear her and her crew. Only a rehersal for theMalvinas recovery party.
Pass the bubbly.
“...she will sail into Mar Del Plata with hundreds of boats to welcome her, ”
and THOUSANDS of protesters against CFK.
Isn't she worried about making a public appearance by now??
It will be interesting to see if she appears in public, in her own country, at least.
It has been said that a lot of money has been offered to her personal guards and border and security forces to do her in.
Waiting.
The president will be there to join her people in celebration.
147 Troy Tempest (#)
“It has been said that a lot of money has been offered to her personal guards and border and security forces to do her in.”
Oh really. So where did you learn about such a conspiracy? Somewhere in The Sun I imagine? Or better yet, do you have some connection with someone involved with this? Go ahead, tell me how you found out? Who told you? I promise, I won't tell.
Americans who support the Argentine claim on the Falklands are often left-oriented and are very sensitive to race matters. As such they do not use racists pejoratives like you did on a previous Libertad thread which the moderator had the class to remove. And if you were indeed a racist Californian you would have used a very different racist epithet against Africans than the one you chose. You might as well have misspelled color with a ”u.”
You're a fake.
California was NOT stolen from the Mexicans - they sold it to the US when they realised it would cost too much to keep it.
Mexicans, the educated ones, will tell you it was not stolen. The 'theft' is a myth, like the Malvinas issue
It's funny, my Mexican tour guide (and historian) trained by the Mexican Gov't Tourist Authority, made a point of relating the story.
The selling price IIRC was $150m.
Pro-Argentinian,
I just spent a couple of weeks in Cslifornia. No sign of you.
In fact, NO frothing, angry, demented, weirdos encountered at all !!
As to CFK, lots of nasty comments on an African forum over Xmas.
It seems that the 'real' African posters don't like Argentina and their government and government trolls, insulting them.
I wonder why???
“California was NOT stolen from the Mexicans - they sold it to the US when they realised it would cost too much to keep it.”
It was sold? Really? At gunpoint though. Just like Gibraltar.
“Pro-Argentinian,
I just spent a couple of weeks in Cslifornia. No sign of you.
In fact, NO frothing, angry, demented, weirdos encountered at all !!
”“
Not weird, angry, or demented. All of us in California moved away from English cult long ago.
”As to CFK, lots of nasty comments on an African forum over Xmas.
It seems that the 'real' African posters don't like Argentina and their government and government trolls, insulting them.
”
Show me a link. More likely Brit Turnip opportunists rying to exploit the situation after another failure.
I'll show you how Ghanan's feel about themsdelves after the embarassment that their incompetent and corrupt legal system has put them through.
Sorry, buddy - you ARE frothing demented and angry.
Californian, you're NOT!
@149 Gforce
“Americans who support the Argentine claim on the Falklands are often left-oriented and are very sensitive to race matters. As such they do not use racists pejoratives like you did on a previous Libertad thread which the moderator had the class to remove. And if you were indeed a racist Californian you would have used a very different racist epithet against Africans than the one you chose. You might as well have misspelled color with a ”u.” ”
Thanks, Gforce, I agree he's not in the slightest bit, convincing. It's like Sussie saying he's from Tempe Arizona. LOL
C'mon, Prosti-ARG, give us something so that we know you are not lying through your teeth. You want the credibility of an 'outside observer', show us you deserve it.
Likewise, everyone on here got a good laugh at your 'US Navy experience' or was it the argentine navy?? I'm sure you claimed to be both at different times!
There are plenty of US military personnel on this site who can verify you are legit, if you just give them an example of Navy protocol or proceedures, slang, rituals, anything... ???
We asked you before, but you did not reply. I guess you don't have a clue, right????
@154 Prosti-ARG
“I'll show you how Ghanan's feel about themsdelves after the embarassment that their incompetent and corrupt legal system has put them through”
BS on that one. Argie troll fakes dominated the comments sections of the Ghana news sites, pretending they were from Africa or other countries.
Oh, oh, wait a minute... !!!
LOL, that sounds SO familiar.
Where have we encountered THAT before????
3 guesses...
What battle group did you serve with and what class ship? Ever been under the mast?
Sold to, or stolen by the US, the Mexicans did steal it from the Indians in the first place don’t forget.
“Stolen by the Mexicans”
The Argies won't understand that.
SPAIN , those rotten Europeans, they stole it from the Indians and the Mexicans inherited it from Spain, and THEN, the unprincipled Brit culture, US stole it from Mexico.
- THAT would resonate better with our Argentine audience.
:-)
.. which ipso facto means that Mexico belongs to Argentina. Epic.
Should use their imagination to things more intelligent.
The Malvinas are Argentinas
Then I should start to do what you say: there are NO Malvinas.
“The Malvinas are Argentinas”
The Malvinas are imaginary islands, invented by Spanish people's of South America in the early 1800's.
However, only Falkland Islanders live in the Falkland Islands. They have been there for 180 years, living peacefully and uninterrupted until 31 years ago, when 10,000 Argentinian troops sneak attacked the unarmed civilian population and imprisoned them.
Millions of average Argentine citizens cheered in the streets that Argentina was great, and their junta government was great.
Less than 3 months later, a smaller force of British soldiers liberated the Islanders and defeated the illegal occupiers.
Thousands of Argentine protesters declared that the Junta was now bad.
Now, it starts again.
What achievement is that ?
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