“Fortress Falklands” Spanish version of G. Bound latest book launched in Uruguay
“Fortress Falklands, life under siege in Britain’s last outpost”, Graham Bound’s newest book on the subject of the Falkland Islands has been published in Spanish in Uruguay, allowing Argentines to, “learn a thing or two that might surprise them,” Graham told Penguin News this week.
Gustavo Güida Lansot, Director of Siglo Comunicación and a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, who has visited the Falklands in the past and knew Graham personally, took up the project of releasing the book in South America after the pair had communicated last year.
Gustavo, who attempted, but failed, to establish an air-link between Stanley and Montevideo in 1992 said having heard of the book, “I asked for the book, I received it, enjoyed it” and told him that I was interested in the subject.
“The next step was to make an agreement with Pen & Sword publishers in order to have the exclusive rights to make the Spanish version and commercialisation in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
“We obtained it and finally last week the book was ready and we made the first distribution in Punta del Este bookshops.”
Graham commented, “I’m very pleased about this development as it reaches a whole new readership for me, and one that has a natural interest in the Falklands. I hope that through publication in Uruguay in Spanish it will reach a good number of Argentines, which is important.”
He said the book was an attempt to show the Falklands as they are today, “in all their complexity, which is a million miles away from the way that the Argentine government would portray them. I think that Islanders emerge from the book as forward thinking, confident, and dynamic, notwithstanding the challenges they face. And because it is a piece of independent journalism, I think it’s believable.”
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they should be dragged over the coals for this and sued.
well ?
Briton ya silly fool,
You miss read it,
It was abt good things not bad,
Yes im sorry, I miss read it.
Sorry guys,
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I think that Islanders emerge from the book as forward thinking, confident, and dynamic,
So just ignore number one, it was in genuine error, oops.
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Its inferring the Falklands are the last British colony, which is not the case in 2013.
Get back to cleaning your wet trousers and wee socks. Thanks.
www.penguin-news.com/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&id=491:are-islanders-the-mapuches-of-the-south-atlantic
SELF-DETERMINATION!!!!
3rd world translation: “autodeterminación”
Thanks, - But I bet you would not have the balls to say that to my face.
Where are you by the way?
As in where are you located?
The question is, do they have the cognitive capacity to understand the details of what is being said. And of course the answer there is no. They will simply rant on about 45 nullified or non-existent GA resolutions that say the UK should give the Falklands to a renegade evil fascist state.
El Think, if you are following, send me your mailing address, so I can send you a personal copy.
Also, I happen to agree with him that the title is a bit weird.
Argentine, CFK = INTRUDERS SHAMELESS
Are you flexing your biceps and pretending to be hard at your keyboard??
What a muppet.
mmmmmm
Sounds nice,
But,
A massive drain on our economy, think of the billions it would cost, just to bring them up to basic standard.
mmmm
To dear we thinks ??
That day I will setup a Kebab and pyjamas factory to become rich.
proberbly arround the year 3765AD,
but dont hold us to that.lol
Do you think that sleepers with the point rolled up will be a good business also?
Nice one!
I did here Salmon Rushdie was penning a similar book.
can you tell me WTF means “outsize lav seats” but in English please?
Expression from the countryside perhaps?
A toilette in the middle of nowhere perhaps?
definition please...
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“Date please when Argentina will become a colony of UK.”
Not a colony of the UK, a province of an independent Falkland Islands, by 2113.
Or at least Patagonia will jump ship to become part of a prosperous society (as oppossed to a bankrupt one as will happen).
Ushaia ruled from Stanley.
Cool.
outsized lav seats - lavatory seat for very large bum (bottom, behind, backside etc).
O that would be really funny.
Then could we ask for self D?
Could we be allowed to call your head of state Cretina of Botox Queen?
Do we have to use Pyjamas, eat kebabs and drive to the left?
Language, we will be allowed to speak other languages or we all have to learn englihsssssssss?
Tell me more please how will be Argentina under kelper rule. Would you please?
@Musky
Oh! Well may be would be a good business after all if you invade Argentina.
Outsized lav seats for sale for just 10 quids made in Argentina colony of Falkland Islands super power...
Ha ha
This bloody toilet is no good at all
The seat is too high and the hole is too small
To which one can add the obvious retort
Your rs is too big and your legs are too short
“Then could we ask for self D?”
Yes, democracy is allowed by the Brits- But if Patagonia wanted independence that's better than being part of Argentina.
“Could we be allowed to call your head of state Cretina of Botox Queen?”
Yes, us Brits unlike some arrogant Argentines, can take a joke.
“Do we have to use Pyjamas, eat kebabs and drive to the left?”
Not if you don't want to. (Falkland Islands =democratic and listens to electorate). If you are used to driving on the right it would be stupid and expensive to change (this would be a result of common practical sense which FIG possesses and the Argentine government members don't).
“Language, we will be allowed to speak other languages or we all have to learn englihsssssssss?”
Spanish or English if you like, as it was the language of your European colonialists (as the Falkland Islands are a multi-cultural race)
“Tell me more please how will be Argentina under kelper rule. Would you please?”
1/- No state control of newspapers and no apoplexy if the newspapers wrote something that FIG disagreed with.
2/-The economy would be run properly without Patagonia getting into debt (Patagonia would therefore be more popular in the world(than Argentina) and more countries would trust them to do business with whilst the rest of Argentina loses out)).
3/-No BOUGHT/BRIBED elections.
4/-A more valuable currency (unless you insisted on keeping the peso).
5. More secure as the RAF. Royal Navy and an expanded FIDF /Patagonian Defence Force would be used to replace the joke that is the Argentine armed forces-therefore no one would mess with Patagonia.
6. The education would be of a higher standard with Patagonians flown free to study at UK Universities, rather than be subject to the educationally substandard Nazi/Soviet style indoctrination forced upon children now.
7. The local indigenous population (if any left) would be allowed self autonomy.
I'll continue my list later as I'm running out of text. :-)
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