“Pseudo referendum” is provocative and offensive says Malvinas Forum, Uruguay
The Malvinas Forum, Uruguay chapter released a declaration strongly criticizing lawmakers and institutions that have announced they are planning to travel to the Falklands’ for the March10/11 referendum.
The Forum met last Friday to celebrate its first anniversary in Maldonado and considered “provocative and offensive” the fact that Uruguayan institutions and lawmakers have been convened to attend the “pseudo-referendum” in the Malvinas Islands as witnesses or observers since that “ignores what constitutes a firm regional position regarding the Malvinas question and runs over what has been the historic position of Uruguay and the essence of the Uruguayan people”.
“It is clear that this invitation from the British authorities is only geared to legitimize the last of the colonial settlements in our South American territory”, adds the document.
During the event Argentine Ambassador Dante Dovena announced that he would be asking the government of President Cristina Fernandez to honour with the medal of “The Liberator San Martin Order” the Mayor of Colonia, Walter Zimmer and Senator Luis Rosadilla.
The Malvinas Forum, chapter Uruguay among its relevant members includes Foreign minister Luis Almagro and Defence minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro.
Ambassador Dovena described the Falklands’ referendum as “theatrical” and said it was like “asking if they like water. Nobody likes water as such but we all need it, thus it is a question which needs not even consideration”.
“Asking the Islanders if they wish to remain British is obvious they will say yes. That is not the question, the question is that they are illegal settlers on Argentine soil”, said Ambassador Dovena.
He added that Argentina does not want to infringe in the “lives of the British people in Malvinas; we want to defend their interests because they are in Argentine territory, but this does not mean we must consent their wish to remain British. This is not in their hands because peoples’ self determination refers to indigenous populations and this is an implanted population following an illegal occupation and forcible usurpation, which besides the UN does not recognize”.
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Yep! You read it here first! Who would have thought?
God can we expect these sort of laughs right up to the referendum? This is hardly news!
Even TTT/ Arifu, “Friend of the Falklands” has stepped up his 'Malvinas' rhetoric against us!!!
Not to mention the referendum is on the Falkland's not some mythical set of islands called the Mavlinas.....
I'm guessing it's going to be a declaration of the copypasta kind.
“He added that Argentina does not want to infringe in the “lives of the British people in Malvinas;” - of course you do, that's precisely what you're doing now
you fat liar.
“we want to defend their interests because they are in Argentine territory, but this does not mean we must consent their wish to remain British.” - holding people against their will, forcing them to associate with a nation to which they have no links, and ultimately wants them ethnically cleansed (shown on many an advert) goes against everything the UN stands for, you fat liar.
Do these people know that telling lies is a sin or do they just sit there with dulce de leche dripping off their fat cheeks and spout the usual territorial nationalism nonsense based upon fake history?
I'm guessing he knows it's a sin and stays awake at night knowing it, waiting for judgement.
I'd say let them carry on as the quality of their posting makes them sound like demented teenagers.
The Falkland Islands are British, the Falkland Islanders are British, by choice and by free association and self determination. They are no more 'implanted' than Argentinians are and never wiped out an already established, indigenous population as the Argentinians did.
They are British and they will remain so until they decide otherwise or until Argentina can find somebody to take the islands for them because they are not capable of doing it for themselves.
One day the Falkland Islands will be an independent territory, a country in and of itself. It might be centuries away but it will happen and thanks to their aggressive, racist, expansionist, bullying, colonial wannabe neighbour, I expect that they will be armed to the teeth.
SELF DETERMINATION FOR ALL PEOPLE!
to The Mayoy of Colonia and a Senator because they agreed with Dante.
Please,Please can I have one, I have been a good boy and supported you too.
Tried Googling Argentine medals to see how many medals they issue and my computer blew up.
I have studied subtle and cunning plots and propaganda. This isn't. I've seen bull rhinos with more subtlty and amoeba with more cunning. Hell, you could't produce a much more obviously pro-Argentina propaganda piece if you tried.
What I personally find funny, is that in managing the long tail that are the few UN recognised dependent territories, not including Dokdo or Patagonia, they have tried to run a referendum in Tokelau twice.... ending in epic FAIL.
If this doesn't tell people the C24 is a bag-o-shite then I don't know what will.
... to be honest he doesn't look unlike a fat bloke that you wouldn't talk to in the pub.
How about FAT ----BEN LYSTER-BINNS -----UK AMBASSADOR TO URUGUAY,,,,,,,///////////
TOO MUCH FISH AND CHIPS
What medal have you promised for posting such drivel on here?
At least have something intelligent to say. See my @10
Or even Iceland, threatening or abusing Argentina,
He might have a valid point,
But if he genuinely calls a referendum held by freely elected people as provocative and offensive,
What would he and CFK and Argentina call,
Threatening, abusive , intimidation , blockading , and insulting a friendly tiny unarmed defenceless islands , of the Falklands,
A tea party perhaps,
The guy is as insulting as the faeces from his back side is,
Even if he does use pasteurised images of CFK.
Insulting little maggot.
.
Congratulations,
You are the only argie on here tonight, to have passed the coveted argentine intelligence test,
Horary,
Keep this up, and you will one day become an argie turnip .lolololol
you must be very proud.
SHE has so many aliases, she does'nt know who she is .
PELUTUDA
“... Then like a sinner
before the gates of Heaven
I'll come crawlin' on back to you”
Yo, it's Chapter time, folks!
do you think some one was holding a gun aimed at him.
But what really gets my ire is the antics of the two so called Uruguayo Ministers.
Dumb-fuck Almagro is nothing other than an argie sock puppet from when he was Ambassador to the shithole that is AR today.
WTF Defence minister Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro is doing there is beyond me because he clearly owes his allegiance to Dean Man Not Walking. By allowing a contingent of Venezuelan troops to come to Uruguay and get a ‘Declaration of allegiance’ to Chavez made WITHOUT DIRE RETRIBUTION or indeed any censure on those involved, especially the ‘officers’ shows he is clearly unsuited to this position.
I suppose this is what you get from uneducated lefties and communists. Roll on 2014!
Last night TROy tender testicles TEMPEST did not continue with me and TTT,,,,//// he just gave up!
or a stain.
still
he looks all red and frustrated.
poor man.
See post 38 - here: en.mercopress.com/2012/07/14/venezuela-argentina-sign-military-cooperation-in-framework-of-unasur-defence-council
FOR WHAT?
TO KEEP MERCO-BRITISH CRAP-PRESS: F U L L
This sorry assed Argentinean was trying to pass himself off as American on another commentary page, typical behavior from the land of liars.
“i'm a barefooted yankee!!!!”
As Canadian that worked in an industry over forty years with Americans I have never heard one of them use that expression. So while I don't know what nationality you are, I for certain know you are not an American period
If you do not like the MERCOPRESS site., why bother posting your drivel on here,we do not hate Argentinians per se but we do not like the attitude that your Government has taken over the REFERENDUM for the FALKLAND ISLANDERS.
Democracy in Argentina ( your having a laugh ) but you voted the numpties in.
Are you aware that there is the real Captain Poppy and a fake impersonator using Captain P0ppy (with a zero rather than letter 'o') He's trying to get it sorted out but it's been a couple of days now.
There's definitly been an upsurge in trolling in the last week. Quite frankly it's embarrassing it's so infantile.
en.mercopress.com/2012/07/06/mujica-proposes-to-blend-mercosur-and-unasur-into-an-only-more-flexible-group
“Both Almagro and the Defence minister Fernandez Huidobro have been summoned to Congress to explain what really happened in Mendoza at the summit and to explain the presence during a week in Uruguay of 250 Venezuelan forces, without approval from the Legislative, and which on several occasions in meetings with their peers in military barracks swore allegiance to the Bolivarian Socialist regime of President Hugo Chavez.”
See @9 ChrisR post.
I think you must have missed it as you did not post.
I still think the military officers present were let off the hook.
Ugly sod aren't you?
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