Tag: Guillermo Carmona

• Friday, September 24th 2021 - 20:09 UTC

  Former Mendoza Deputy chosen for Argentina's Malvinas Secretariat

  

  After Argentine President, Alberto Fernández appointed Daniel Filmus as Science Minister, the position of Malvinas Islands Secretary had been vacant until Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced Friday he had chosen former Mendoza National Deputy Guillermo Carmona for the job.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 17:21 UTC

  Argentine deputies to seek foreign minister's impeachment over statement regarding Falklanders

  

  Argentine FPV legislators filed a motion to impeach Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie for failing to fulfill his duties as a public official when he called for the Falkland Islanders to be respected and to generate a bond with them “as two peoples” who live in the South Atlantic.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands relations: Argentine congress summons Faurie to explain

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Jorge Faurie has been summoned this Monday to the Foreign Affairs commission of the Lower House to explain relations between Argentina and the United Kingdom as well as his latest statements regarding the Falkland Islands and its people, in interviews with the London media.

• Thursday, November 17th 2016 - 12:12 UTC

  Argentine Congress approves special pensions scheme for Malvinas veterans

  

  The Argentine Senate unanimously (58/58) passed a bill with a special pensions' scheme, described as exceptional and optional for those citizens who were involved in the Malvinas war. The vote was cheered by the veterans present at the session's discussion.

• Sunday, June 16th 2013 - 10:31 UTC

  Falklands: Irish lawmakers support UN Resolution 2065 and dismiss recent referendum

  

  Irish lawmakers expressed support for the compliance of UN Resolution 2065 which acknowledges the Argentine/UK Falkland Islands dispute and dismissed any International law consequences from the recent referendum held in the Falkland Islands ratifying British sovereignty, according to Argentine legislators that were received at the parliament in Dublin.

• Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 06:27 UTC

  Malvinas: Argentine lawmakers invited to deliver their position before the Irish parliament

  

  A delegation of Argentine lawmakers headed by the presidents of the foreign affairs committees from the Senate, Daniel Filmus and Lower House, Guillermo Carmona are currently in Dublin where they will discuss with their peers and Irish authorities Argentina’s position in the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute.

• Thursday, February 7th 2013 - 21:44 UTC

  Argentina says Falklands’ issue “smells too much like petroleum

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said on Thursday that the British government’s position on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands issue “smells too much like petroleum”, revealing that UK’s biggest interest in keeping the invaded archipelago is due to the potential oil findings.

• Wednesday, February 6th 2013 - 05:19 UTC

  MPs call on Timerman “to listen to the people who live in the Falklands”

  

  After a first day of mixed results, Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman Malvinas lobbying in London is looking ahead to a more friendly, less combative two-day scenario at the Argentine embassy with the ‘Pro-dialogue’ group where he plans to promote Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claims that reject point blank any dialogue or the right to self determination for the people of the Falklands.

• Monday, March 12th 2012 - 07:51 UTC

  Malvinas ‘Ushuaia declaration’ will be approved this week by the Argentine congress

  

  The chairman of the Argentine Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee, Guillermo Carmona said that the recent ‘Ushuaia Declaration’ claiming sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be posted to all Parliaments world-wide to ratify and further advance Argentina’s position in the dispute.