MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
“Falkland Islanders unequivocally with to remain British”
Argentine next of kin have “unfettered” access to the Falkland Islands since 1999 and “only last week 60 of them and families visited the Islands” points out Sukey Cameron, Falklands’ government representative in London in a response to an article published in The Guardian which referred to the recent meeting between Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesFalklands ought to have more air access, there should be direct flights from London. Best you can get is from Oxfordshire or changing at Chile.
Apr 09th, 2009 - 06:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ms Sukey Cameron, you have not idea about International Law, you have to read UN resolution 1514 & 2065. Your people cannot realize anything unilaterally because there exists a colonial British enclave to resolving in our islands. Because of it, for mandate of the UN the new constitution only serves for hygienic paper. And IF KELPERS WANTS TO FLY, THEY COULD FLY DIRECTLY TO LONDON, WHERE THE SELF-DETERMINATION APLIES TO THEM. Happy Easter from Ushuaia (the real capital of South Atlantic Islands)
Apr 13th, 2009 - 12:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0I suggest to read these pages:
Apr 13th, 2009 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0About Democracy in Malvinas: http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=27877.
Brit Opinion:
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=27877.
Thanks for the links Nitrojuan, and I have done as you have suggested and read them. I don't think either makes any difference.
Apr 13th, 2009 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You can't generalise based on one man's experience so I'm not sure how the first link is relevant.
Regarding the second link: Richard Gott, as you can see from the many comments to his article, does not represent “Brit Opinion”. If anything, he is ill-informed, has no grasp of the facts and if anything represents the opposite to “Brit Opinion”.
i) Chile took unexpected sides in 1982 and this generated a certain distrust in the Argentine people towards the neighbouring country, called before this “our brother country”, whose liberation from Spanish rule was possible thanks to the Argentine troops commanded by General San Martin. The Chilean nation, unfortunately, is hence blacklisted as regards whatever form of communication she might try to lead between their country and the South Atlantic islands. On the other hand I hope that our government won't negatively interfere with the sole lasting flying agreement between the continent and those islands;
Apr 14th, 2009 - 09:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0ii) up to 1982 the islanders and our people in the continent had built a long and strong acquaintance based on mutual respect of values and other issues, especially commercially-related. The confrontation ruined all this, perhaps for good;
iii) anyone who may believe that Argentina will ever cease claiming for what it considers their right, i.e. sovereignty over the Malvinas/Falkland isles, the S. Georgias, the S. Sandwich, &c, is either a dreamer or a wishful thinker.
But there is still hope to renew the lost acquaintance if both sides can immediately agree to a) stop harassing each other, and b) to leave the main issue i.e. sovereignty, to be discussed later on and after the two sides have mutually arranged to appropriately share the costs and riches (or losses) expectably to be obtained from the overlapping sea and continental shelf areas, until the main issue is finally arranged upon. I fear that this is not an original solution and that it has its problems, but it is perhaps the only way out.
There are things we cannot change. We cannot resuscitate our dead. We cannot take our derogatory words back. We cannot stop greed, hatred, distrust, but we can still be loyal and brave.
I am perfectly aware that these comments are read in Argentina, the UK and the islands. If they land in good hands, with good brains and no less good intentions, they may go ahead to a happy end for everyone concerned. If not... we'll still be discussing after the water from the melting ice caps had covered all the islands and a good part of South America.
Hola Salvador,
Apr 14th, 2009 - 11:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Very sensible suggestions.
I'm willing to bet the Kelpers would feel very different if Argentina had spent the last 50 years trying to woo them instead of threatening them and making life difficult for them. The islands might well be under Argentine control by now.
However, because of Argentina's actions in the last 50 years, I think something like this would be impossible for at least a couple of generations.
Un saludo
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Apr 20th, 2009 - 01:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks for the picture Nitrojuan. I don't know what the Principe de Asturias is doing with that very stupid woman. Frankly, I have no idea why you Argies voted for her? By the way, the little schpiel about the the “real” Malvinas history is a bit short on facts.
Apr 20th, 2009 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0s..t happens Justin, as you voted for the stupid Blair we voted for the stupid Cristina, thats democracy. I hope we learned how to vote for the next time, you do the same. Anyway you seems to respect too much prince of asturias, while he might be as stupid as prince charles. Unfortunally there is nothing you can do about it.
Apr 21st, 2009 - 11:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Luis, you have a VERY good point! Sadly, we didn't get a chance to vote for Gordon Brown, and he is even more stupid than Blair... I can't talk for the Principe, but at least the Spanish royal family are relatively cheap - I pay tax in Spain, so this helps.
Apr 22nd, 2009 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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