Falklands’ government advances in options for a proposed new port facility

Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 13:55 UTC

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A paper relating to further work on options for the proposed new port facility for the Falkland Islands was presented to the latest Executive Council Meeting by the Falkland Islands Government Projects Director. Read full article

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briton
Yes the Falklands must change,
But whatever it looks like in the coming years, it will be A embarrassment to Argentina, considering it would have been built elsewhere, and she could have participated so much, but sadly ends up with so little .
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Jan 31st, 2012 - 03:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Malvinero1
Yes the Falklands must change,
But whatever it looks like in the coming years, it will be A embarrassment to Argentina, considering it would have been built elsewhere, and she could have participated so much, but sadly ends
Nothing MAlvinas can do WITHOUT the trades with the neighbours Just look at it..after 180 years only 2000 people....
brits stupidity and crookedness at is best..
Jan 31st, 2012 - 10:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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tobias
Any trade lost by not having relations to the Falklands is exiguous for Argentina's economy, let's be realistic.
Feb 01st, 2012 - 01:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
But you will NOT get anything from OUR oil!
Love it!
Feb 01st, 2012 - 10:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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tobias
Yes we will, of course not directly, which is what you mean.

But once in the market, the Falklands oil will as any other affect global prices, which benefits everyone regardless.
Feb 01st, 2012 - 01:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Karl101
Now lets see... how did Gibraltar prosper surrounded and cut off from the Spanish mainland?

Indeed without the blockade, Gibraltar would have been far less British, than it is today and far less unique.

Keep up your rhetoric and blockades, the Falkland Islanders are growing more and more prosperous as the Argentine economy spins into the abis.

Argentines have never been known for their intelligence, only for their nationalism and look where that's got them! LOL
Feb 01st, 2012 - 04:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
Well to be fair, it has got them CFK,
and a few loyal bloggers .
Feb 01st, 2012 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Filippo
English people I dominate you all with all my force you are nothing. Argentina will soon be colonail power over Las Mavlinas and all your islands in Southern Ocean.
Feb 02nd, 2012 - 01:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Filippo,
Your beloved leader will not be happy with you, saying that Argentina is a colonial power!
Feb 02nd, 2012 - 10:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Filippo
in 1970's my father responsible for helping to disappear many thousands of political traitors from this country but his work was undo by failiur of our coward military to win Las Mavlinas battle. But always remember that parents of disapeared were praising their government when we re-occupied Las Malvinas, this is proof that people believe in our country more than they care for their family. This is what make Argentine such strong country.

We can be strong again, with all our might and all our passion directed at Las Malvinas and ignore all our problem at home, we can again be strong
Feb 02nd, 2012 - 01:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
in 1970's my father responsible //and proberbly insade as well,
so you fully admit publicly on here, that you know argentina just wants its very own EMPIRE, is that what you are stating .
Feb 02nd, 2012 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
lgnore the idiot, briton. His mind is wandering. Sad.
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 11:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Glen1976
The islanders who have the right to self determination and have been on the islands for the last 170 years (not yesterday!) wish to remain British - they certainly do not want any part of being under Argentinian control especially given all the Argy-bargy history and they do not trust them.
Perhaps in another 30 years when the islanders are enormously wealthy from the oil revenue they will all move to Monaco and leave you a dry husk. The won't of course because they have a unique way of life on the islands and it has been there home for many generations. I wish them great wealth and prosperity and a Bugati Veyron each :-)
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 02:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
12 lsolde , he is totally bonkers.
13 Glen1976 , the islanders will appreciate that .
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 08:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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row82
Argentines are not very bright, given the choice between fascism and democracy they have chosen fascism every time. Given the choice between American hegemony and being an independent nation, they have chosen America hegemony every time, characterised by its attendant secret police (NSA, CIA, Special Forces and other such gestapo trappings, including their own) and an attendant military or militant right government.

Given the choice between being diplomacy and child like spats of anger and lies, they choose child like spats of anger and lies.

Argentina has never recovered from being a wannabe be Axis power in the 1930's. Argentina's version of fascism (like that of Spain's) remained undefeated by WW2 Allied powers. It hadn't even had to fight a real civil war to maintain power, just murder 50,000-100,000 of its own unarmed political activists and we all know how easy that was for their brave and heroic military men, like their hero Commander Astiz.

It took the Falklands War to shake the Argentines into some semblance of reality. Remove their military government and see the Americans as something other than a benevolent uncle, rather more like a the uncle you kept your children away from, you know the one in the old mack who always had his hands in his pockets and a grimace on his lips.

But within a few short years a girl came alone, a wannabe Eva Peron and took them all the way back to year zero! And the Argentine people gave up their collective memory and switched back to servile child.

In the West it's very difficult to understand how the average Argentine thinks. We have to imagine how our own per-adolescent children think and we can then get into their mindset. Give them a box of toy soldiers & some flags to play with and they are as happy as pie, tell them that they can't own Tracey Island though and they will cry their eyes out.

At school, the teachers would always tell them “Tracey Island” was their's. Even though the reality was, it wasn't!
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