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Colombia anticipates no Falklands mention in the Americas summit final statement
The coming 6th Summit of the Americas will not include in its final statement the issue of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the sovereignty of which is in dispute between Argentina and the UK. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesNo reason for consensus of 34 OAS members on a topic which just concerns one OAS member - Argentina, and one OAS Permanent Observer not at the table - Britain. Hopefully, Canada was among those who were clear in their rejection of any consensus that could prejudice the rights of Falkland Islanders to enjoy security in their community under the guarantee of Britain. No doubt we'll hear more from CFK on this, but the Summit wants to move on, and the world is more concerned about Iran right now anyway.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 02:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0I have a hunch Colombia's getting sick of Argentina's complaining. Chavez only has so much influence there. I can imagine that Canada made very clear in the preliminary planning that it would NOT join a plot to diplomatically assault innocent people who share the Canadian head of state.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 02:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0Obama also probably told them that he, begrudgingly, could not afford to stab the UK in the back again, because the British press might FINALLY get wise to how wrong they were to support him in 08, and throw some mud in his eye. A lot of people do watch BBC here after all.
we all know Colombia is a US' puppet State. no doubt the americans are throwing their weight around to avoid any statement that might have Cameron fly over to Wishington again and cry about them signing a document that says “Malvinas” on it.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 03:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0@3 - Do you honestly think the Obama administration has ANY weight to throw around? They can't even influence the Assad regime, who are in the midst of civil war. People might have been afraid of the US in the past, but under Obama.... unlikely. He's a clown, who's only real threat is leaking people's military secrets.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 03:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0No, could this perhaps be that Colombia has just had enough of listening to a blow-up doll bitch about the Falkland Islands? That could get tiring after a while.
@4. Its not a matter of fear, it s a matter of influence. Colombia is a sorry excuse for a country that depends on the US to maintain its military forces to fight the guerrilla and now Argentina to educate its population.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 03:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0@5 - If you refer to Colombia as a sorry excuse for a country, you might as well count Mexico in there as well. They are just as useless at fighting the cartels. They're a nation governed from inside panic rooms.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 04:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0@5. quite right yes.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 04:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0It basically sounds like even the Latin American brotherhood have caught up with the rest of us and are bored shitless of your Malvinista whining - hurrah!
Apr 11th, 2012 - 04:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Comment removed by the editor.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 06:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is where the subtle influence of the British diplomacy happens.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 06:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0Like it or not, the UK is still a huge diplomatic power and normally influences situations quietly as opposed to the squawking government of Argentina.
Not to mention all the cries of the Argentinian government and some its population that the world supports it are nothing more than the same lies they tell over various other matters. There are many countries that strongly support the UK position and some who are not entirely sure but they know to move against the UK will result in the UK potentially damaging them either diplomatically or economically or both.
Besides all of that you've got to ask the question what would these countries who are unsure of the situation gain from supporting Argentina? It has no diplomatic relations to speak of and their economy is also very small. It also has no military capability.
If Argentina wasn't supported locally, they would still have to deal with their neighbours. I really don't get what others achieve out of supporting this situation, it's not any moral crusade, there's something else going on... can someone enlighten me?
Apr 11th, 2012 - 07:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Quite frankly the OAS have serious matters to address, and they're probably fed up of the constant whining from the Argentine government, on a subject that most of them don't actually give a fig about.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 09:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Plus despite the Argentine governments constant claims, very few countries support them, and the few countries that have supported them have been systematically pissed off with their bizarre economic plans on imports etc...
The OAS countries have spoken, the Argentine cause is a dead duck. The Falklands are as legit as any Americas country having existed longer than Argentina and indeed longer than Colombia (to name just 2) purely on the 1765 formal claim of the islands by George III alone and therefore it's gross hypocrisy to debate the sovereinty of the Falklands. This annoucement is another nail in the coffin of Argentina's claim.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 10:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0Looks like the OAS is getting as bad as the EU.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 01:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0An interesting read:
Apr 11th, 2012 - 02:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.argentinaindependent.com/the-arts/literature-culture/queridos-enemigos-the-true-history-of-anglo-argentine-relations/
Though I'm not sure where her last paragraph about it being a 'regional' rather than 'bilateral' problem comes from? A bit of after the event wishful thinking?
@3 You need to do better. Britain is a “colonial state”. Colombia is a “US puppet State”. Would you like to “classify” all the other countries of the world? Clearly, argieland is “the only one in step”. This could be a first. The only known time in the history of the world when one cuntry is always right when the rest of the world is wrong! Pity it can't get its economic or social infrastructure right.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 02:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@5 How sad! Not that the US provides Colombia with military assistance but that argieland provides educational assistance. Educational assistance from a cuntry that can't even provide proper education to its own population? That's why it's “free”. Because it's useless. Argieland doesn't have an “educational” system. It has a “mind-warp” system. Of which 'Troneass' is a perfect example.
“There is a lack of consensus on the Malvinas issue” Of course there is a lack of consensus. Argieland is desperate and the rest of the world doesn't care. The “rest of the world” just wishes that Britain would get serious and shut argieland up once and for all!
I wonder if Chavez knows that the best place for radiation “therapy” is Fukushima. A couple of weeks would probably be a help!
Who could imagine that “the Americas” could have so much to discuss that it would take two days? Still, Spaniards and Italians do gabble a load of crap!
some sour grapes from the RG's ......the whole of SA supports us
Apr 11th, 2012 - 04:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0----doesnt look like it folks
fight your own battles, don't drag other nations into it they are getting very bored with you moaning RG's inventing history, most countries now have looked into the claim and can see you have NEVER had any rights to the island. Your brave colonist ejected in 1833 asked the UK permission to set up a trading settlement, why did he bother!!! or maybe the UK's claim predates any spurious RG claim.
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Apr 11th, 2012 - 05:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We all know Colombia is a US' Puppet State
[and we all know CFK is a puppet of Hugo the bear]]
Is she not,
This meeting is about serious things,
Not Barbies love affair with the British Falklands,
They are sick of her weaselling words,
Besides, it took em, ten years to agree the deco of the toilets,, did it not .
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So, no consensus in favour of Argentinian annexation rights among the 33 then.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Another mention of a “bi-lateral dispute”, “calling for negotiations”, and we see the limit of Argentina’s diplomatic support in the Americas, somewhat less than the very limited support in S America, as would be expected in a wider group.
No sign of the world supporting Argentina’s cause in this, as claimed by CFK & Co.
They’re all to busy organising sanctions against Argentina at the WTO.
No other countries in South America areinterested in the Falklands. They merely state quiet support but couldn't give a flying fig. Only Argentina cares about their its claim to the Falkland Islands; a claim based on corruption of historical facts.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Looks to me like Argentina is set to make another major step towards oblivion, even in its own backyard.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 07:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0GREAT!
Recentrly news: Maria Angela Holguin said the malvinas cuestion will be mention in the the Americas summit final statement...
Apr 11th, 2012 - 08:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0why do people lies about it when lies has shorts legs? is not the first time someone say something like this and later someone says that information wasnt true...
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Apr 11th, 2012 - 08:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I take it by your post that, unlike a lot of your pro-Argentine supporters, you don't believe the US supports the Argentine position. Lots of pro-Argentine supporters claim that the Obama government is on their side but if that was true, your explanation of Foreign Minister Holguin's statement doesn't make sense.
Which is it?
A. The US supports the UK (and not Argentina as so many of you claim) so, as puppet master of Columbia, has forced Columbia to say the Falklands is not on the agenda, or,
B. The US doesn't support the UK but Columbia likewise does not support Argentina and is therefore not showing solidarity with its regional neighbour.
MERCOPRESS has UK preference, LOOK AT THIS MY FRIENDS...
Apr 11th, 2012 - 09:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-11543442.html
countries have no interest, its like spain calling on all the EU countries to support their claim.
Apr 11th, 2012 - 09:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0listen , understand , learn , except ,
no one cares , no one is listening ,
no one is interested .
the british islands are british .
ha ha .
25, so funny!
Apr 11th, 2012 - 10:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 026,,
Apr 11th, 2012 - 10:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina could be so powerful in South America,
But you guys will keep buying cheap batteries.
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I know this is a little inappropriate / sexist and all of that but I can't help myself. What an attractive lady Foreign Minister Holguin is. Radiant with health and natural beauty.
Apr 12th, 2012 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sorry!
well,
Apr 12th, 2012 - 09:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0better the real thing, than plastic, dont you think .
Actually my post wasn't an attempt to put the lovely Cristina down but now that you mention it...
Apr 12th, 2012 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@10
Apr 13th, 2012 - 12:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina's economy “very small”? Hmm.... last I checked it was 20 or 21 out of 196 states. About 720 billion/milliard dollars vs 2.2 trillion/billion of the UK. Sure the UK has three times the size, but it also has 23 million more people and has basically free trade with the EU, a market of 400 million.
Argentina has been shut out of developed markets for decades because of price-distorsive subsidies.
ya justa canny win,
Apr 13th, 2012 - 10:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0if your income is that high,
then pay back what you owe, simple is it not
Understading politics require reading political leaders statements, there's not doubt about it. But what happen with the people? What are their opions. I have approach the controversy about the Falklands from a different approach here http://participationline.org/index.php/Literature/falklands/
Apr 13th, 2012 - 04:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Please let me know what you think
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Apr 14th, 2012 - 11:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0I think your out of touch buddy, the opinions of the Falkland Islanders is clear & well known.
@34
Apr 14th, 2012 - 04:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0To look at Twitter as place for debate is interesting because there are differences in the Islanders' opinions and it shows that sometimes a debate is possible . I don't think that talking about the Falklands without mentioning the people living there is the best approach to the topic. It is just politics and information politics as usual. Finally, to have new data about an existing issue makes no harm.
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