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Uruguay defence minister blasts Uruguayan observers at Falklands referendum
Uruguay Minister of Defence Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro described as an “enormous shame” for the country the fact that two lawmakers from the leading opposition National party travelled to the Falklands/Malvinas to participate as observers of the Sunday/Monday referendum on the Islands political status and future. Read full article
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Mar 11th, 2013 - 05:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0One of Cristinas 'urban guerrillas' and yet another South American that doesn't understand democracy. When will they learn that they too are an implanted population, only they murdered the original occupants.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 05:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0Looks like a fatter, older, uglier, Latin Danny Devito, but without the personality.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 06:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0Is there such a thing as a young skinny government minister in Uruguay?
Mar 11th, 2013 - 06:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Anyway according to these guys, Uruguay is Argentinenan and they themselves are an occupying power. The sooner the people in Uruguay (or at least their government of fat old men) recognise this, the better they will be as part of Argentina.
They might even get their own province instead of being subsumed into another one like the Falklands supposedly will be.
What before was a political statement from Jaime Trobo and Jose Carlos Cardoso, has now been reduced to unpaid work. You guys should offer them the paperworks, so at least their trip isn't all in vain.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 07:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0(5) Stevie
Mar 11th, 2013 - 07:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Unpaid work?
They got those comfy looking fleece vests with the Penguin News logo on them..;-)
@Stevie
Mar 11th, 2013 - 07:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0We are all Falklanders.
@Think
Do you mean those nice, Wests?
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Mar 11th, 2013 - 08:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0Chavez still knows ;)
Oh Christ! Chavez knows!
Mar 11th, 2013 - 09:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0(Pun intended).
Love to see some evidence from him and others that all this was organized by the British- ie UK?
Mar 11th, 2013 - 09:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Have no doubt that our Govt asked London and other Copmmonwealth Govts for some impartial legal advice on what was the correct and most open democratic way to do it - and that was all.
Trobo seems happy enough with the the concept of us having our democratic rights anyway.
As chinese philosopher Kongzi said “Knowing the right thing and not doing it is the ultimate cowardice”. Those who stepped up to observe the referendum are simply not cowards.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 09:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0But here it is again... this mention of the 'Latinamerican cause' which apparently involves extreme racism towards anyone non-germanic-latino in so far as their human rights are completely dismissed. Their continual rejection of any and all 'sensible' statements from Canada and USA make this quite evident.
What's ultimately shameful is the racist rhetoric that these fighters for the 'Latino-only-American' cause seem to spew. Shame upon them; shame upon them; and thrice shame upon them.
(10) Islander1
Mar 11th, 2013 - 10:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
“Love to see some evidence from him and others that all this was organized by the British- ie UK”
I say...:
What about what Jose Carlos Cardoso and Jaime Trobo said a month ago?
Do you trust Jose Carlos Cardoso and Jaime Trobo?
They are, after all, “independent observers” from Uruguay, you know?
”At least two Uruguayan lawmakers have confirmed to the BRITISH EMBASSY IN MONTEVIDEO that they will be travelling to the Falkland Islands next March for the referendum on the Islands political status and future.
THE TRIPS ARE FINANCED BY THE EMBASSY and according to parliament sources in Montevideo the list could become longer....”
http://en.mercopress.com/2013/02/08/uruguayan-lawmakers-confirm-they-will-travel-to-falklands-for-the-referendum
What's the problem ? They will attend and see what is happening during the referendum. When they get back to Uruguay they can either say it was honestly carried out or it was a fix up.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 10:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Uruguayan government would not fund the trip so it was paid for by the British Embassy. The Uruguayan taxpayers can have no complaints. If you could find evidence that they were also being “paid ” to attend then you definitely would have cause for complaint.
@Think
Mar 11th, 2013 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0And who, in Uruguay, would they have contacted about going to the Falkland Islands? The Argentine embassy? They may as well go to the Saudi embassy, for all the good it would do.
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Mar 11th, 2013 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Whinger!
I guessing CFK threatened or paid this Uruguayan to get this type of reaction.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 11:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0Funny he was just in MDP at a CFK rally.
I wonder if he went home with a bit more U$ than he cam with?
Filthy criminals
The man in the picture is a sample, no doubt, of the 'perfect Latin American idiot.'
Mar 11th, 2013 - 11:35 am - Link - Report abuse 0Philippe
Poor Uruguay. Losing “friends” at an increasing rate. Seems we made a mistake in 1828. Should have left the place to be torn apart between the Brazilians and the argies. Still, hopefully, they won't stick their navy's noses out when the Royal Navy sails past. Might have to sink both of them!
Mar 11th, 2013 - 11:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0@8 I've “seen” Chavez recently. In a vision. He hasn't changed much. Still in red. Although now it's his “skin” instead of a shirt. He also has a pair of cute little horns and a tail with a spike on the end. He was muttering something about having to shovel shit 25 hours a day, up to his knees in it and that the pile never gets smaller. Apparently somebody called “The Boss” says he can do that for his first 5,000 years and then they'll find something equally suitable for him!
@12 You're right. It should be called the BRITISH REFUGE. Where honest people can go when they get tired of the corruption. First, they can experience civilisation, then counselling to persuade them that not all hope is lost and information about what they can do when argieland takes over and they can hear the jackboots in the street.
We must remember that all this shit the fat bastard spoke comes from TMBOA.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Why did he attend the pantomime that was the homecoming of the 'victorious' Libertad?
I hope that when the elections in Uruguay are done with we end up with something other than this bunch of argie sympathisers and shit kickers in their own right.
If they are not careful Uruguay will be going the same way as that despotic nation across the plate.
Pepe is his own worst enemy (and ours) appointing cunts like this and Almagro, et al.
Think- I was referring to the overall referendum as such - and in the case of the Observers their costs were paid for by Canada.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 12:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Common sense logistics says that the initial contacts in say Uruguay were made via the British embassy - and flight bookings no doubt made - but all our info is that the Observer Costs were funded by a 3rd Country.
For your info the rest of their week here - visits and sightseeing etc once the business bit is complete,is all being organised by the private sector here - FIG is not directly involved.
Nothing will happen immediatlet but it will be interesting to see what shift in International Opinions develops by the end of 2013.
I think this Uraguay do anything for a few botles Mabec.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 12:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just like Timerman bribe 54 countries - sign here for your wine. Oh I never notice it paper about Malvinas!!
“Relations with Cristina Fernandez are “an impossible mission”, admits Mujica”
Mar 11th, 2013 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Make ya mind up you stupid old fart you either love her or hate her, talk about hot blowing cold Argentina shits on Uruguay when ever it wants.
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Mar 11th, 2013 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not Mujica's fault that MP fails to understand his statements, and chooses to translate at will for your breakfast news. Mujica backs Kirchner, you don't have to doubt that. Your friends in Uruguay are the little pink ones. Last time they were counted, they were 5 of them.
Uruguay the nation you like to bully, one day they are going to grow a pair and tell you where to get off, just like the islanders have been doing all these years.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Dealing with Argentina “one of the most painful problems” admits President Mujica”
Mar 11th, 2013 - 02:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Uruguayan president Jose Mujica confessed that dealing with neighbouring Argentina is “one of the most painful problems
WHATS CHANGED?????
@23 It must be terrible for Uruguayans. Having a huge pile of shite to the south. Finally argieland has increased its stature. It's gone from “man” to “manure”. “Faeces in a basket case”.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 023- So how come vessels travel regularily between Montevideo and Stanley?Commerical buisiness is dome between Uruguay and the Falklands, and a Royal Navy ship was in Montevideo only last month for a courtesey visit?
Mar 11th, 2013 - 04:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Mujica is against blockades. He is against the Cuban blockade for humanitarian reasons, and therefor also against blockades against the islands. Same thing with Paraguay. The only ones to suffer from a blockade are the people, and it surely doesn't help anyones cause.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This doesn't mean Uruguay backs the Brits, commerce between Argentina and Uruguay is alive and kicking as well. As for the UK navy vessels docking in Montevideo, well, all I can remember on that issue is Uruguay banning named vessels from doing just so. But should a UK vessel dock in Montevideo, the result would be a UK vessel docking in Montevideo, not Uruguay supporting the UK claim.
Jabba the Hutt should realise that when representatives from his country attend TFI to determine 'due process', this is no more and no less than his president requested for Paraguay's elections to validate its membership of Mercosur.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 05:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It is surely no 'sin' to Observe for best practice.
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Mar 11th, 2013 - 05:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I'm sure even you manage to see the difference between a person representing a government or an alignment, being an observer, and a person that represents nobody but himself.
Huidobro supports argentina the brother country. So is he ready to support any kind of Mexican claim for Texas after all it has only been in American hands since 1836. The guy is kowtowing to argentine as they almost all do!
Mar 11th, 2013 - 06:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0What's an “enormous shame” is that we Uruguayans have to have such a pathetic terrorist as Fernandez Huidobro as part of the government.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 08:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I can understand Uruguay wanting to distance themselves officially, from the Uruguay Observers, given their close proximity and economic ties to a dysfunctional and overly 'defensive' ( some would say 'offensive') Argentina.
Mar 11th, 2013 - 09:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0In the meantime, we can be pleased that Opposition politicians and individual citizens recognise the need for objective observation.
Nobody is telling them what to report, and surely, citizens from a 'not Pro- British' nation will have more credibility in LATAM than a Commonwealth country.
I do find it disturbing that in an effort to explain their actions, the Minister labels them as “Sepoys”, a term with racist undertones for seditionists.
This man is obviously a racist and he seems to be demonstrating that the official attitude of Uruguay's government, is racist and xenophobic.
One hopes that is not the case and he is just a political dinosaur.
Once CFK and the Peronists are booted from power, and Brazil takes more leadership - will a real, more pragmatic, 'official' position reveal itself?
@4 please don't give ideas for new enemies to the Peronists, please.
Mar 12th, 2013 - 04:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0@33 I doubt the Peronists will get booted, even if CFK is. They control almost everything in Argentina, to the point there's almost no politics without Peronism.
I do not think it was something bad. I think they were able to sell all the girls scout cookies thanks to the referendum !! Hey, it was not a waste after all.
Mar 15th, 2013 - 04:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0By the way, did they count the sheep and dogs to make a greater number?
Good. If they are going to lie about something, who cares... how
THEY ALL LIVE DUMP INTO A BIG LIE BUT ARE PROUD OF THEIR OWNERSHIP
Did the Prince vote too? Ah, he is busy hunting chinchillas en South Africa....
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