MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
“Argentina should accept the near-unanimity of the Falklanders”
Canada’s Globe and Mail had an editorial on the Falklands referendum.
Not since the halcyon days of the Soviet Union has a vote been so lopsided, but there was no fraud or coercion. Ninety-two per-cent turnout; over 98% support for the Falkland Islands to retain its status as a British Overseas Territory. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesThe Argentine Embassy in Ottawa responded to the vote by offering assurances that “the Argentine Constitution specifically protects the way of life of the population of the Malvinas Islands”.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 07:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0Like last time? Trust an RG? Not in a purple fit.....
“the Argentine Constitution specifically protects the way of life of the population of the Malvinas Islands”.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 07:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0In the highly unlikely event they ever got sovreignty, - Guarranteed that would be immediately removed from the constitution in the same manner it was added in 1994.
TWIMC
Mar 18th, 2013 - 08:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0Canada strongly supports the English Squatter Rights in Malvinas…..
Or does it?
One (1) Twit from the Canadian Foreign Affairs minister John Baird.
https://twitter.com/HonJohnBaird/status/311865173843529728
A whole Twit...... in his Twitter !!!
Woooooooow
But…..: No declaration, comment or even a mention about them Islands Referendum or that ”Canadian Organized and Financed Referendum Observer Mission” from the Canadian Foreign Affairs ministry…..
https://twitter.com/HonJohnBaird/status/311865173843529728
Neither…: Any declaration, comment or even a mention about that ”Canadian Organized and Financed Referendum Observer Mission” to them Islands or their ”Referendum” on the Canadian Civilian Reserve homepage…..
https://twitter.com/HonJohnBaird/status/311865173843529728
But…… Them Squatting Kelpers got a Canadian Twit !
And a Twitter picture with Obama !
https://twitter.com/HonJohnBaird/status/311865173843529728
Brainwash anybody?
Islanders: You have no chopice but to take an anti-Argentine line with the present government in BA. When CFK is gone from the Casa Rosada and in prison, some other government will have to turn on the charm, to try and show they're different from the present Fascists. Don't trust them either. Make long-term plans for getting ahead without Argentine, indeed, in spite of Argentina.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 08:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0It's all over for Argentina, the news is out and the right to self-determination rules the day.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 08:32 am - Link - Report abuse 0CFK has completely and spectacularly lost and its all because of her rhetoric that forced the people of the Falkland's Island's to respond using one of their aces.
Game, set and match.
Think- I appreciate your problem as- to any Argentine the principle of having an election/referendum independently observed by a group of assorted foreign nationals and funded by a 3rd party - ie not the Islands nor UK - is totally incomprehensible to you.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 09:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0I recall a few weeks ago as a guide for a coachload of Arg tourists visiting here- they were all slagging off your president - I suggested that someone must have voted for her as she received 55% of the vote - The reply I recieved from the coach was- “Ah you do not understands senor guide - elections in our country are different - its the way votes are counted”.
Now I understand what they meant.
(6) Islander1
Mar 18th, 2013 - 09:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0What is “incomprehensible” to me is that so called “3rd party” is soooo secret.
Any comments?
lol Think
Mar 18th, 2013 - 10:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Look how much time and energy you poured into that ridiculous post #3 about one tweet.
You might wanna see think about seeing a shrink, to deal with your Argie inadequacy issues, and maybe start pouring all this time and energy into something more productive/healthy
Give it away, Think.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0You're a lone dejected(& rejected)voice whispering in the wilderness.
You've lost & its all over for you.
Your country has been exposed for the lies that they have told.
“the whole world”(fav malvinista saying!)knows now that your country has been lying through its teeth & your dreams of an Argentine Empire are just that................dreams.
@6 As with many things in life it's what isn't said and done that matters. If this Referendum had been seen by the international community as being necessary or justifiable there would have been no end of democracy-promoting NGOs lining up to observe it. As it is there had to be an ad-hoc team cobbled together with, as yet, no transparency on who selected and funded them. This might not matter if it weren't for the announcement by FIG that they withdrew from funding the monitors to avoid accusations of bias.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0So, as Think says, why the secrecy? Could it be that the funding trail leads back to some organisation or other that has a financial interest in maintaining the status quo in the Falkland Islands and is not therefore independent at all?
Why to Rgs offer up conspiracy theories for everything?
Mar 18th, 2013 - 11:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0One would THINK they are weak minded and have a tenuous grasp on reality.
I find it very odd that the same 3 posters at the same time every day post and agree with each other.
Anyone else?
Funny that none of them are from Argentina and are all WINTERING in NORTHERN EUROPE.
idiots
The third party is not at all a secret, Canadem organised the observer mission and has issued its own press release on the outcome. The mission comprised several S Americans eminent in this field. They agreed it was free and fair.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 11:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0Think - what is all so secret? They hasve a website - their official detailed analysis will be on it in a week or two I believe.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 12:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Dover- yes FIG did start off thinking they could fund the Ibservers - then it was quickly pointed out that that would not look impartial - si FIG found a 3rd party not involved in the dispute who agreed to organise and fund it.
Should we perhaps have invited your President to have organised the Observer mission instead? Invitations were extended to Arg politicians to attend - non bothered to.
@7 Why do you never “comment” when a point is put to you? Just look at what Islander1 reported. Any so-called “elections” in your so-called “country” are fixed. Is that “democratic”? And yet you have nothing to say. Let's try some realities. Your “governments” lie. Your “president” lies. Did you know that no-one, no-one, can find any record of her graduating as anything. Not even a lawyer! Your government agencies like INDEC lie. Your banks lie. Your lawyers, of whom you must need thousands, lie. Apparently, you lie. You frequently suggest that you are in Chubut, but then it appears that, at some stage, you admitted to residing in Northern Europe. How do all these lies benefit you? Liars are always caught out eventually. Argieland has been caught out. Now no-one believes a word it says. Of course, there are some places that “say” they believe you. But that's for their purposes, not yours. Your “country” not only lies, it cheats and steals, or tries to, as well. But the pretences no longer work. Your “country” needs money. No-one wants to “loan” it except those that have other plans. Your “country” needs expertise. No-one wants to come there. Your “country” needs investment. No-one wants to invest. Only the desperate might. Your “country” needs support. And who is rushing forward. So where does all the lies get you? Your “country” has been clever. It thinks. There's a saying about being given enough rope to hang yourself. You have the rope. You've tied the noose. You've put it round your collective necks. Now what? To change analogy, your “country” is like a man drowning in the middle of the ocean. It is thrashing around. Wondering if there are sharks. And there are. There's no way out now. Not even a raft. What have all the lies done for you? So come on, try honesty for a change. Offer some honest answers and responses. You have nothing left to lose!
Mar 18th, 2013 - 01:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(13) Islander1
Mar 18th, 2013 - 01:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You say...:
“Think - what is all so secret? They have a website....”
I say....:
You mean this website?...: http://www.riom-mior.com/
A one page website from an “Organization” that didn't even exist until 3 days before your “Referendum”.
A one page website from an “Organization” that doesn't inform who they represent nor who finances them....
An “Organization” who's second in command, Ex US Sgt. Henao, declares on camera, in Malvinas, that “Canada” is behind them...
Something that is totally false....
That's what's so secret my dear Islander1....
“Ex US Sgt. Henao, declares on camera, in Malvinas, that “Canada” is behind them..”
Mar 18th, 2013 - 01:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yes, Argentina's claim that ALL of Africa was behind them is so much more believable.
@12 I'm so glad it's not really a secret. In fact the RIOM 2i/c told various Spanish speaking reporters that it was CANADEM funded and organised. He also denied when challenged that his past involvement in the US NGO IRI had anything to do with his selection for this mission. The transparency problem is that nothing about CANADEM appears on the RIOM website and nothing about RIOM appears on the CANADEM website. A review of the recruiting tweets between December 2012 and March 2013 doesn't reveal evidence of recruiting. Perhaps you could link the Press Release for us otherwise there'll be this nagging feeling that you and he are telling porky pies.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 02:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@13 You have a strange idea of what constitutes quickly. Exco agreed the funding of observers in August 2012 and were recommended to withdraw it only at the end of January 2013.
I'm sure that the whole world, so far as it gives a FIG, will just have to agree with you that the use of an unidentified 3rd party to organise and fund the RIOM is evidentially less partial than the FIG doing it themselves would have been.
http://deportes.elpais.com/deportes/2013/03/16/actualidad/1363457983_404027.html
Mar 18th, 2013 - 02:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0¡Para que ven en su idioma los malvinistas!
@3
Mar 18th, 2013 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hey think,
'The descendants of implanted Europeans who have lived for generations on the Falklands have a better claim than the descendants of implanted Europeans who have lived for generations in Argentina.'
THINK ABOUT IT!
“I asked for his intervention to avoid problems that could emerge from the militarization of Great Britain in the south Atlantic,” Mrs Kirchner told reporters after having lunch with the Pope.
Mar 18th, 2013 - 05:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The woman's totally off her rocker.
She insults us, now she threatens us,
Mar 18th, 2013 - 05:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But typical British we sit and take it,
We just want to be friends,
Says Cameron,
So their you have it,
We just wanna be friends and you take the piss,
And that is where we will stand, stale mate,
Until either she grows balls and fights,
Or Cameron stops being your friend…
???
willian hill, is taking bets.lol
@20 jeffski
Mar 18th, 2013 - 06:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Well the pope is argentine and now he's a world leader. It's the only chance she's gonna get. What's he going to say... “malvinas is argentine”“” jajajajajajajajajajajaja (or whatever argentines say)
@ Think and Argentina
Mar 18th, 2013 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0This issue isn't as hard as you like to make it out to be. You want the islands? Simple: get an economy as good as, or better than, UK's, so that you can lure/offer the Falklanders something other than poverty, war, and oppression.
This is such an elementary thought, that the fact you can't see this ^ means you're utterly brainwashed.
You get more flies with honey than with vinegar. You don't win a population over, or do the right thing, by attacking/oppressing/impoverishing them. Duh
Seriously. Think/Dover is consistently telling us that we are brainwashed. You are now trying to convince us that the referendum was false, and that ...what? the islanders want to be Argentinian?
Mar 19th, 2013 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0Come on, you know that is utter shit of the highest caliber.
@24 I fully endorse your assessment of the quality of your understanding. High calibre faeces indeed. I see no evidence of Think claiming that the ballot as in any way rigged although, in my opinion and probably his too, peer pressure in the run up to the Referendum probably did serve to stifle any substantive debate about the many alternatives to the current political status. I look forward to reading the RIOM final report to see if their independent observations led them to conclude something similar.
Mar 19th, 2013 - 12:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@25 DoD,
Mar 19th, 2013 - 09:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really don't care whether Think or you think our ballot was rigged or not.
The people have spoken.
We do not wish to be Argentines(& this land is ours, not Argentina's).
@26 Thank you for commenting that you don't care what Think and I think. Is it just our opinion you don't care about or is it that of anyone who has an opinion about the conduct of the Referendum? The electorate have indeed spoken, having asked themselves the question they they already knew the answer to. The UK Government undoubtedly has taken note of your opinion and will keep it in mind, I'm sure.
Mar 20th, 2013 - 05:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You got it right the first time.
Mar 20th, 2013 - 09:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0l don't care what either you or Think, think.
Or should that be what Think or you think? no matter.
l not only don't care, but l don't care that l don't care.
And l don't care for you or your mate Think.
How can you be sure that the UK Government has taken note of my opinion(s)?
l knew that l was important, nice to see that it is recognised.
all of you have too much pubic hair!
Mar 24th, 2013 - 10:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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