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Malvinas Argentine sovereignty was always promoted by Fidel Castro
Despite the political changes experienced by Argentina during the XXth century, the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro always supported Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands in international forae and in public statements, it has been recalled in Buenos Aires. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesArgentina will never forget, not now or for many years” was the reply from Galtieri ...Fidel had some nice chums !
Nov 28th, 2016 - 10:00 am - Link - Report abuse +5It does not seem to have made any difference
Well, the old tyrant would wouldn't he? As deluded and unrealistic as some of the Nabos posting here. He killed over 7000 who defied his tyranny, whilst enjoying sumptuous food, 20 residences and a private island. A first class crooked fake who decieved the naive masses for generations. Fits in perfectly with the long line of South American dictators.
Nov 28th, 2016 - 10:20 am - Link - Report abuse +6Ah yes, that ole mythical usurpation and all of those UN resolutions: Falklands: 1833 Usurpation & UN Resolutions:
Nov 28th, 2016 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse +6https://www.academia.edu/21721198/Falklands_1833_Usurpation_and_UN_Resolutions
Then there's the inheritance from Spain. But...The concept that Argentina had inherited the Falkland Islands from Spain is false. The law of the time did not accept inheritance without settlement and stated that 'an unopposed settlement of some years was necessary” before sovereignty was accepted. (The Law of Nations, Vattel, Cpt XI, p337) Vernet had sought acquiescence from the British consul in Buenos Aires on two occasions before establishing “his” colonies and the British protested when he was appointed military and political governor by the BA. Authorities. Jewett had no settlement. The concept of uti possidetis juris (inheritance of Spain) is only customary international law, applicable to those who choose to use it. Great Britain, France and Brazil have never opted to use uti possidetis juris and UPJ has “never” be used in “any” court or tribunal without the consent of both parties.
There is ample evidence that this has been the mode of applying / not applying UPJ over the past 150 years:
https://www.academia.edu/21721198/Falklands_1833_Usurpation_and_UN_Resolutions
Oh dear, looks like Castro was supporting a red herring.
Yes, he also killed people and locked up his opponents. Not a great judge or arbiter of human decency and behaviour.
Nov 28th, 2016 - 11:02 am - Link - Report abuse +7Castro - a dictator, a tyrant and a murderer. He died? So what.... the world is just a slightly better place for that.
Nov 28th, 2016 - 11:07 am - Link - Report abuse +7Argentina must be so very very proud of having had another homicidal tin-pot Marxist despot in their camp. Especially when we remember that it was Castro who provided support for destabilising Argentina through the Montoneros and their murderous rampage here, that lit the fuze for the Dirty War. Yes, Argentina has much to be thankful for wherein Castro's backing is concerned. Did Argentina ever acknowledge the support for its imperialism and mayhem from Saddam Hussein, Nikita Khrushchev, and Idi Amin?
Nov 28th, 2016 - 01:08 pm - Link - Report abuse +9Good riddance to you Castro.
Nov 28th, 2016 - 01:48 pm - Link - Report abuse +4Does anyone in the world of reality, as distinct to SA and fairyland, think anything will change for ordinary people and the young girls having to prostitute themselves to support their families?
Nov 28th, 2016 - 02:17 pm - Link - Report abuse +5No, I didn't think so.
Maybe when CFK is paroled in a few years she can show the Cubans how to run a country.
Nov 28th, 2016 - 04:07 pm - Link - Report abuse +8“As was once said of Prussia, Cuba is not a country that has an army but an army that has a country''
Nov 28th, 2016 - 06:10 pm - Link - Report abuse +5One less turd to support the ridiculous claim.
Nov 28th, 2016 - 08:40 pm - Link - Report abuse +6”On 10 April 1982 during a meeting in Government House (Casa Rosada) then Cuban ambassador Emilio Aragonés Navarro had clearly transmitted Galtieri “a very specific proposal” from Cuba “to do what was necessary” including sending a submarine.”
Nov 28th, 2016 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse +5As Castro always seemed to like dressing up as a soldier, pity he didn't get a lift from this submarine in 1982 and get dropped off at Goose Green/Tumbledown/Mount Longdon/Wireless Ridge or anywhere else where he could have helped his mates out. Now he joins that long haired hippy minger Guevara.
Was Castro one of these idiots that were awarded medals by Argentina for saying they supported the 1982 war but couldn't actually travel down to the Falklands and fight because they were taking the Mrs shopping or were in jail?
I think we are forgetting the good Castro did, he is responsible for many Cubans having the right of democracy, free speech, access to western education/technology and trade with the whole of the US.....In Miami
Nov 28th, 2016 - 10:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +6@PBog
Nov 28th, 2016 - 10:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +9Castro detested Galtieri and the Junta. The Junta had supplied forces fighting Castro's insurgents in Central America, where the Argentine military played dirty pool. Castro had supported the Marxist Montonero and proto-Montonero guerrillas in Argentina in the late 1960s and early 1970s and essentially helped to initiate the Dirty War in which Galtieri was a major player. It's doubtful that Castro would have provided Galtieri any significant support that could have brought Cuba into an armed conflict with the UK. Castro knew from the beginning that Galtieri's invasion was doomed as soon as the UK started assembling a fleet, and that fleet included ASW equipment that was literally tuned to countering Soviet bloc undersea operations. Did Castro send materiél? Yes, token amounts. And although Castro certainly may have wished to cause harm to a NATO enemy, anything could have involved Cuban forces in direct confrontation with UK forces is not likely.
Zaphod,
Nov 29th, 2016 - 07:01 pm - Link - Report abuse -1Good name. You know what they say about imitation. ;-)
England will return the Malvinas within 25 years.
Nov 30th, 2016 - 12:48 am - Link - Report abuse -7Hepathetic, England doesn't have any malvinas. Would you like a stale scone instead?
Nov 30th, 2016 - 01:37 am - Link - Report abuse +4“It is so cheeky what they have done: they even sent a small vessel, a destroyer, a helicopter with a prince who is a pilot” Castro was quoted at the time in reference to the British Task Force sent “to the South Atlantic on military exercises”.
Dec 03rd, 2016 - 12:57 am - Link - Report abuse +1The ‘cheeky’ little Task Force that won!
Argentina should draw no comfort from the token support offered to it by the likes of Fidel Castro, the most despotic and odious of all the Latin American dictators. It seems to have an unfortunate knack of attracting vocal (but not actual) support from the pariahs of the planet in support of its ‘lost malvinas’ cause.
Marti Llazo
Dec 04th, 2016 - 07:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Apologies, my post was attempting to be flippantly satiric. We had Nimrods patrolling the South Atlantic. Castros subs would have been detected by them before they got near the ships. Wish Castro had gone down and fought the Brits though, as he would have ended up like that long haired minger Che Guevara.
PBog - yes, any Cuban-based submarine would have been detected by US sensors as well, before going very far. Apparently the US had acoustic recordings of all Cuban-based submarines and some other vessels, and these were made available to the UK.
Dec 04th, 2016 - 10:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We all know that any such attempt would have been futile to the point of silly, and no doubt the agreement or whatever it was between Cuba and Argentina was a baseless political statement not unlike Argentina's other vacuous pronouncements. All hat and no cattle.
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