Macri administration reiterates defense of Malvinas sovereignty before Congress

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Argentina's chief of staff Marcos Peña defended the current administration's policy towards the Falklands/Malvinas question arguing that dialogue is the path, not speeches with no content or results, and pledged “we will stand by Argentine sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands”. Read full article

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Pete Bog
”, Peña replied to lawmaker Axel Kicillof who described the Macri approach as useless and unpatriotic.“

All Pena has to do here is to ask exactly how effective Austral Elvis's policies were.

Menem promised the Islands would be Argentine by 2000.

CFK kept promising her imperialist strategy would work.

The truth is that any idiot can see the same conversation will be happening in 100 years time.

”arguing that dialogue is the path, not speeches with no content or results”

Dialogue here, actually meaning monologue, but in a less batsh*t way than C'FK's jokers.
Mar 23rd, 2017 - 01:57 pm - Link - Report abuse +6
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Brit Bob
Argentinian governments have been going on about that ole mythical usurpation and all of those UN Resolutions that the UK is in breach of for years so it's awfully difficult for them to stop now.

Perhaps they need help?

Falklands: 1833 Usurpation & UN Resolutions:
https://www.academia.edu/21721198/Falklands_1833_Usurpation_and_UN_Resolutions
Mar 23rd, 2017 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Roger Lorton
Nothing Macri can do, nor that CFK could have done. Nor any of the Presidents and Generals before them. The whole matter can be distilled down to one disagreement. Argentina says that it inherited from Spain. Britain says that it didn't.

To resolve that, you need the ICJ or the PCA or, possibly, a separate arbitration panel.

Who is up for that then?
Mar 23rd, 2017 - 10:49 pm - Link - Report abuse +4
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Don Alberto
Give them the bloody Malvinas - as long as they leave the Falkland Islands alone.
Mar 23rd, 2017 - 11:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Brit Bob
The Argentinian view is that the sovereignty of the Falklands was transferred from Spain upon independence in 1810, under a legal principle known as uti possidetis juris. This principle is not universally applicable in international law.

There is ample evidence that this has been the mode of applying / not applying UPJ over the past 150 years:

https://www.academia.edu/28967823/Falklands_Uti_Possidetis_Juris
Mar 24th, 2017 - 10:42 am - Link - Report abuse -1
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Konrad Kurse
How can you defend something that does not exist?

If the Argentinian government was serious about non-violent attempts to seize sovereignty of the British Falklands, they'd take the dispute to the ICJ.

That would likely result in a peaceful resolution of the dispute.

Hell, bring it up at the C24, who have shown in the past to be biased against a fair hearing for the Falklands. If they support such a resolution, there's no reason not to do it.
Mar 24th, 2017 - 11:23 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Ann Other
Malvinas? no such place.
Mar 24th, 2017 - 03:38 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Stoker
The Republic of Argentina signed the UN Charter on 26 June 1945. Under the UN Charter the Falklanders have the right to self-determination. There is nothing the Republic of Argentina can do to change that simple fact.

If they wish to repudiate the UN Charter the Republic of Argentina will have to resign from the United Nations - as certain other paragons of human rights are threatening to do.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/21/asia/philippines-duterte-threatens-to-leave-un/index.html
Mar 24th, 2017 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Don Alberto
Taking the dispute to the ICJ will not result in a peaceful resolution.

History shows that Argentina will only acknowledge a result in her favor.
Mar 24th, 2017 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Voice
Silly answer Roger....Argentina had no more need to “inherit” from Spain than it inherited Argentina from Spain...

Claim...✔️Settle...✔️Govern...✔️
Mar 24th, 2017 - 08:13 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
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Briton
And whilst British politician's and businessmen talk trade deals, by putting sovereignty to one side,

the Argies reiterate once again,
and pledged “we will stand by Argentine sovereignty of the Falkland Islands

No trade until they drop their false claim,
but one thinks one is more and more falling on deaf ears....
Mar 24th, 2017 - 08:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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James Marshall
Silly answer Voice......West Falkland, SSI and SG, where is the claim, settle, govern evidence from Argentina......
Mar 25th, 2017 - 08:43 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Livingthedream
I don't know who is right in this dispute. I am neither a friend or foe of the claim by Argentina however, shouldn't the issues of the IXX Century stay in the IXX Century? There are more important issues that country should be focused on.
Mar 25th, 2017 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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