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Pepe Mujica: Britain's stance regarding Malvinas/Falklands a thing of the past
Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, who was in Buenos Aires during the weekend to join Alberto Fernández for the ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the 1982 armed conflict with the United Kingdom, insisted “the Malvinas claim reminds us that there is still colonialism in the world.” Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesOne day Mujica and co will catch up with AD 1970.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 09:39 am - Link - Report abuse +4In 1945 the UN promoted decolonization. In 1970 only small territories remained to be decolonized, so the UN decided that these territories could remain as long as this was their free choice. (UNGA 2625 de 1970). A legal right.
Only Argentina wants to colonise the Falklands.
What a bunch of hypocritical goons. Uruguay and Argentina are colonial relics of Spain, populated by descendants of Spanish adventurers and businessmen. What is so different ..... other than we don't speak Spanish ?
Apr 05th, 2022 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse +9Mr summer, the difference is the alien presence of uk at south atlantic, as a colonial master, as spanish 2 centuries ago. When you use self determination to finish your colonial link at that point you will be a colonial relic as your neigbours, now you are a colony.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse -9Mr Summers, however you wish to interpret all that, it is irrelevant . The point is that Malvinas were already part of Argentina or Argentina and Uruguay when these countries gained their independence. The British Empire exploited the fact that these two new nations didn't have the resources to make a strong presence on Malvinas, though Buenos Aires had made it officially and physically clear it considered them an integral part of their new territory, not some “strategic colony” it desired for the purposes of extending geopolitical power in the world beyond its borders, as Britain did and still does.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse -10The Malvinas or Falklands are a colonial vestige not because of anything that includes the islands in that definition, call it non-self governing territory or whatever, but because of the reasons Britain robbed them from Argentina.
So Billy,
Apr 05th, 2022 - 11:32 am - Link - Report abuse +7If we Islanders voted for Independence then you and Argentina would naturally accept it fully and leave us be?????
No they didn't. Wishful thinking.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 12:07 pm - Link - Report abuse +4Britain's stance regarding Malvinas/Falklands a thing of the past
Apr 05th, 2022 - 12:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +5As is Pepe Mujica:
Trimonde, if you had done some genuine research you would know that the islands were already claimed, they were never part of Argentina or the United Provinces, you had an illegal garrison for about 10 weeks who were warned twice not to invade and warned again when they landed to get out, the rapists and murderers were evicted,
Apr 05th, 2022 - 12:28 pm - Link - Report abuse +7Probably if Argentina had suffered less corruption over the years they would not have needed the IMF? A rich country in the hands of thieves perhaps? Thieves who want to colonise the Falklands.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse +2Don't be such an ageist..., you ex-copper...!
Apr 05th, 2022 - 01:16 pm - Link - Report abuse -7Ex-president Pepe Mujica retired quite recently...
As Far As I Know..., much more recently than you & I...
Anyhow..., a thing of the present are the words of young Shilean President Boric...:
- El presidente Chileno reiteró su respaldo al “Reclamo justo, legítimo y digno del pueblo y el estado Argentino” sobre la soberanía de las Islas Malvinas
And...
- ”Siento una profunda hermandad con el pueblo Argentino. Me crié en la Patagonia y en la Patagonia no hay fronteras...”
https://www.eldestapeweb.com/politica/gabriel-boric/gabriel-boric-respaldo-el-reclamo-justo-legitimo-y-digno-de-la-argentina-por-malvinas-20224412440
Monolinguals may use Google Translate...
Capisce...?
The only remnant here is ‘Pepe’ himself.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse +2‘the abuse of 200 or 300 years ago, does he mean the Spanish Conquest of S. America???
Careful to use a timeframe that does not include the ‘Conquest of the Desert’ notice.
‘the right of conquest’ may be the basis for the implanted European population’s claim to S. America, it is not the basis for the British claims to the S. Atlantic, which was uninhabited, unexplored and unclaimed when the British arrived.
The ‘alien presence’ is in S. America, which the British have kept out of the S. Atlantic, with force when necessary.
Actually, occupied Patagonia has a border running the complete length of it, along the line of the Andes.
A totally artificial construct of the implanted population squatting there today.
However the legitimate territory of Wallmapu has no such border.
https://en.mercopress.com/2022/04/04/chilean-minister-apologizes-for-pro-mapuche-remarks
Free Wallmapu, arm the Mapuche, one planter one bullet.
Britain is quite happy for the Falklands to be independent, once Argentina drops its ridiculous claim. We will leave a garrison there just in case :-)
Apr 05th, 2022 - 04:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +3“Colonialism” is just word they use because it sounds bad. I the F.I. could be really decolonized and get independence it would not be accepted by Argentina anyhow. The only solution they can accept is turning the islands over to Argentina. It can not be called “decolonization” to force the inhabitants to be ruled by a country they do not like and has another language, history and culture. That would really be a “colonial situation”.
Apr 05th, 2022 - 09:25 pm - Link - Report abuse +4MIKE: THATS RIGHT As all things are changing, unman to, Some politician want go back in the very long gong backslash of time and situation. As -by boedha- al things on earth has his own character for change (read Darwin et-al) Look to there heritage why the sea-as-the-speak now? It where dictators every time again witch pull the world fire, they take all the role of “Raspoutins” for the power! BASTA...
Apr 07th, 2022 - 02:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Poor Pepe, living in a country stolen from the rightful owners at gun point, then stuffed with Europeans, yet Poor Pepe is complaining over the BOT Falkland Islands established where no indigenous population existed.
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