Argentina

• Saturday, June 27th 2015 - 04:54 UTC

  Timerman: UK attempts to convince Malvinas population that it could have a right to self-determination that does not exist

  

  Statement by Argentine Foreign Affairs and Worship before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, 25 June 2015.

• Saturday, June 27th 2015 - 03:40 UTC

  “CFK, a very intelligent political animal, whether you like it or not”

  

  The world is watching closely Argentina’s political scenario with the general elections just around the corner next October and the BBC has published an article on President Cristina Fernández highlighting the leader’s popularity as she readies to leave office in December.

• Friday, June 26th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Argentina's vice-president to stand trial on bribery and conflict of interests charges

  

  Argentina's vice-president Amado Boudou is expected to stand trial within the next two weeks, for his involvement in the transfer of the former Ciccone mint, the company that prints Argentina's peso bills. The decision by Federal Judge Ariel Lijo follows on the Federal Cassation Court confirming the indictment Boudou on charges of bribery and negotiations incompatible with public office (conflict of interests).

• Friday, June 26th 2015 - 06:19 UTC

  Argentine industrial production down in May but some sectors are recovering

  

  Argentine industrial production fell 0.3% in May compared to the same month last year, marking its 22nd consecutive decrease according to the INDEC statistics bureau. Taking into account the first five months of 2015, industrial activity decreased 1.5% compared to the same period of 2014.

• Friday, June 26th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  UN Decolonization Committee supports Argentina's Falklands/Malvinas claims

  

  The United Nations Decolonization Committee approved on Thursday a new resolution urging the United Kingdom to discuss the Falklands/Malvinas dispute with Argentina, in order to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. The decision came as no surprise since it has become an annual event despite Falklands' representatives demand for C24 to act in support of Non Self Governing Territories.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 14:37 UTC

  ”Argentina seeks to colonize the Falklands against the wishes of its people”

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Mike Summers called on the UN Special Decolonisation Committee to uphold the basic human rights of the people of the Non Self-Governing Territories, particularly self determination, argued that C24 has no mandate to discuss competing claims over NSGTs and cautioned that in supporting Argentine colonial aspirations in the Falkland Islands, “you are complicit in supporting Argentina’s bullying and harassment”.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 14:31 UTC

  “It is the duty of C24 to acknowledge the rights of the Falkland Islands and not support those who covet our territory”

  

  The Falkland Islands' long journey from a colony to a self governing, financially autonomous territory, was underlined on Thursday, by lawmaker Phyl Rendell in her presentation to the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee. But so was the fact that advancing development, and relations with the continent are always under threat from Argentina, “who makes no secret of wanting to control our territory against our wishes”.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 12:15 UTC

  The “Argentine Kelper” Didn’t Go to the United Nations this Year.

  

  The myths surrounding Alexander Betts are beginning to unravel. He is the Falkland Islander who went to Argentina at the end of the 1982 Falklands war; adopted the Spanish version of his name, and portrayed himself as an honourable man who had carefully studied Falklands’ history and reached the conclusion that the Falklands belonged to Argentina.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentina's new Army chief flew helicopters during Falklands/Malvinas conflict

  

  Argentina's new Army chief, Division General Ricardo Luis Cundom, 59, is a Malvinas war veteran and although originally from the Infantry he commanded the Army's air wing and has received commando and parachutist training, according to the reports in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  Irish players deny receiving bribes not to injure Messi, as was reported by La Nacion

  

  An Argentine newspaper has claimed that Irish players received bribes not to injure Lionel Messi at the opening game in the Aviva Stadium in 2010, but the story has been dismissed in the strongest possible terms by the Irish football association, FAI. According to La Nacion, a Fifa official was forced to go to extraordinary lengths to bring the Barcelona superstar and his team mates to Dublin.