Falkland Islands

• Friday, March 15th 2013 - 02:21 UTC

  Falklands’ current cruise season much quieter and rather ‘turbulent’

  

  This year’s Falkland Islands season has been much quieter than usual with over 19.000 passengers to the first week of March mainly because of cancellations due to weather and technical issues with a handful related to the political situation created by Argentine harassment early on the season, according to industry sources in the Islands.

• Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum message to Argentina: “intimidation of Islanders must cease”

  

  The Argentine government demands to control the Falkland Islands against the wishes of the people who live there are fundamentally incompatible with modern democratic values and attempts to intimidate the Islanders must cease, said Foreign Secretary William Hague in an update to Parliament.

• Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:14 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum, Argentina should yield to reality and peoples’ self determination says Brazilian daily

  

  Under the heading of “Malvinas: British” the influential Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo describes the 99.8% result of the Falklands referendum as a “compelling defeat” for the Argentine government and a litigation hard to sustain when international law rests more on the peoples’ perspective than in the historic, real or imaginary territorial possession.

• Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:03 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum: for Canada results are ‘very clear’ but for EC it was an ‘internal affair’

  

  The Canadian government said on Wednesday that the results of the Falkland Islands referendum are “very clear” and “only” the people of the Islands are entitled to decide on their future. However the European Commission refused to get involved in the discussion arguing it is an “internal affair” of an EU member.

• Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 08:58 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum vote blasted unanimously in both Houses of Argentina’s Congress

  

  The Argentine Congress in extraordinary sessions held on Wednesday in both Houses unanimously rejected the Falkland Islands referendum in which the local population overwhelmingly decided to remain as a British Overseas Territory.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:13 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ message to Cristina Fernandez: we have absolutely no desire to be ruled from Buenos Aires

  

  “President Cristina Fernandez, we have sent you a message: we have absolutely no desire to be ruled by the Government in Buenos Aires and we hope that now you might respect that”, said the spokesperson for the Falklands’ elected government in the aftermath of the referendum which showed the Islanders almost unanimously (99.8% of ballots) want to remain a British Overseas Territory.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:07 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegates touring US and Latinamerica to drum up support for self-determination

  

  Following the resounding results from this weekend’s referendum Falkland Islands delegates will tour the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America to drum up support for their right to self-determination.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:02 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum described by Cristina Fernandez as a “squatters condominium meeting”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández rejected the referendum held at the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, and assured it “was a parody” likening to a “squatters’ condominium meeting” who illegally live in an occupied territory.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 03:58 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum to be condemned by Argentina’s congress two Houses

  

  The Argentine congress is holding on Wednesday an extraordinary session to strongly reject the resounding Falklands/Malvinas referendum in which the Islanders overwhelmingly voted to remain a British Overseas Territory. Two statements have been drafted and will be discussed simultaneously at the Lower House and the Senate.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 03:40 UTC

  Falklands: US formal position unchanged but describes the referendum as ‘democratic’

  

  The US State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that Washington’s formal position regarding the Falklands/Malvinas despite the democratic referendum results, “has not changed: we recognize de facto UK administration of the Islands, but we take no position on sovereignty claims”.