Falkland Islands

Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:53 UTC
Visiting US congressman offers support for Falklands’ self-determination

South American rhetoric on the Falklands should, “be cooled, otherwise mistakes might happen,” US member of the house of Representatives Republican Congressman F. Jim Sensenbrenner told the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:46 UTC
Argentine claims of Falklands’ ‘militarization’ is ‘unfounded and baseless’

Argentine claims that the UK is ‘militarizing’ the South Atlantic and the Falklands are ‘unfounded’ and ‘baseless’ according to a letter from British ambassador Mark Lyall-Grant addressed to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 05:33 UTC
Spain trusts Gibraltar and Malvinas cases will be addressed at next UN General Assembly

Spain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo trusts the next UN General Assembly will debate on the Gibraltar and Malvinas Islands conflicts, “and express support for negotiations”.
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Argentine group insists with Falklands’ self determination and sharing natural resources

A group of Argentine intellectuals, academics and free-thinkers have criticized President Cristina Fernandez government strategy of confronting the UK on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and called for dialogue that guarantees the self determination of the Falkland Islanders.
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 05:14 UTC
Mujica says presence of Prince William in Malvinas is not a ‘nice’ gesture

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica said that the presence of Prince William, heir to the British Crown, in the Malvinas Islands is a gesture “not at all nice” and called for the dispute with Argentina not to become military because it’s no good for anybody, least for the region.
Wednesday, February 22nd 2012 - 02:42 UTC
Falklands’ government oil revenue of 180bn, only the ‘best case’ scenario

The Falkland Islands Director of Minerals Stephen Luxton said that estimates published last week in the UK, of revenue of 180 billion dollars for the Falklands Government from oil production are only a “best case” scenario since in spite of great potential, the only true test is the drill bit.
Wednesday, February 22nd 2012 - 01:20 UTC
Argentina’s Malvinas policy leads no where; China and Taiwan, an inspiring example

Argentina has fallen prisoner of two conflicting positions on the Malvinas Islands issue which lead no where in the objective of claiming sovereignty over the South Atlantic Islands, says Carlos Perez Llana a former Argentine ambassador in Paris and political science and diplomacy professor.
Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 22:41 UTC
Timerman Falklands ‘militarization claim’ with little echo at UN admits Argentine press

The Argentine minister Hector Timerman presentation before the United Nations claiming the “militarization of the South Atlantic” from the Falklands by the UK does not seem to be having the expected echo according to press reports from Buenos Aires, based on correspondents’ contributions from New York.
Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 21:14 UTC
Suspending Lan flight can only be seen as an “economic blockade” against the people of the Falklands

British ambassador in Chile Jon Benjamin said that if Lan flights to the Falkland Islands from Chile are suspended this can only be interpreted as an “economic blockade” of the Islands and strongly suggested that the administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is trumpeting the Malvinas card pushed by “domestic interests”.
Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 21:07 UTC
Argentina/UK 2011 bilateral trade totalled 1.4bn dollars; could suffer ‘Malvinas’ dispute impact

A private Argentine report warns that the current diplomatic dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas could have an impact on bilateral trade with the UK which last year totalled over 1.4 billion dollars with a 150 million surplus for Buenos Aires.