Falkland Islands

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:33 UTC

  Argentine Church calls on government and opposition not to take advantage of Malvinas dispute

  

  The Argentine Catholic Church supports the country’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands but also called on the Executive and the rest of the Argentine leadership not to use the Malvinas issue with a political purpose.

• Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 01:34 UTC

  UK is open to bilateral talks with Argentina on any issue except Falklands’ sovereignty

  

  UN British ambassador warned Argentina on Friday that Britain would “robustly” defend the Falkland Islands if necessary, but added that his country remained open to bilateral talks with Buenos Aires on any issue except the Islands' sovereignty.

• Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 01:26 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon calls on Argentina and UK to scale down Falklands’ dispute

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon voiced hope that Argentina and the United Kingdom can avoid escalating their dispute over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and resolve their differences through dialogue.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 18:03 UTC

  Argentina backs Uruguay trade delegation to Falklands: “we’re not for the blockade”

  

  The Argentine government sees with good eyes that a Uruguayan trade delegation travelled to the Falklands/Malvinas in spite of the ‘dialectic conflict’ with the UK over the sovereignty of the Islands, said the Argentine ambassador in Montevideo, Dante Dovena.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:08 UTC

  Antigua and Barbuda deny supporting bar on Falklands flagged vessels

  

  The government of Antigua and Barbuda by way of a press statement issued Wednesday, disassociated the Caribbean nation from statements made in the wake of the recent Eleventh ALBA summit, which were carried in the local, regional and international press, about a ban on Falkland Islands-flagged ships.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 01:01 UTC

  Timerman on Friday formalizes at UN complaint against UK ‘militarization’ of Malvinas dispute

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez gave instructions for the formal complaint before the United Nations accusing the United Kingdom of ‘militarization’ of the South Atlantic and Malvinas Islands be presented on Friday, according to a release from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 00:56 UTC

  State Department ratifies Falklands’ dispute is a bilateral Argentina/UK issue

  

  United States insisted that the Falklands/Malvinas dispute is a ‘bilateral’ issue between Argentina and the UK and again called on Buenos Aires and London to solve the issue peacefully, through dialogue.

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 23:55 UTC

  Chilean community in Falklands march in support of the air link with Santiago

  

  One hundred members of the Chilean population living in the Falkland Islands were joined by 50 to 60 Islanders in a show of unity against the possibility that the weekly Lan Chile flight between Santiago and the Falklands might be discontinued at the request of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez.

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 19:54 UTC

  “People of the Falklands want to remain British” and they will be defended

  

  UK Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday no one should doubt his determination to keep the Falkland Islands British as he dismissed President Cristina Fernández announced complaint to the United Nations.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:38 UTC

  Turn on your ‘sepoy’ detector and weed out the ‘anti-Malvinas traitors’

  

  Jorge Lanata is one of Argentina’s most famous and fierce journalists, feared by politicians and union leaders, famous for uncovering corruption and confronting the sacred cows of the country’s establishment. This week he made some controversial comments about the Malvinas Islands which rocked the whole country.