Tag: Alicia Castro

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 07:17 UTC

  Defence of Argentine sovereignty over Malvinas has become “a regional issue”

  

  The Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro said that South America has reached such a degree of unity that it is possible to think “on the defence of Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas in regional terms”.

• Thursday, June 28th 2012 - 20:40 UTC

  Falklands’ government accepts content to discuss air links and fisheries with Argentina

  

  The Falkland Islands government announced on Thursday it is content to hold preliminary talks with Argentina on air links and fisheries cooperation as was proposed by Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro to the Foreign Office last April 23, given certain clarifications.

• Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 17:13 UTC

  For peace and reconciliation, we need talks on Las Malvinas

  

  By Alicia Castro - Today marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the war in the South Atlantic, but the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the UK goes back 179 years. It dates from the time that Great Britain – in much the same way it invaded Buenos Aires in 1806 and 1807 without success – invaded and took the Malvinas by force in 1833. In this lengthy historical process, the events of 1982 are the most regrettable.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  Ambassador Castro embroiled in controversy over Falklands and “possible constitutional reform”

  

  Argentine ambassador in UK Alicia Castro rejects having mentioned during a conference in London the “possibility of a constitutional reform” to incorporate the results in the event of a sovereignty negotiation over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 17:51 UTC

  Argentina says UK/Latam relations could falter if Falklands issue remains unsolved

  

  British relations in South America could falter if the UK Government refuses to hold talks on the Falkland Islands sovereignty with Argentina, the country’s ambassador to London said this week.

• Sunday, May 6th 2012 - 05:56 UTC

  Malvinas-Olympic advert “not provocative” argues Argentine ambassador

  

  Ambassador to London, Alicia Castro, assured that the Malvinas-Olympic Games advert bought by the Argentine Government ‘is not a provocation’ and did not mean to offend the memory of First World War British combatants.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  CFK supports Ambassador Castro during the opening of a ‘Malvinas patio’ in government house

  

  President Cristina Fernández defended Argentine Ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro, who tackled British Foreign Minister William Hague over Falklands/Malvinas Islands dialogue and stressed the fact that “the right to talk cannot be invalidated.”

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 02:19 UTC

  UK describes incident of Ambassador Castro with Hague as “disappointing”

  

  The United Kingdom ratified on its refusal to start any negotiation over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, and considered “disappointing” the episode occurred on Monday between Argentine ambassador to London Alicia Castro and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 05:50 UTC

  Peace Nobel laureates deliver letter to PM Cameron office calling for Falklands’ dispute dialogue

  

  Argentine Peace Nobel prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel delivered in London a letter of seven Peace Nobel winners to Prime Minister David Cameron urging UK along with Argentina to reach a peaceful solution over the sovereignty of the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 05:37 UTC

  Argentina promises more public harassment on Falklands: “you wait and see”

  

  Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro who on Monday surprised and embarrassed (‘ambushed’, according to the UK media) Foreign Secretary William Hague asking him at a public meeting on talks on the disputed Falkland Islands future, has promised more of the same stuff.