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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 02:30 UTC

Tag: Alicia Castro

  • Tuesday, June 17th 2014 - 06:37 UTC

    Argentina pressing Francis over Falklands' dispute, says Vatican expert

    Ambassador Castro has asked for a private audience with Pope Francis, which was scheduled for last week

    Vatican officials are becoming increasingly irritated with the Argentine government after its ambassador to Britain, who is a vocal critic of the UK policy regarding the Falkland Islands, requested a private audience with the Argentine born pontiff, reports a piece by Edward Pentin, published by Newsmax.com.

  • Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 11:39 UTC

    “Soccer one of the strongest cultural links between Argentina and UK”

    Ambassador Castro hosted a debate on soccer between UK and Argentine journalists

    A roundtable on soccer organized by the Argentine Embassy in London in the wake of World Cup, Argentina Ambassador, Alicia Castro, highlighted the “cultural links between Argentine and British people” and said “soccer is one of the strongest”.

  • Monday, May 19th 2014 - 09:15 UTC

    Falkland Islands governor 'disrespectful' towards Argentina; Islanders would be better off under Argentina

    Ambassador Alicia Castro sent a barrage of accusations and claims regarding the Falklands/Malvinas

    Argentine ambassador in London, Alicia Castro blasted Falklands Governor Colin Roberts claiming he has been disrespectful towards Argentina, insisted every country is aware that Argentina would never again invade the Falklands and underlined Islanders would be much better off under Argentine sovereignty since, “as all other provinces they could elect their own governor, and not have to live under an envoy from the Queen”.

  • Wednesday, May 7th 2014 - 23:26 UTC

    UK MPs hosted at the Argentine embassy in London with a typical barbecue

    Ambassador Castro with the MPs delegation that last year visited Argentina

    The Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, underlined “the importance of dialogue and the historical and cultural ties that link Argentina with Wales” when she hosted this week a traditional Argentine barbecue at the Ambassador´s residence in London for a delegation of British parliamentarians who visited Argentina in March.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 20:06 UTC

    Ambassador Castro calls for dialogue; but ignores Falkland Islanders rights and wishes

    “UK and Argentina have the opportunity to set an example to the world” argues Ambassador Alicia Castro

    On the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 April 1982, the Argentine embassy in London made public a release saying that the UK and Argentina have the opportunity to set an example to the world, and future generations by resolving the Malvinas question through peaceful and diplomatic means.

  • Saturday, March 22nd 2014 - 08:01 UTC

    The Falklands/Malvinas: Brazil’s next regional headache?

    When Foreign Secretary William Hague recently visited Brazil, the Falklands/Malvinas issue was not on the agenda, according to Stuenkel

    By Oliver Stuenkel (*) - Brazil, foreign policy observers often point out, is blessed. Contrary to many other emerging powers such as China or India, it is located in a region that rarely experiences interstate tension or war. Not only can Brazil live on a relatively small defense budget, while India is the world's largest arms importer. Brazil can also dedicate considerable time and energy towards extending its global diplomatic reach without constantly being forced to deal with trouble in its neighborhood.

  • Tuesday, March 11th 2014 - 06:28 UTC

    Falklands weekly says Argentina's call for dialogue and respect is 'farcical'

    Lisa Watson, sixty generation Falkland Islander replies to Ambassador Castro

    The Falkland Islands latest Penguin News editorial picks on the Chagos Islanders controversy surfaced by Ambassador Alicia Castro and laments that Argentina insists that Falkland Islanders 'are a non people entitled to nothing', but on the other hand had it not been “for the Argentine act of aggression that shone a spotlight on our existence as a population, we too might have ended up a people without a place”.

  • Tuesday, March 4th 2014 - 23:22 UTC

    Britain's new 'governor of the Falkland islands' is a provocation

    Governor Roberts and Ambassador Castro have met at the Foreign Office but apparently not did not have a good chat

    By Alicia Castro, Argentine ambassador in London - Ms Castro writes a column in The Guardian to complain about the appointment of Colin Roberts as the next Falkland Islands governor and unearths some Wikileaks cables referred to the incoming governor's attitude regarding the Chagos islanders forced eviction, and plans to ensure they will never be returned by declaring the vast area a 'marine park' allegedly questioned by US diplomacy.

  • Wednesday, February 26th 2014 - 23:04 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas: Argentina has “no conflict hypothesis” says Defense head

    Rossi said he wished he had all the funds announced by the Sunday Express

    Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi said Argentina has no “conflict hypothesis” regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, strongly denying statements from a British newspaper which argued the UK was closely monitoring Argentina's investment in military procurement.

  • Tuesday, February 25th 2014 - 04:26 UTC

    Ambassador Castro supports democratic Maduro and blames a “ferocious media attack”

    “These are not peaceful protests, they are acts intended to force the exit of Maduro”, said Ms Castro

    The Argentine ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro, openly revealed her support for Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro as protests in the nation continued, while criticizing what she saw as a “ferocious media attack” carried out by opponents of the head of state.