Tag: Argentina

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:49 UTC

  “Falklands will not be British or Argentine: rather independent most probably on 3 January 2033”

  

  The quote was mentioned in a piece written by a retired Argentine diplomat who has visited the Falkland Islands several times, but words actually belong to a Foreign Office official appointed to the British High Commission Office in Trinidad & Tobago.

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  EU and Argentina confident a trade deal with Mercosur can be reached by the end of the year

  

  The High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini who visited Argentina on Monday praised the rapid progress made in negotiations on a renewed EU/Mercosur trade agreement and was confident remaining obstacles could be overcomes and a deal can be reached by the end of the year.

• Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 05:13 UTC

  Faurie new Argentine foreign minister; Malcorra resigns for family reasons but will remain as advisor

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra resigned on Monday and will move to Madrid to be closer to her family, President Mauricio Macri announced. Argentina's ambassador to France, Jorge Faurie, will be the new foreign minister and Malcorra will continue as an adviser to the government from afar.

• Monday, May 29th 2017 - 09:42 UTC

  Malvinas Veterans acclaimed as they parade in Buenos Aires

  

  Hundreds of Malvinas veterans were applauded and acclaimed as they marched through Buenos Aires on Friday May 27th as part of the May Revolution 207 anniversary commemorations. Veterans closed the traditional military parade along two kilometers, which this year assembled 6.000 troops from all branches plus an air pass of aircraft and helicopters.

• Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  Falklands Darwin cemetery: Red Cross identification mission begins round of talks in Argentina

  

  A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled to begin this Monday a round of contacts in Buenos Aires related to the Humanitarian Project Plan for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez prepared to run for Congress to put a break to Macri's policies

  

  Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez said on Thursday she is open to the possibility of running for a seat in Congress in the October midterm elections, since she considers essential to put a stop to the policies implemented by her successor, president Mauricio Macri.

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentina honors Spanish fisherman who spied on the Task Force during the Falklands war

  

  The Argentine embassy in Madrid honored a Spanish fisherman from Galicia, Fernando Otero, as a Malvinas Veteran for services accomplished during the 1982 Falklands war, spying on the British Task Force as she approached the South Atlantic. The event took place on Argentina's National Day, May 25th.

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 07:34 UTC

  Odebrecht offices in Buenos Aires raided as part of an investigation into bribes

  

  Argentine federal agents searched the offices of the Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht in Buenos Aires on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged bribes in the granting of construction contracts for a water treatment plant.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 10:37 UTC

  Falklands claims C24 is unresponsive to some non self governing territories, and has a colonialist attitude

  

  The Falkland Islands said that the reason why some Non Self Governing Territories were unresponsive to the Special Committee on Decolonization, or C24, was that the issues proposed were not attractive, and to be effective it must engage with these territories in a more effective manner, and with a much less colonialist attitude.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 09:50 UTC

  Falklands cemetery combatants identification: Red Cross delegation expected in Buenos Aires

  

  An advance mission from the International Committee of the Red Cross is expected in Buenos Aires next week to iron out details of the DNA process to be implemented for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried in the Falkland Islands at the Darwin cemetery. The news was advanced in the Buenos Aires media.