Tag: Argentine Military Cemetery

• Friday, March 29th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands Police correct Argentine flag incident coverage

  

  The Royal Falkland Island Police have corrected reports in the Argentine press this week. Eight men filmed holding banners and singing at the Argentine military cemetery had been reported in their national press as having been detained for two days in “a tense situation.”

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister receives next of kin who returned from “our Malvinas”

  

  “I imagine you have gone through moments of great emotion in the Islands, next to the graves with the 112 full names, which until now remained unidentified”, Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie was quoted in an official release, on receiving the delegation of next of kin, on their return trip from the Falkland Islands, Wednesday evening.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 08:12 UTC

  Relatives of identified Argentine combatants visit cemetery in Falklands; accord not to fly defaced Argentine flags

  

  Sixty-five next of kin of Argentine combatants buried in the Falkland Islands and whose remains were recently identified, visited the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to pay their respects and pray next to the graves of their loved ones.

• Monday, February 25th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  Falklands will receive Malvinas Families relatives next 13 March

  

  The relatives of the latest 29 Argentine soldiers remains identified in the Falklands will be flying on 13 March to the Islands, to the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin to pray and honor their loved ones. The announcement was done by the Argentine journalist Martin Dinatale, who is usually well informed on Falklands issues.

• Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Number of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falklands and identified now total 110

  

  The number of Argentine unknown soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands has fallen by three as those identified and with full names now total 110 out of the original 121/122 remains buried inat the Argentine military cemetery close Darwin.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentina announces identification of the 107 unknown combatant, buried in the Falklands

  

  An Argentine 18 year old conscript from the northern province of Chaco has become the 107 combatant, with remains resting at the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin, in the Falklands, to be fully identified. The announcement was made by Argentina's Human Rights Secretary, Claudio Avruj who visited the family of Ruben Horacio Gomez, in the city of Ressistencia.

• Tuesday, January 22nd 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Second humanitarian visit to Falklands confirmed by Buenos Aires and UK ambassador

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that in coming days it will be meeting with Malvinas families and UK authorities to organize another humanitarian trip to the Falkland Islands so that the next of kin of the 18 recently identified Argentine soldiers can visit, honor and pray at their graves in the Argentine military cemetery near Darwin.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 07:49 UTC

  Identification Plan of Argentine remains in the Falklands to be extended

  

  Argentina and the United Kingdom are to discuss the extension of the current Humanitarian Project Plan to identify Argentine combatant remains buried in the Falkland Islands, to include possible errors in the names of some graves, and other burial sites such as Pebbles island, according to a report from Martin Dinatale published in the news agency Infobae.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  Malvinas veteran reminds Congress that “war was useless, let us not spoil peace”

  

  An Argentine former naval pilot and Malvinas veteran who recently visited the Falkland Islands came out in support of Argentine ambassador in London Carlos Sersale di Cerisiano, who has been strongly criticized and summoned by his country's congress for having referred to Falklands/Malvinas government as the Islands' “top authorities”.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 07:46 UTC

  Argentina announces identification on 106th combatant buried in Falklands

  

  Remains of the 106th Argentine combatant buried in the Falkland Islands has been fully identified, announced on Thursday Argentina's Human Rights Secretary Claudio Avruj. The Argentine official said the name of the newly identified soldier will be released on Friday on request of the family who wished a day of intimacy, after 36 years of waiting news from their loved one.