Tag: Claudio Avruj

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 07:37 UTC

  Argentine minister and UK ambassador attend play performed by Argentine and British South Atlantic veterans

  

  Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie and British Ambassador Mark Kent attended on Sunday evening the San Martin Theatre for the last performance of “Mined Field”, a project written and directed by Lola Arias and which brings together six Argentine and British veterans from the South Atlantic conflict.

• Saturday, September 29th 2018 - 10:38 UTC

  Two more Argentine conscripts fallen during the Falklands' conflict have names

  

  The remains of two more Argentine conscripts who lost their lives during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and are buried at the Argentine military cemetery in the Falkland Islands have been identified, according to the Human Rights Secretariat Office in Buenos Aires. This brings the total number of identified soldiers, previously only marked as “Argentine soldier, only known to God”, to 99.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  The 97th Argentine combatant buried in the Falklands has been identified

  

  The 97th Argentine combatant, whose remains are buried as an unknown soldier at the Argentine military cemetery, Falkland Islands, has been identified, according to the official announcement, on Friday, from the Argentine Human Rights Secretariat.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentine Senate honors participants of the Darwin military cemetery identification process

  

  In a solemn ceremony on Tuesday the Argentine Senate distinguished the several participants in the recent identification process of the combatants buried in the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin.

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  UK ambassador underlines how much Argentine/British relations have advanced

  

  British ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent underlined how much Argentine/UK relations have advanced lately and in a brief speech mentioned football, artificial intelligence and Falklands/Malvinas, areas in which so much is shared by the two countries and how good will and humanitarian values can bring people together and overcome minor interests.

• Saturday, March 24th 2018 - 07:17 UTC

  Argentina pays homage to UK military officer for helping identify soldiers fallen in 1982

  

  Families of Argentine soldiers killed in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain have paid homage to a former British army officer who helped recover and rebury with dignity and precision their loved ones in a Falkland Islands cemetery, which would become the Argentine military cemetery or memorial.

• Thursday, March 8th 2018 - 09:19 UTC

  Falklands' Darwin cemetery identified combatants are 89

  

  The Argentine government reported on Wednesday that is had concluded the relatives notification round of the recently identified combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands, and which apparently total 89, one more than originally announced.

• Monday, February 26th 2018 - 06:40 UTC

  Falklands/Darwin cemetery operation: all ready for relatives day-trip, according to Argentina

  

  The trip of the relatives from the now identified 88 Argentine combatants buried at Darwin Cemetery, will be arriving to the Falkland Islands in three aircraft on 26th March at 09;30, and will be leaving by 16:00 hours of the same Monday, according to reports in the Argentine media. The Argentine-Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, who in 2004 paid for the Argentine Memorial at Darwin, will be financing the operation.

• Wednesday, February 21st 2018 - 07:04 UTC

  Malvinas fallen relatives will be flying to Falklands at the end of March, says Argentine media

  

  The next of kin of 103 Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 Falklands conflict will be travelling to the Islands next 26 March with the purpose of honoring the 88 unknown conscripts, buried at the Darwin cemetery, that were finally identified in a joint effort from the Argentine and British governments, the International Red Cross and consent from Falklands elected authorities.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 05:02 UTC

  Argentine officials and Malvinas relatives preparing trip to the Falklands

  

  Argentine officials and representatives from the Relatives of the Malvinas fallen committee met last Friday to consider details of the trip to the Falklands, which is being organized for the next of kin of the 88 recently identified Argentine combatants remains buried at the Darwin cemetery.