Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentine government denies any re-re-election plan; opposition don’t believe them even if written on stone

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez main political spokesperson, Senator Alberto Fernández assured that the government has no plans of carrying out a constitutional reform and said that speculation about the 2013 legislative elections is “obscene.”

• Friday, June 15th 2012 - 19:10 UTC

  Falklands “incredibly disappointed” with Argentines refusal of dialogue invitation

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is “incredibly disappointed” that despite claims from Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, before the United Nations, of “only wanting to sit down and discuss about Falklands”, her government rejected point blank an invitation to dialogue.

• Friday, June 15th 2012 - 06:23 UTC

  Argentina refuses to receive invitation to dialogue from the Falklands’ government

  

  A letter from the Falkland Islands government inviting the Argentine government to enter into a dialogue and which was to be delivered directly to President Cristina Fernandez’ delegation during the Decolonization Committee debate was frustrated by the passivity of the C24 chair and by Foreign Minister Hector Timerman.

• Friday, June 15th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez calls for an end to colonialism and blast UN Security Council

  

  In a strong speech claiming sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas issue addressing the UN Decolonization Committee, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez called on the UK “to leave this history of colonialism behind and start building a new history based on dialogue” but at the same time blasted the recent announcement of a referendum in the Islands do decide on their political status.

• Friday, June 15th 2012 - 01:36 UTC

  British Prime Minister boost for the Falkland Islands

  

  On the thirtieth anniversary of its liberation from Argentine occupation (June 14), the Falkland Islands was given its biggest boost by any British Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2012 - 08:28 UTC

  Argentine president and multi-party delegation leave for UN Falklands’ debate

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez leaves Wednesday at 19.00 hours for New York where on Thursday afternoon she is scheduled to address the UN Decolonization Committee claiming sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands as well as demand discussions with the UK over the future of those territories.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 09:41 UTC

  Young Falkland Islanders want to present strong message to Cristina Fernandez

  

  A group of young Falkland Islanders hope to present Argentine President Cristina Fernandez with a firm message at the UN in New York that they want to remain British subjects and continue their current way of life.

• Monday, June 11th 2012 - 03:28 UTC

  Argentina claims Falklands and slams UK for ‘illegal exploitation of natural resources’

  

  Ahead of a week of intense diplomatic exchanges and on the Day of the Affirmation of the Argentine Rights Over the Malvinas, Islands and Antarctic Sector, the Argentine Government once again ratified its claim over the Islands’ sovereignty and questioned the UK over the “illegal exploitation of their natural resources” and the “increased militarization of the South Atlantic region.”

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:20 UTC

  UK blasts Argentina’s “domineering position” and attempt to impose a blockade on the Falklands

  

  Argentina is trying to impose an “economic blockade” on the Falkland Islands, said Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne who made plain clear that the people of the Falklands are free to determine their own political arrangements and were not to be part of ”some sort of trade-off” over their heads.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 06:29 UTC

  Argentine president attendance at C24 to discuss Falklands’ case, “misfortunate” and “most unusual”

  

  The UK regretted as ‘misfortunate” and “strange” the announced attendance of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez next week to the UN Decolonisation Committee to claim sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.