Tag: Falkland/Malvinas

Thursday, November 28th 2013 - 10:04 UTC
Falklands' referendum receives praise and is shown as an example for other Overseas Territories

Praise for the Falkland Islands last March referendum and encouragement for other Overseas Territories to hold similar referendums on their future, was included in the final communiqué from the annual UK/British Overseas Territories joint Ministerial Council held this week in London.
Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 19:01 UTC
Faklands: “Argentines are behaving irrationally” says England/Wales Attorney General

“I’m afraid the Argentines are behaving irrationally and not very well.” This was the opinion expressed in Stanley on Thursday morning by the Attorney General for England and Wales.
Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 04:07 UTC
Falklands: the Argentine military planned invasion during World War II

It was 26 September 1941, Nazi Germany consolidated the siege on Stalingrad, America had yet to suffer Pearl Harbor and declare war on the Axis and Britain was suffocated under the pounding of German bombs and at sea losing tens of thousands of vital shipping.
Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Visiting MPs refuse to organize working group on the Islands sovereignty

A group of visiting British MPs and Lords refused to organize a working group over the issue of Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty with their Argentine counterparts during a visit to Congress in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.
Monday, November 11th 2013 - 23:46 UTC
Falklands oil companies bombarded with warning-letters from Argentina

Argentina has begun a determined campaign to deter companies from drilling for oil in disputed waters around the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic. On the eve of a visit by UK parliamentarians to Buenos Aires this week, the Argentine embassy in London warned that legal action was being ramped up against drillers and their suppliers, reports Terry Macalister in The Guardian.
Friday, September 27th 2013 - 07:30 UTC
Malvinas/Falklands joint claims: Spain denies Timerman, calls UK a “friend”

The Spanish government denied having agreed with Argentina on joint measures to press Great Britain for Malvinas Islands and Gibraltar sovereignty claims, as had been reported earlier on Thursday by Argentina’s foreign minister Hector Timerman, and described the UK as a friend country.
Wednesday, September 25th 2013 - 06:28 UTC
Malvinas militarization and UK nuclear subs in South Atlantic protests Cristina Fernandez

Argentine President Cristina Fernández used Tuesday’s speech in before the UN General Assembly to once more criticize British military movements in the South Atlantic, condemning the use of nuclear submarines around the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Tuesday, September 24th 2013 - 07:05 UTC
Malvinas sovereignty, the main line of action at OAS pledges Ambassador Garré

The new Argentine ambassador before the Organization of American States, OAS, former Defence and Home Security minister Nilda Garré begins her diplomatic job with a main line of action: ‘claiming the Malvinas Islands sovereignty” and the “resumption of negotiations with the UK”.
Monday, September 23rd 2013 - 20:40 UTC
Cristina Fernandez black tights disperse the focus of the October campaign

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday and according to the official agenda has several appointments with political leaders and business representatives.
Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 15:17 UTC
Gibraltar represents a road map

By Jose C. Moya (*) - The recent referendum’s near unanimous support for British rule seems to leave little space for negotiations. The passing of Thatcher -- who was seen as a liberator by most Islanders -- will, if anything, harden their position by reviving memories of the war. And the position of the Argentine population is equally hard, if the recent revival and political use of the issue by the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is any indication.