Tag: Falkland/Malvinas

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 18:49 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: ‘the Vatican is no arbitrage tribunal for international affairs’

  

  The Pope has no reason to intervene in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, since the Vatican is not an international tribunal and there is no imminence of a war, according to Rodolfo Terragno an Argentine lawyer and former head of cabinet, minister and congressman.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 18:01 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: Cristina Fernandez asks the Pope for this ‘holy intervention’

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández revealed she asked Pope Francis for his “holy intervention” regarding the Falklands/Malvinas case, during the meeting held Monday in the Vatican which was followed by lunch.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 08:22 UTC

  “The people of the Falklands have spoken clear and loud”, MLA Hansen tells Trinidad and Tobago

  

  The Falkland Islands have spoken, and have spoken clearly and loud for all countries in the world to listen, said Ian Hansen, member of the elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly currently on a tour of Caribbean countries to deliver the message from the March 10/11 referendum.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:38 UTC

  “Britain, Argentina need to find a political solution”, says Gulf News from UAE

  

  The following editorial on the Falkland Islands issue was published by the United Arab Emirates Gulf News.
  The referendum by the 2,500 inhabitants of the British-administered Falkland Islands has not contributed to finding a political solution to the dispute between Britain and Argentina that has run for centuries.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:04 UTC

  “Argentina should accept the near-unanimity of the Falklanders”

  

  Canada’s Globe and Mail had an editorial on the Falklands referendum.
  Not since the halcyon days of the Soviet Union has a vote been so lopsided, but there was no fraud or coercion. Ninety-two per-cent turnout; over 98% support for the Falkland Islands to retain its status as a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 06:50 UTC

  Malvinas Islands claim, an act of “epic stupidity” says El Pais from Madrid

  

  John Carlin, the British writer and journalist who works for Spain’s leading newspaper El Pais, with a high degree of irony strongly criticized Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands as an ‘epic idiocy’.

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:43 UTC

  Falklands: PM Cameron anticipates Argentina’s intention of having Francis involved in the dispute

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron stated on Friday that Pope Francis had been wrong to say last year that Britain had “usurped” the Falkland Islands from Argentina, saying he respectfully disagreed with the new Pontiff. His words have been interpreted as a message anticipating the Argentine government’s possible attempts to get the new pope involved in the dispute.

• Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 08:58 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum vote blasted unanimously in both Houses of Argentina’s Congress

  

  The Argentine Congress in extraordinary sessions held on Wednesday in both Houses unanimously rejected the Falkland Islands referendum in which the local population overwhelmingly decided to remain as a British Overseas Territory.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:07 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ delegates touring US and Latinamerica to drum up support for self-determination

  

  Following the resounding results from this weekend’s referendum Falkland Islands delegates will tour the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Latin America to drum up support for their right to self-determination.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2013 - 04:02 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ referendum described by Cristina Fernandez as a “squatters condominium meeting”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández rejected the referendum held at the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, and assured it “was a parody” likening to a “squatters’ condominium meeting” who illegally live in an occupied territory.