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Tag: Falkland War

  • Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 08:58 UTC

    Falklands' war “ARA Santisima Trinidad” refloated in Puerto Belgrano

    The Type 42 destroyer assembled in Argentina, 'Santisima Trinidad' at one time the escort of the former aircraft carrier, 25 de Mayo

    After almost three years tilted and sunken in Argentina's main naval base, Puerto Belgrano, the British built missile destroyer, 'ARA Santisima Trinidad' was finally refloated. The plan is to recondition the unit which was involved in the 1982 Falklands conflict and convert her into a museum.

  • Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 06:01 UTC

    Resolution 2065 on Falklands: United Nations 'royally deceived' 50 years ago

    MLA Summers said Resolution 2065 was based on a series of lies, deceptions and half truths put to UN by the then Argentine Ambassador José María Ruda.

    The United Nations was “royally deceived”, said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers in response to Argentina celebrating the 50th anniversary of a UN resolution that recognised the existence of a sovereignty dispute over the Falklands.

  • Friday, November 6th 2015 - 18:56 UTC

    Falklands' maps and 'The Times' report manipulated in Argentine embassy pamphlets

    Original version of the Latzina map of 1882, the first official Argentine map produced after the Boundary Treaty of 1881

    By Justin A Kuntz - There are many examples of the power of social media to quickly form and mould world opinion. One recent example is that of Dr Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize winner, whose professional reputation was utterly destroyed on Twitter whilst airborne during a return flight from Korea. Increasingly social media is also seen as a crucial communication tool for politicians and opinion makers to master.

  • Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:39 UTC

    “Malvinas Hall” in Comodoro Rivadavia recalls Air Force strikes command against UK Task Force

    “Malvinas means every day, not only April second, and this space, Malvinas Hall, will have ever-present the Malvinas cause”, said Ruben Palomeque

    The room in Comodoro Rivadavia from where the Argentine Air Force command operated its attacks on the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict has been renamed 'Malvinas Hall', and has been declared part of the city's heritage, a place where students and visitors can recall “the ever present Argentine claim over the Malvinas Islands, and the heroism of its pilots”.

  • Monday, October 5th 2015 - 19:23 UTC

    Falklands' veteran Simon Weston launches book on “My Life; My Story”

    Simon Weston: My Life; My Story, Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, Friday, October 16, 7.30pm, £15 (£13), 01342 302000, www.chequermead.org.uk

    A Falklands' war veteran who survived the bombing of his ship when most of those on board were killed takes to the stage to tell the story of his life. In “My Life; My Story”, which comes to East Grinstead's Chequer Mead on Friday, October 16, Simon Weston OBE, will share truths about the conflict, the day the RFA Sir Galahad was attacked and the impact the event and its consequences have had since.

  • Tuesday, September 15th 2015 - 04:51 UTC

    Jeremy Corbyn and the Falkland Islands

    Patrick Watts was broadcasting at the time of the Argentine Invasion in April 1982.

    'Following the controversial election of Jeremy Corbyn as the new leader of the British Labour Party, the Daily Mail published, on Monday 15th September, the following letter which was written by Patrick Watts who was Head of Falklands Radio 1977-1999 and who was broadcasting at the time of the Argentine Invasion in April 1982.'

  • Monday, August 17th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

    Formal farewell for Argentine Malvinas Mirage aircraft, after 40 years service

    A fly-past by the French built Mirage that fought during the Falklands' conflict

    Last week the Argentine Air Force formally bid farewell to the remaining French built Mirage jet fighters, which saw combat during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982, since in three months time they will be decommissioned after four decades service. The occasion was the 103 anniversary of the Air Force (10th August but celebrated on the 13th).

  • Saturday, July 4th 2015 - 05:20 UTC

    Alejandro Betts' Malvinas veteran pension turns into controversy

    “Throughout the whole conflict I was in Puerto Argentino dodging stray bullets and shrapnel from British bombings on our positions”, Betts is quoted

    Falklands born, Argentine citizen Alejandro Betts rejected statements published in Clarin which described his 'Malvinas veteran' pension as 'controversial' and admitted he was surprised, when not startled by the headline display the news was given by the Buenos Aires daily in reference to his activity during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 06:26 UTC

    Falklands' war: Chilean top commentator defends Chile's role in supporting UK

    “Chile had more than sufficient reasons to help Great Britain following the Argentine invasion of the Malvinas Islands”, said Bernardo de la Maza.

    Only a few hours off from Saturday's last match of the 2015 Copa America when the best South American team will emerge, the rivalry between finalists Argentina and hosts Chile has erupted strongly and the Falkland Islands' issue is not absent from aggressive chants and insulting messages in the social networks.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 05:55 UTC

    Falklands' war: Thatcher 'very angry' with the BBC with the coverage of UK military plans

    “At times we felt strongly that they were assisting the enemy by open discussions with experts on the next likely steps in the campaign”, wrote Lady Thatcher.

    Margaret Thatcher accused the BBC of “assisting the enemy” during the Falklands War by broadcasting the moves British troops were likely to make before they actually happened, according to new documents revealed in the UK media.