Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

Friday, December 14th 2012 - 06:58 UTC
P&O cruise vessels choose Falklands over Ushuaia, Puerto Madryn and Buenos Aires

P&O, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation Plc and one of the world’s leading cruise operators will be omitting Puerto Madryn, Ushuaia and Buenos Aires from its 2013 season because of the difficulties encountered by its red ensign vessels in Argentine ports during recent months. However the company confirms that the vessels will continue to call in the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 18:21 UTC
Falklands’ referendum results will be public and presented to United Nations

The issue of the political status of the self-governed British overseas territory Falkland Islands has dominated (non-relations) and relations since the British and Argentine war in 1982 after the Argentine military government invaded the Islands, writes Alicia Dunkley-Willis from the Jamaica Observer who recently visited the Falklands.
Saturday, December 8th 2012 - 03:54 UTC
Mercosur summit rejects Falklands’ self-determination referendum

Presidents from Mercosur full and associate members meeting in Brasilia rejected the coming Malvinas Islands self determination referendum and anticipated that whatever the result of the ballot “it will not alter at all the essence of the Malvinas question”.
Thursday, December 6th 2012 - 07:57 UTC
Brazil anticipates Mercosur summit will confirm Paraguay’s suspension stands

Paraguay must continue suspended from Mercosur following the group’s presidential summit on Friday, anticipated the head of the Latin American desk from the Brazilian Foreign ministry, Antonio Jose Ferreira Simoes.
Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 23:08 UTC
Argentina rejects complaint, accuses UK of illegal appropriation of Malvinas resources

Argentina energetically rejected the UK complaint about alleged intimidation of vessels linked to Falklands/Malvinas activities as well as the awarding of squid licences in waters close to the South Atlantic archipelago.
Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 23:52 UTC
Peruvian president tells Argentine congress of its solidarity with the Malvinas issue

Peruvian president Ollanta Humala expressed solidarity with Argentina in the Malvinas Islands issue and said that “the problems of the region are common problems” for all countries.
Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 01:40 UTC
Argentina rejects UK complaints on maritime security regarding the Falklands

Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro rejected at the International Maritime Organization, IMO, British complaints on maritime security in Argentine waters and navigation obstacles for British and Falklands flagged vessels which access Argentine ports.
Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 15:34 UTC
Argentina insists with Malvinas during UN ceremony with Ban Ki-moon

Argentina is strongly committed with multilateralism and trusts in the UN to reach a fair, peaceful and long lasting solution to the sovereignty dispute in the Malvinas issue, said Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval during her Friday credentials presentation ceremony with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Monday, November 12th 2012 - 21:57 UTC
Ban Ki-moon and colonialism: people should be able to decide their own future

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said UK is not violating relevant UN resolutions referred to the Falklands’ and more specifically on colonialism, he argued that a prevailing impression is that “people living under certain conditions should have a certain level of capacities so that they can decide their own future”, be it independence or some kind of government in their territories.
Friday, September 28th 2012 - 06:19 UTC
CFK to Harvard students: there is no ‘dollar clamp’; don’t repeat monochord questions

President Cristina Fernandez speaking at Harvard University denied there was a “dollar clamp”, chided some students for making the same “monochord questions” as the Argentine media, attacked the IMF and finally described a question on her wish for re-re-election as ‘abstract’ since it does not depend from her or a single party.