Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Friday, September 7th 2012 - 03:26 UTC

  “Argentine blockade can’t stop the Falklands”, said Islands’ lawmakers in Guatemala

  

  The Argentine blockade can’t stop the Falkland Islands and “if Argentina believes that these aggressions are going to change the mind and spirit of the Islanders, they are dead wrong, much on the contrary”, said Falklands’ lawmakers currently visiting Guatemala on a tour of Central America and Mexico.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 01:44 UTC

  Chile ratifies support for Argentine Malvinas; meets regional solidarity group

  

  Foreign minister Alfredo Moreno ratified Chilean support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands during a meeting with a delegation from Andean countries belonging to the “Solidarity Group with Malvinas”.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Brazil donates Argentina Malvinas Spanish charts dating back to 1770

  

  Four certified charts of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dating back to the XVIII century and belonging to the Pedro de Angelis collection of Brasilia’s National Library were given by the Brazilian Foreign ministry to the argentine delegation currently holding a bilateral meeting in the country’s capital.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 02:43 UTC

  Argentina blasts UK “arrogant” approach to Assange case and Falklands’ dispute

  

  The Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alicia Castro said on Tuesday that the UK’s “arrogant” approach to the Julian Assange’s case “was similar” to its approach to Argentina and particularly, the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 03:27 UTC

  “The Islands” inspired in the Falklands, a novel about Argentine lost dreams

  

  A novel ‘The Islands’ inspired by the Falkland Islands War and written by Argentine author Carlos Gamerro has been published in English.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 01:52 UTC

  “We need to prepare for war to live in peace”, says Paraguayan Defence minister

  

  “We must prepare for war to live in peace” said Paraguay’s Defence minister Maria Liz Garcia in reference to the new geopolitical situation following the suspension of Paraguay as a member of Mercosur and Unasur.

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 07:16 UTC

  Latam support for Ecuador could turn Assange case in another ‘Falklands issue’ for UK

  

  Another major diplomatic conflict between South America and the UK, as with the Falkland Islands’ sovereignty dispute, could turn nasty following Latinamerican strong support for Ecuador and its granting of political asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and London’s explicit determination to deny him a safe conduct and have him extradited to Sweden.

• Thursday, August 16th 2012 - 01:29 UTC

  For consular purposes Uruguay considers Malvinas as the “dependent territory” of the Islas Falklands

  

  For consular purposes the Uruguayan Foreign Affairs ministry refers to the Malvinas Islands, which are claimed by Argentina with the support of Mercosur members, as the “dependent territory” of the “Islas Falklands”.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2012 - 09:02 UTC

  Puricelli praises defence links with Chile and support for Argentine Malvinas claim

  

  Relations with Chile are an example of the fabulous transformation of regional politics in the last three decades, said Argentine Defence minister Arturo Puricelli during a conference at the Chilean military school.

• Monday, August 13th 2012 - 05:35 UTC

  Argentina shows off jet model and calls on UK to dialogue on Falklands’ sovereignty

  

  Argentina’s minister of Defence called on the UK “to sit and dialogue” over the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty and warned that the British military presence in the South Atlantic “is the only element that upholds the usurpation of that part of our national territory”.