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Montevideo, August 18th 2025 - 11:06 UTC

Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

  • Monday, June 25th 2012 - 06:52 UTC

    China is the main actor of the new global realities, Cristina tells Wen Jiabao

    The two leaders at the reception

    At a reception for visiting Chinese PM Wen Jiabao, President Cristina Fernández ratified the strategic alliance between China and Argentina and highlighted that “there are new global realities” of which Argentina wants to be part.

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:54 UTC

    Falkland Islanders fight for their sovereignty

    Young Falkland Islanders with a banner displayed before the UN building in New York (Photo: BBC)

    (By COHA*) - Taking advantage of the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War (April 2/June 14), Argentine President Cristina Fernández and her administration have become increasingly confrontational toward the United Kingdom regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, June 18th 2012 - 02:24 UTC

    Ban Ki-moon good offices on Falklands issue if “both parties are willing to engage”

    Argentine President Cristina Fernandez with the UN Secretary General

    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his good offices to help resolve the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the UK, but also pointed out “as long as the parties are willing to engage”.

  • Monday, June 18th 2012 - 00:12 UTC

    Cameron will personally present Falklands message to Kirchner

    The British PM will convey to the Argentine leader UK’s commitment to the Falklands

    By Graham Bound, London - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez will get her wish on Monday or Tuesday, when she meets Prime Minister David Cameron in the fringes of the G20 meeting in Mexico to talk about the Falkland Islands.

  • Friday, June 15th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez calls for an end to colonialism and blast UN Security Council

    A numerous delegation accompanied the Argentine president at her presentation before the C24 claiming the Falklands

    In a strong speech claiming sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas issue addressing the UN Decolonization Committee, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez called on the UK “to leave this history of colonialism behind and start building a new history based on dialogue” but at the same time blasted the recent announcement of a referendum in the Islands do decide on their political status.

  • Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 17:34 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez asked C24 for June 14 to deliver her Malvinas speech

    Ambassador before UN Mark Lyall Grant described this year’s display as “very sad”

    Reacting to the massive media campaign displayed by Argentina, UK UN Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant revealed that it was President Cristina Fernandez who requested US the Decolonization Committee to schedule the annual discussion of the Falklands/Malvinas status on the anniversary of Britain’s victory 14 June 1982.

  • Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 17:29 UTC

    “Give peace a chance” writes Cristina Fernandez in world media display

    The advertisement article was published in The Times and the The Guardian among other newspapers

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández called on the UK to “give peace a chance” in an advertisement article published Thursday on British, Indian and Russian newspapers ahead of her presentation later in the day before the UN Decolonization Committee demanding sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.

  • Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 17:13 UTC

    For peace and reconciliation, we need talks on Las Malvinas

    Alicia Castro is Argentine Ambassador to the UK

    By Alicia Castro - Today marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the war in the South Atlantic, but the sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the UK goes back 179 years. It dates from the time that Great Britain – in much the same way it invaded Buenos Aires in 1806 and 1807 without success – invaded and took the Malvinas by force in 1833. In this lengthy historical process, the events of 1982 are the most regrettable.

  • Wednesday, June 13th 2012 - 13:41 UTC

    Seeking a new understanding of sovereignty

    The London-based South Atlantic Council today made a call “for a new understanding of sovereignty” thirty years after the cease-fire that ended hostilities between Britain and Argentina.

  • Wednesday, June 13th 2012 - 08:28 UTC

    Argentine president and multi-party delegation leave for UN Falklands’ debate

    Tango 01 will transport a considerable delegation to New York

    Argentine President Cristina Fernandez leaves Wednesday at 19.00 hours for New York where on Thursday afternoon she is scheduled to address the UN Decolonization Committee claiming sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands as well as demand discussions with the UK over the future of those territories.