Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 21:20 UTC
UK blasts Argentina’s “domineering position” and attempt to impose a blockade on the Falklands

Argentina is trying to impose an “economic blockade” on the Falkland Islands, said Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne who made plain clear that the people of the Falklands are free to determine their own political arrangements and were not to be part of ”some sort of trade-off” over their heads.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 06:29 UTC
Argentine president attendance at C24 to discuss Falklands’ case, “misfortunate” and “most unusual”

The UK regretted as ‘misfortunate” and “strange” the announced attendance of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez next week to the UN Decolonisation Committee to claim sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 05:34 UTC
CFK Malvinas presentation before C24 divides Argentine opposition

President Cristina Fernandez has yet to fulfil her wish to have the whole Argentine opposition represented next to her when she addresses the UN Decolonization Committee claiming sovereignty over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands next week.
Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 04:41 UTC
OAS calls on Argentina/UK to find peaceful way to solve Malvinas sovereignty dispute

The Organization of American States general assembly, meeting in Tiquipaya, Bolivia, passed a resolution urging the Argentine and British governments to find a peaceful way to solve the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.
Wednesday, June 6th 2012 - 02:05 UTC
UK at OAS assembly in Bolivia ratifies the Falklands’ people self determination

The UK ratified on Tuesday the Falkland Islands people’s self determination following a resolution from the OAS general assembly taking place in Bolivia calling on the two sides (Argentina and UK) to resume dialogue on the sovereignty of the Islands which are claimed by Argentina.
Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - 08:02 UTC
Argentina in Bolivia after strong OAS declaration in support for Falklands’ claim

Argentina’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman has a challenging and fragile mission in Bolivia: to obtain strong support from the OAS general assembly for Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas’ sovereignty ahead of the UN decolonization meeting in New York which President Cristina Fernandez has promised to attend.
Monday, June 4th 2012 - 22:30 UTC
Argentina accepts consultation with EU on trade restrictions and also drags Falklands’ to the dispute

Argentina announced on Monday it had accepted the request from the European Union for a round of consultations, before the World Trade Organization, on the country’s controversial trade policies, but at the same time rejected all and every one of the questioned points and dragged the Falklands’ dispute into the fray.
Monday, June 4th 2012 - 20:56 UTC
Argentina declares Falklands’ oil activities “illegal and clandestine” and anticipates criminal and civil actions

Argentina declared on Monday the oil exploration by UK-listed companies in Falkland Islands waters “illegal” and their activities “clandestine”. Argentina has long claimed the Falklands/Malvinas as part of its territory.
Monday, June 4th 2012 - 03:08 UTC
“Malvinas for Argentina and sea outlet for Bolivia” demands Morales at OAS meeting

As anticipated in the opening speech of the 42 OAS General Assembly hosted by landlocked Bolivia, President Evo Morales put on the discussion table his country’ aspiration for an outlet to the Pacific Ocean linking it to Argentina’s sovereignty dispute with the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 04:39 UTC
“We need political will on both sides” to reach agreement on Falklands/Malvinas says Argüello

By Rebecca Kendall (*) - It has been 30 years since the war over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands ended, but the question of sovereignty in the Islands, located 248 miles off the coast of Argentina, is still very much fresh in the minds of those closest to the issue, including Argentina’s Ambassador to the United States Jorge Argüello.