Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Argentina insists before Red Cross on identifying remains of combatants buried in the Falklands

  

  Vice President Amado Boudou called for a ‘concrete reply’ to Argentina’s request for the International Red Cross to collaborate with the identification of the combatants fallen during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982 and whose remains are buried at the cemetery in Darwin.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:16 UTC

  Italian lawmakers support “a more relevant role” for Argentina in the Malvinas dispute

  

  Forty-eight Italian senators and lawmakers expressed their public support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 21:01 UTC

  “Malvinas usurpation” affects all South American nations, argues Argentina

  

  Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli once again claimed Argentine sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands at the Unasur headquarters in Ecuador and warned that “the usurpation of the Islands affects all of the South American nations” plus insisting on the military/civilian ration in the Islands.

• Thursday, May 10th 2012 - 16:13 UTC

  Argentine government re-activates national committee of Malvinas combatants

  

  The Argentine government reactivated the National Committee of former Malvinas combatants which will support legal actions against crimes committed by Argentine officers during the 1982 conflict and demand DNA tests to identify the 123 remains buried in the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands.

• Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 17:51 UTC

  Argentina says UK/Latam relations could falter if Falklands issue remains unsolved

  

  British relations in South America could falter if the UK Government refuses to hold talks on the Falkland Islands sovereignty with Argentina, the country’s ambassador to London said this week.

• Wednesday, May 9th 2012 - 02:32 UTC

  Malvinas/Olympic ad Argentine hockey player left out of Games warm-up in Malaysia

  

  The Argentine hockey player filmed training on the Falkland Islands in a controversial video that caused a furor in Britain last week has been dropped from Argentina’s final Olympic Games warm-up event.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 17:46 UTC

  Argentine Olympic Committee releases watered down statement on Malvinas spot

  

  The Argentine Olympic Committee has responded for the first time to an advertisement on state-run TV that links a dispute with Britain about the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to the London Games.

• Tuesday, May 8th 2012 - 02:39 UTC

  Olympic/Malvinas ad: “creativity can’t be censored, it must be applauded”, says CFK

  

  President Cristina Fernández said in relation to the controversial Olympic/Malvinas advert that “creativity can’t be censored”, on the contrary it should be “applauded” because it reflects the feelings of the Argentines. The head of state also rejected lifting the spot as demanded by Britain and the Y&R agency in New York.

• Monday, May 7th 2012 - 07:21 UTC

  Malvinas spot could ruin Argentine Olympic team spirit, warns athletes’ delegate

  

  The controversial Malvinas/Olympics advert promoted by the Argentine government ahead of the London Games not only has had negative reactions worldwide but has also triggered deep concern among members of the Argentine Olympic team.

• Monday, May 7th 2012 - 04:11 UTC

  Timerman tells Hammond world is safer with creativity than “bombing civilians”

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman replied to recent demands of an apology made by UK Defence Minister Phillip Hammond over a controversial Olympic advert shot in the Falkland Islands, and urged London to “honour the deaths of those who died in the 1982 conflict by constructing peace.”