Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

• Thursday, April 26th 2012 - 01:33 UTC

  Argentina warns Falklands’ oil companies of May 2 deadline when legal actions begin

  

  Argentina once again warned oil companies considered by the Government to be “illegally operating” in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, and reiterated it will press charges against them unless they justify their actions before next Wednesday, May 2.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2012 - 23:37 UTC

  Malvinas families divided over identifying remains at the Falklands’ Argentine cemetery

  

  The Malvinas families’ commission regrets they have not been consulted on the Argentine government’s request for international help to identify the remains of the ‘unknown soldiers’ buried at the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2012 - 21:14 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmaker rejects Argentine proposal for direct air-link with Buenos Aires

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker Sharon Halford rejected the Argentine proposal of direct flights from Buenos Aires to the Islands saying that “they are not needed” and expressed surprise at the double standard of President Cristina Fernandez administration.

• Monday, April 23rd 2012 - 09:21 UTC

  Brazil helped Soviet support operation for Argentina during the Falklands conflict

  

  Brazil collaborated during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict in an operation mounted by the Soviets to supply Argentina with spares, arms, munitions and other requirements according to the Rio do Janeiro newspaper O’Globo based on disclosed documents from the National Security Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 23:06 UTC

  G77 plus China present Argentina with the Malvinas statement denied by the Americas Summit

  

  Representatives from the Group of 77 plus China meeting in Doha, Qatar approved a statement calling on the UK to resume negotiations with Argentina regarding the sovereignty of the Malvinas question, according to a release from the Argentine Foreign Ministry.

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 05:18 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute controversy reaches The Washington Post

  

  The Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute has reached the US capital triggering an interesting exchange in the Washington Post, involving the newspaper and the ambassadors from Argentina and the UK.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 08:10 UTC

  Hague expresses deep concern over the YPF case and promises support for Spain

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague said he was “very concerned” at President Cristina Fernández announcement to expropriate YPF, a decision he believes “goes against all the commitments Argentina has made in the G20 to promote transparency and reduce protectionism.”

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 08:06 UTC

  Argentina’s Malvinas claim with no support statement from hemisphere defence ministers

  

  A preparatory meeting for a Ministers of Defence of the Americas Conference to be held in the second half of the year concluded in Montevideo with no inclusion of the Malvinas Islands dispute in the final declaration because of lack of agreement among the participants.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 06:17 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil closer in defence issues and in support of Malvinas claim

  

  Argentina and Brazil agreed to work on a common defence agenda underlining the importance of strengthening Unasur and working to ensure that Latin America is a peace zone thus sending a strong message to the UK on the Falklands/Malvinas issue.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 00:54 UTC

  Letter on identification of Argentine soldiers buried in Falklands sent to the Red Cross

  

  Malvinas conflict next-of-kin commission sent a letter to the International Red Cross expressing their position regarding the request from President Cristina Fernandez for that organization to help with the identification of soldiers’ remains buried in the Falkland Islands Argentine cemetery.