Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:13 UTC
Argentine lawmakers want “Malvinas issue” to become decisive in allowing candidates to run for office

A group of Argentine Senators has entered a bill whereby candidates for any electoral office must acknowledge the 1994 Constitutional reform which made the claim over the Malvinas Islands “a permanent and inalienable” goal.
Tuesday, August 10th 2021 - 07:59 UTC
“Malvinas are Argentine”, but thinking differently is not a crime in Argentina, Patirica Bullrich

Recent statements by representatives from Argentina's intellectual elite referred to the Falklands being a British territory and belonging to the Kelpers, and that Argentina did not exist as such at the time, are still reverberating, but the country is holding primaries and elections next month and in November so some political amendments seem necessary.
Monday, August 9th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Beatriz Sarlo: Falklands belong to the Islanders, despite useless nationalism myths

“Nationalism is a useless myth, certainly not the way to address current and real problems”, underlined the historian and political analyst Beatriz Sarlo who last week triggered a storm in Argentina by reiterating that the Falkland Islands are a British territory, belong to the Kelpers and remind her of southern Scotland.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Argentine literary critic says Falklands are British, sparks rejection and controversy

Statements by Argentine literary and cultural critic Beatriz Sarlo who Tuesday said that the Falkland Islands were “British territory” sparked nationwide controversies about which she defiantly warned she “cared very little.”
Wednesday, August 4th 2021 - 07:03 UTC
Tierra del Fuego fears the significance of Falkland Islands new port

The province of Tierra del Fuego, on Tuesday, denounced UK's construction company BAM Nuttall for operating with no authorization in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands district, currently under British control but over which Argentine claims sovereignty.
Friday, July 30th 2021 - 00:30 UTC
Falklands signs HPP2 Memorandum of Understanding ahead of August visit by ICRC

This Thursday the Falkland Islands Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between FIG, the UK Government, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
A pro-Falklands lawmaker in Argentine congress: not to be dismissed...

An academic respectful of historic events and understanding towards the people of the Falkland Islands sitting in the Argentine congress? That could be the outcome of the scheduled September primaries and midterm elections in November according to some ultra-nationalistic media in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 10:15 UTC
Search at Falklands' Teal Inlet for more possible Argentine soldiers interments

Falkland Islands' Chief Police Officer Superintendent Jeff McMahon is heading an inquiry to find the remains of Argentine soldiers who are still unaccounted for and maybe in unmarked interments in the north of East Falkland at a place called Teal Inlet.
Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:52 UTC
Game over: C14 resolution ignores Falklands' pleas and again calls for a bilateral dialogue Argentina/UK

The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, C24, addressed on Thursday the annual Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty question, which once again concluded with an appeal to the governments of Argentina and Britain to resume dialogue with the purpose of finding, in the shortest time possible, a peaceful solution to the controversy.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Scholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina

Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Department, and Jaime Perczyk chairman of the Ministry of Education University Policies.