Tag: Falklands / Malvinas

Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 07:34 UTC
Argentine minister underlines Falklands' cooperation with UK in his final report

With the change of government in Argentina just round the corner, 10 December, the Foreign and Worship ministry presented a Foreign Policy Performance Report of the four-year mandate of outgoing president Mauricio Macri. The report was presented by Minister Jorge Faurie, and chapter 5 refers to the South Atlantic Islands, specifically the Falklands, and also Antarctica.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Falklands: Argentina and UK agree to extend Humanitarian Plan to identify remains in multiple grave

The outgoing government of Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the United Kingdom are in talks for an extension of the humanitarian plan which, with Falkland Islands consent and under the guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross had enabled the identification of 115 remains buried in the Islands with the sole reference, “Argentine soldier, only known to God”, the tragic legacy of the 1982 conflict.
Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Remains of 115th Argentine combatant buried in Falklands have been identified

The Argentine Human Rights Secretariat announced the identification of the 115th combatant whose remains are buried in the Falkland Islands Argentine military cemetery at Darwin.
Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Alberto Fernandez and Jeremy Corbyn talked about the Falklands/Malvinas claim

Argentine president-elect Alberto Fernandez revealed that last week he received a call from UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, and despite the ideological affinity, the incoming president said that Argentina under his administration would, always, claim the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty.
Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina has bent over to please the UK while gaining nothing in return

By Facundo Rodriguez (*) - It's now been three years since the British and Argentine governments signed the Foradori-Duncan agreement and committed to taking “appropriate measures to remove all obstacles limiting the economic growth and sustainable development” of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brexit concerns blowing gale across nervous Falklands

The following piece on the Falklands and Brexit was distributed by the French news agency, AFP, both in English and Spanish. - It may be a remote archipelago 13,000km from mainland Britain but the Falkland Islands' incredible biodiversity, as well as fishing and meat exports, are under threat from Brexit.
Monday, October 14th 2019 - 16:49 UTC
Falklands oil industry warned by the Argentine government

The recent announcements by Rockhopper PLC and Premier Oil referred to the development of the Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands, have triggered a reaction from the Argentine foreign ministry.
Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Falklands/Sao Paulo air-link will be serviced with a Boeing 767, Argentine sources

The Argentine media has revealed some additional details about the coming weekly airlink between the Falkland Islands and the South American continent, scheduled to begin “sometime in the second half of November”.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 06:52 UTC
Malvinas Veterans Office created by the Macri administration

Argentina has created a Coordination Office for Malvinas War Veterans, the first such office since the end of the 1982 conflict, when Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands and were defeated 74 days later.
Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Sao Paulo/Falklands link, “very positive” and will help build bridges for sovereignty negotiations

Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie described the authorization for a regular weekly flight between Sao Paulo, Brazil and the Falkland Islands, with a monthly stopover in Cordoba, as “something very positive”, which has the purpose of “building bridges and creating trust for sovereignty negotiations”