Tag: Falklands referendum

Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:38 UTC
Brexit tariffs, not the EU’s Malvinas blunder, are the real issue worrying Falkland Islanders

Boris Johnson’s deal made no provision for exports from the UK overseas territories

By Teslyn Barkman (*) – In July, a joint communiqué signed in Brussels by 60 European Union and Latin American nations referred to the Falkland Islands as the “Islas Malvinas” despite last-minute attempts by UK foreign secretary James Cleverly to persuade them to drop the reference.
Friday, August 4th 2023 - 07:37 UTC
Self-determination is the right of Falkland Islanders

By Teslyn Barkman (*) - In March 2013, Falkland Islanders took to the polls in an internationally observed referendum in which 99.8% of voters, on a turnout of 92%, voted in favor of remaining a self-governing Overseas Territory of the UK. We spoke for our future.
Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 23:07 UTC
China backs Argentina's Falklands claim and warns about “colonial thinking”

Chinese ambassador to the United Nations Geng Shuang has backed Argentina's claim to the Falkland Islands and called on countries to abandon “colonial thinking”, warning of its serious implications for the international order.
Tuesday, March 14th 2023 - 10:25 UTC
Little has changed since the referendum, MLA Pollard tells Clarín

Marking the 10th anniversary of the Falklands Islands referendum regarding self-determination, MLA Mark Pollard was interviewed by Buenos Aires' Clarín to discuss that consultation and other topics regarding current events involving the South Atlantic overseas territories.
Friday, March 10th 2023 - 12:32 UTC
Falkland Islands: Result of referendum remains clear 10 years on

Over 10 and 11 March 2013, Falkland Islanders overwhelmingly decided their future political status. The referendum asked voters “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?”
Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Uruguayan news team visits Falklands ahead of referendum's 10th anniversary

A team from Uruguay's news show Telenoche (Montevideo's Channel 4) is visiting the Falkland Island marking the 10th anniversary of the referendum whereby the local population ratified its will to remain a British Overseas Territory despite sovereignty claims from Argentina.
Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 19:37 UTC
The Falklands' voice heard: Commemorating 10 years since the Referendum

Ten years ago, the people of the Falkland Islands participated in a landmark referendum, overseen by international observers, to determine their political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom. The question posed was, “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status?” and an overwhelming 99.8% of voters, on a 92% turnout, chose to remain a self-governing territory of the UK.
Friday, March 3rd 2023 - 20:31 UTC
Falkland Islands responds to Argentina’s decision to end the “Foradori-Duncan Pact”

Members of the Legislative Assembly are disappointed to hear of Argentina’s decision to put an end to the “Foradori-Duncan Pact” of 2016. This pact looked at improving relations on trade and security between the UK and Argentina but it also ensured the agreement to identify the remains of the unknown Argentine soldiers buried near Darwin.
Friday, March 3rd 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Cleverly insists: the Falklands are British

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly wrote on Twitter that the Falkland “islanders have the right to decide their own future: they have chosen to remain an autonomous British Overseas Territory,” and therefore “the Falkland Islands are British.”
Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 06:34 UTC
In 2013, “we reaffirmed our wish to be a part of Global Britain”, Falklands Legislative Assembly chair

UK's news agency Press Association has interviewed the current chair of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, MLA Teslyn Barkman on the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' war and the ninth, on the self-determination referendum from March 2013.