Tag: Falklands referendum

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 19:07 UTC

  Young Falkland Islanders’ voice their views

  

  By Harold Briley - Circuited well in advance of their historic referendum on their future, a booklet voicing the views of the post-invasion generation of Islanders is a vital part of the new Falkland Islands campaign to explain their case internationally. In this contribution to the referendum debate, MercoPress takes a more comprehensive look at their attitudes.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:39 UTC

  The Falklanders will speak clearly

  

  The Globe and Mail (*) editorial published Sunday, March - As a country that with some justice prides itself as a global beacon for democracy, the United States should abandon its equivocation over the status of the Falkland Islands and agree to throw its considerable weight behind the winner of the referendum asking Islanders whether they wish to remain a UK overseas territory.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:15 UTC

  Sixty international media representatives will report on the Falklands’ referendum

  

  The Falklands March 10/11 referendum on the political future of the Islands has attracted a surprising amount of interest from the world press with sixty television, newspaper and radio journalists arriving primarily on next Saturday’s LAN weekly flight to the Islands.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2013 - 00:09 UTC

  Argentina dismisses referendum; warns Falklands’ oil industry “unfeasible” without regional ties

  

  The referendum on the fate of the Falkland Islands is a publicity stunt with no legal status, Argentina's ambassador to Britain said on Monday, warning that oil exploitation around the territory was impossible without better regional ties.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 07:02 UTC

  Falklands’ lawmakers underline significance of casting the ballot on March10/11

  

  Falkland Islands members of the Legislative Assembly have stressed the absolute need for a big turn out next March 10/11 when the Islanders will de deciding on their political status and future.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:53 UTC

  Falklands’ ballot paper will not have any serial number or identifying marks

  

  The referendum about whether or not Falkland Islanders wish the Falkland Islands to maintain their current status as an overseas territory of the United Kingdom is less than a week away and the Registrar General has made some announcements on the March 10/11 world event.

• Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:32 UTC

  Falklands’ governor tells The Sun “Argentina keeps making stuff up”

  

  Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Haywood accused Argentina of “making stuff up” in its relentless verbal assault on the UK and the Islands. With a referendum on whether the Islanders want to remain British less than a week away, Haywood vowed to keep “pushing back” against the “extraordinary” sabre-rattling, UK’s sensationalist tabloid The Sun published.

• Monday, February 25th 2013 - 20:21 UTC

  Kerry refuses to comment on Falklands’ referendum; US position remains unchanged

  

  Starting in London his first trip overseas as the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry kept strictly to US policy on the Falkland Islands and refused to comment on the coming referendum when Islanders are expected to decide on their political status and future.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2013 - 06:26 UTC

  Hague to discuss US position on Falklands’ referendum with Kerry

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague will discuss the United States' position on the Falkland Islands with Secretary of State John Kerry following reports that Washington will not recognise the result of next month's referendum.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:13 UTC

  Malvinas: read what the real world is saying

  

  By Fernando Petrella (*) - The following article by an Argentine former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs was published as a column in the Buenos Aires media. The following reproduction in English is not necessarily literal but tries keep to its spirit as much as possible.