Tag: Falklands War

Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Argentines are “very easy” to relate to, says Ambassador Kent in BA

Britain's ambassador to Buenos Aires Mark Kent Wednesday said in a live TV interview that Argentines are “very easy” to relate to and highlighted their sense of humour, which he found very similar to that of the people back in his home land.
Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Johnson/Macri, a ten-year friendship since they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires

The Argentine media is pointing out that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Argentine president Mauricio Macri first met when they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires, --and full of ambitions--, and have since had a cordial standing personal relation. The first meeting took place at the Davos summit, Switzerland, in January 2009, and according to witnesses the chemistry was immediate.
Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine air force planning to purchase some ten South Korea's FA-50 fighter

The Argentine air force has selected South Korea’s FA-50 as its next fighter, Jane's reported this week. The decision is good news for a once-proud air arm that, in recent years, has precipitously declined in size and effectiveness. Argentine officials as early as 2016 had asked to evaluate the twin-seat, supersonic FA-50, Jane's reported.
Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 22:52 UTC
Humanitarian project identifies Argentine soldier #114 at Darwin

A new body has been identified, raising the number of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 Falklands War who now have a name on their graves to 114, thanks to the Humanitarian Project underway.
Sunday, July 14th 2019 - 15:04 UTC
Argentina condemns British MEP's likening foreign fishing to Belgrano sinking

Argentina harshly condemned the “lamentable declarations of British MEP Robert Rowland” in which he threatened foreign fishing in the Falklands area with “the same treatment as the Belgrano,” in reference to the Argentine cruise sunk by the United Kingdom during the 1982 war.
Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Military parade and Malvinas Veterans march to celebrate Argentina's independence

Some four thousand troops, including Malvinas Veterans will be marching this Tuesday in the posh district of Palermo in Buenos Aires, as part of the Independence Day celebrations. Last year the parade was cancelled because of budget problems.
Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
ARA Belgrano relatives will travel next October to the spot where she went down torpedoed in May 1982

Relatives of the sailors who lost their lives when the sinking of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, during the Falklands' conflict will be travelling to the area where she went down, sometime in mid-October.
Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.
Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:53 UTC
Students from a rural school helped identify an Argentine combatant buried in the Falklands

A project led by students at a rural school in San Luis de Palmar, the Argentine province of Corrientes, helped identify the remains of a fallen combatant during the South Atlantic conflict: Ramón Cirilo Blanco, according to researchers at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE).
Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:36 UTC
Falklands' people celebrate Liberation Day from Argentine occupying forces

The Falkland Islands' people will recall this Friday, 14 June, Liberation Day, when the invading and occupying Argentine forces on this day back in 1982 surrendered to the British Task Force ensuring the recovery of freedom for the British Overseas Territory.