Tag: Falklands War

• Monday, August 18th 2014 - 06:52 UTC

  “Chile not proud of Falklands war support”, but “proud of peace treaty with Argentina”

  

  Defense minister Jorge Burgos said that most Chileans are not proud of the attitude of the Pinochet dictatorship when the Falklands/Malvinas war, but also admitted it happened at a very different and difficult moment in the relations between Chile and Argentina.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 06:51 UTC

  Falklands’ conflict depicted in opera ‘Allies’ based on Pinochet-Thatcher relationship

  

  The relationship between former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and ex-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has been turned into an opera which opened in Paris for a five-night run. “Allies” revolves around a televised 1999 meeting of the two late leaders when Pinochet was being held under house arrest in Britain.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 05:48 UTC

  Falklands: Cristina Fernandez leads ceremony to honour 323 crewmembers from torpedoed ‘General Belgrano’

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez honoured the memory of the 323 crew members from the cruiser “General Belgrano” who lost their lives during the Malvinas war, “today, 31 years ago” and described the British torpedo attack on the vessel as “a criminal and coward action”.

• Friday, May 3rd 2013 - 05:44 UTC

  Malvinas dispute ‘will only end when Argentina has full, definitive possession of the Islands’, insists Puricelli

  

  The Malvinas cause will only come to an end when Argentina has definitive possession of the Islands, said Argentine defence minister Arturo Puricelli during a military ceremony to remember the 31st anniversary of the loss of cruiser ‘General Belgrano”, during the Falklands’ conflict torpedoed on 2 May 1982 by a Royal Navy submersible with the loss of 323 lives.

• Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 00:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands in moving tribute to Baroness Thatcher, “a great friend of the Islands”

  

  A memorial and thanksgiving service to Baroness Thatcher was held in the Falkland Islands Wednesday afternoon at the local church a few hours after the main ceremony in London’s St Paul cathedral.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2013 - 02:18 UTC

  Malvinas invasion recalled by President Cristina Fernandez in Puerto Madryn

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will lead on Tuesday the commemorations of the 31st anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war in the Patagonian city of Puerto Madryn.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 21:41 UTC

  Stanley residents who witnessed Liberation Day meet for a “Reception to Reflection”

  

  Of the 600 residents who were living in Stanley on 14th June 1982 when the Argentine surrender to the British Task Force, and the end of the Falklands conflict, 200 remain in the Islands. On 15th June 2012 a large number of those left gathered to reflect on the events of 30 years ago.

• Thursday, May 24th 2012 - 16:02 UTC

  Falklands’ service to honour British Forces who lost their lives when landing for the recovery of the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands held a commemorative service to the memory of those who lost their lives thirty years ago when British Forces landed in the Islands for the final push against the occupying Argentine forces.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:14 UTC

  Cameron accuses Argentina of ‘colonialism’ and reiterates protection of Falklands

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Argentina of “colonialism” over the country's claim to the Falkland Islands. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Cameron vowed to protect the Islands' population and allow them to decide their own future.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 19:32 UTC

  Falklands’ conflict gunner meets Skyhawk pilot he shot down, at his home in Argentina

  

  A Royal Navy veteran from the Falklands War has completed an extraordinary journey to meet the Argentine pilot he thought he had shot down and killed during the 1982 conflict.