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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 18:55 UTC

Tag: Falklands War

  • Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 11:34 UTC

    Falklands Representative honors Margaret Thatcher on annual memorial day

    In observance of Margaret Thatcher Day, Richard Hyslop, Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, paid respects to the late Baroness Thatcher. He laid a bouquet of flowers on her grave, representing the gratitude of the Falklands for her role in the liberation of the Islands during 1982 conflict in the South Atlantic.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Venezuela supports Argentina's claim to Malvinas

    “Just as the Essequibo is Venezuelan, the Malvinas are Argentine,” Gil insisted

    Despite criticizing a judge's decision to hand over to the United States the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry also issued Wednesday a declaration insisting that the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands were Argentine.

  • Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:20 UTC

    1982 South Atlantic War: Crippa launches fundraiser to bring back his plane

    The aircraft “was sold to an American arms dealer” due to budgetary issues, Crippa lamented

    Retired Argentine Navy pilot Owen Crippa launched this week a fundraiser to bring back from the United States the Italian-built Aermacchi MB-339 with which he attacked the HMS Argonaut on May 21, 1982, during a reconnaissance mission amid the South Atlantic war over the Falkland Islands. He reportedly needs US$ 50,000.

  • Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    1982 war veteran slated for Argentine Defense Ministry's “Number 2” job?

    Esteban was forced to retire in 2007 after being passed over for promotion to the rank of General

    Argentina's future government of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) is entertaining the possibility of appointing retired Colonel Daniel Esteban, a Malvinas War Veteran, as Deputy Defense Minister as of Dec. 10, according to Buenos Aires daily Clarín. Esteban would serve under former Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) Vice Presidential candidate Luis Petri, who has been picked to head the Ministry following the now-defunct alliance's support to Javier Milei against Sergio Massa at the Nov. 19 runoff.

  • Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:25 UTC

    Peruvian pilots who helped Argentina in 1982 decorated

    Peru sent 10 Mirage M-5P jets on June 6 and 7, 1982

    During a ceremony at the Argentine Embassy in Lima last week, a group of retired Peruvian Air Force (FAP) pilots were awarded the Argentine Air Force's (FAA) Order of Heroes of the Malvinas, in the grade of “Malvinas Medal for Contribution to the War Effort” in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with the United Kingdom.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 00:26 UTC

    Falklands Ride of Respect visits Islands' graves and memorials

    More Falklands riders met the group at the Great Britain Hotel area and accompanied them to Stanley.

    The Falklands Ride of Respect, sponsored by SAMA, South Atlantic Medal Association, is a group of Veterans that has been running for five years, visiting each Falklands conflict grave in the U.K. as well as many significant memorials as well.

  • Tuesday, November 14th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Sergio Massa: “For me Thatcher is an enemy of the Argentine people”

    Milei's response during Sunday's debate, acknowledging Thatcher as a “great leader,” only fueled Massa's rebuttal.

    In a heated debate that unfolded on Sunday, Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei found himself at odds with Economy Minister Sergio Massa. The confrontation reached a boiling point as Milei accused Massa of employing the “falacia ad populum” strategy, dismissing technical discussions as if they were only meant for a select few, rather than the millions of voters they both aimed to represent.

  • Thursday, October 19th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

    Argentine spy granted war veteran status after long legal battle

    A.C. had provided intelligence services at the Ushuaia naval base

    A 65-year-old Argentine woman known by the initials A.C., who claimed to have performed intelligence duties during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict against the United Kingdom, has been granted war veteran status after a legal process that lasted several years because navy records showed she was assigned other duties, Mar del Plata's La Capital reported this week.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Relatives of Argentine squad fallen during Falklands War return from humanitarian trip

    The Alacran squad's Puma helicopter was shot down at Mount Kent in 1982 but the bodies were not identified until 2021

    Relatives of Argentine combatants of the Alacran squad fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict returned Saturday after visiting the graves of their loved ones following the Second Humanitarian Project Plan (PPH2) agreed with the United Kingdom and the International Committee of the Red Cross work which gave proper names to what was previously labeled under the generic “soldiers known only to God.”

  • Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    HMS Bristol: Falklands War destroyer up for sale

    A petition created in 2020 to save the HMS Bristol has garnered over 11,000 signatories

    The British Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) said four decommissioned Royal Navy units, including the unique HMS Bristol, have been put up for sale. The Bristol belonged to Task Group 317.8 during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War. The three other vessels on sale are the frigates HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose, and the minehunter HMS Walney.