Tag: Guillermo Carmona

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 23:24 UTC

  Argentine Post uses interactive map mentioning Falklands and Stanley

  

  Argentina's Postal Service took heavy flak for using an interactive map on its website, where the South Atlantic Islands Argentina claims to own were referred to as Falklands (and not Malvinas) and its capital was Stanley (not Puerto Argentino), which drew criticism from a several surfers who spotted the Government's slip.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Buenos Aires says Cleverly's trip to Falkland Islands is an “unnecessary provocation”

  

  After British Secretary James Cleverly announced Sunday that he would be traveling to the Falklands to show his support for the Islanders' self-determination, the Argentine government replied that it was an “unnecessary provocation.”

• 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, February 21st 2023 - 06:59 UTC

  President Fernández traveling to Antarctica, weather permitting

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is to visit the Marambio Base in Antarctica in a move to ratify the country's “bicontinental” stance, it was reported in Casa Rosada. Fernández's trip will be the fourth visit of an Argentine head of state to Antarctica.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Top Argentine official makes the round of talks and contacts in Spain to complain about Falklands fishing industry

  

  Guillermo Carmona, secretary of the Malvinas, Antarctica and Southern Atlantic Islands held a round of political talks in Spain in the framework of the bi-national cooperation understandings contemplated in the Buenos Aires Declaration from 2021. The document was signed by Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his Spanish peer Pedro Sánchez and addressed the Argentina/Spain joint strategic action plan 2021/2023 referred to the Falklands/Malvinas and Gibraltar Questions as well as Antarctic and oceans cooperation.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Ex UK ambassador Mark Kent celebrates Argentina's World Cup but regrets Carmona's attitude

  

  The head of Argentina's Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona had a Twitter exchange with former UK ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent, who congratulated and celebrated the Argentine team's win of the Football World Cup in Qatar.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina to release a “Malvinas 40th Anniversary Yearbook” on January 3 when Britain 'usurped' the Islands

  

  The Argentine foreign ministry is planning to release a Yearbook, on the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war, reporting on all the activities displayed both domestically and internationally, with the purpose of honoring all combatants and Veterans, plus emphasizing the “inalienable sovereignty rights of Argentina over the Islands, usurped by Britain in 1833”. The launching date will take place on 3rd January 2023.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina objects to the presence of Prince Anne in the Falklands, “a discourtesy” complains Carmona

  

  From Buenos Aires, Argentina objected to the presence of Princess Anne in the Falkland Islands during her six-day visit, with a brief release.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:47 UTC

  UK Chagos Devolution: Argentina urges bilateral negotiations on Falklands' sovereignty

  

  As was expected the Argentine reaction to Britain's negotiations with the Republic of Mauritius for the return of the Chagos archipelago, including Diego García island, has been immediate with a long release from the Foreign Ministry, once again calling for full negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Ecuador Legislative overwhelmingly votes in support of Argentina's claims

  

  Ecuador's one House Legislative Assembly overwhelmingly voted on Wednesday in support of Argentina and “its battle in defense of Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich Islands, and adjoining maritime and insular spaces”, which according to the Argentine ministry of foreign affairs, “are illegitimately occupied by the United Kingdom”.