Tag: Malvinas War veterans

• Tuesday, November 25th 2014 - 04:16 UTC

  Falklands government has received no request, to date, for exhumations at Darwin cemetery

  

  To date (Monday) the Falkland Islands government has received no formal request for the exhumation and identification of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin Cemetery, was the reply from Gilbert House in Stanley to reports to that effect in The Independent, and in the Argentine media.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2014 - 01:24 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans plan symbolic repeat of Falklands invasion in Ushuaia

  

  Ushuaia Malvinas war veterans are planning a symbolic repeat of the Falklands military invasion by Argentine forces on the night of April first 1982, although this time the landing will take place along the Beagle Channel coast, according to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina.

• Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 09:28 UTC

  Malvinas war veteran plans to visit Falklands cemeteries with a message from Francis

  

  Pope Francis blessed crucifixes and rosaries which will be taken to the Argentine and British cemeteries in the Falkland Islands by an Argentine war veteran. The Pope during the blessings called for peace “among the peoples” of the world.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2012 - 08:28 UTC

  Argentine president and multi-party delegation leave for UN Falklands’ debate

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez leaves Wednesday at 19.00 hours for New York where on Thursday afternoon she is scheduled to address the UN Decolonization Committee claiming sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands as well as demand discussions with the UK over the future of those territories.

• Thursday, May 10th 2012 - 16:13 UTC

  Argentine government re-activates national committee of Malvinas combatants

  

  The Argentine government reactivated the National Committee of former Malvinas combatants which will support legal actions against crimes committed by Argentine officers during the 1982 conflict and demand DNA tests to identify the 123 remains buried in the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands.

• Friday, April 20th 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  Malvinas veterans revisit scenes of war where they were tortured by their officers

  

  In the this 30th anniversary year of the armed conflict between British and Argentine forces it is not surprising that we have seen, and will continue to see, increased numbers of veterans from both sides arriving in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, March 8th 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Argentine veterans insist with identifying remains of 123 comrades buried in Falklands

  

  Argentine veterans from the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war with Britain reiterated on Wednesday a request for the identification of 123 unknown comrades buried in the Falkland Islands.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:36 UTC

  Dozens arrested and injured in Buenos Aires as Malvinas veterans clash with riot police

  

  Dozens were arrested and injured in downtown Buenos Aires when groups of former Argentine soldiers that fought during the Malvinas war clashed violently with the police demanding to be recognized as full veterans.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 20:16 UTC

  Furious Malvinas war veterans attack lawmaker; claim they were ‘manipulated’

  

  A group of Malvinas war veterans assaulted Tuesday evening an Argentine lawmaker as he exited Government House following President Cristina Fernandez Malvinas war “give peace a chance” speech. He had to be rescued by the police and driven away in his car.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 05:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez expected to make major announcement on Falklands and oil

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández is expected to make an announcement related to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and most probably oil exploration on Tuesday afternoon, reports the Buenos Aires press.