Tag: Malvinas

• Saturday, April 5th 2014 - 02:51 UTC

  Diego García and Falklands in the same 'claim basket', anticipates Chagos leader

  

  The leader of thousands of displaced Chagos islanders fighting Britain for a return to their Indian Ocean archipelago (Diego García) has said they will wage a joint diplomatic battle alongside Argentina as it seeks sovereignty over the Falklands, according to a report from The Telegraph credited to Hannah Strange.

• Friday, April 4th 2014 - 02:41 UTC

  “Falklands nuclear missiles turned out to be penguins”

  

  Falkland Islanders replied with a picture of King penguins to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez claims that the Falklands had become NATO's largest base in the South Atlantic and was equipped with missiles that could reach any of the region's countries, and also had “nuclear weapons”.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:36 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth II meets the Pope at private audience in the Vatican

  

  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will meet with Pope Francis at a private audience in the Vatican on Thursday afternoon. The Queen, who’ll be accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, will also have a private encounter with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano during the one day visit to Rome.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 22:22 UTC

  'Malvinas Islands'/'Gaucho Rivero' 50-Peso bill to honor Argentine fallen soldiers

  

  As part of the commemorations of the “Day of the Veterans and Fallen in the Falklands War”, or the 32nd anniversary of the start of the South Atlantic conflict with the UK, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez unveiled a new 50-Peso bill that will carry a map of the Malvinas Islands and is to be soon issued.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 21:25 UTC

  Cristina Fernández blasts UK and NATO on Malvinas invasion anniversary

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández on the 32nd anniversary of the Malvinas Islands invasion by Argentine forces which triggered war (and defeat) with the UK, questioned the British government for not abiding by UN resolutions calling for Falklands sovereignty talks and suggested UK should be less involved in wars and more in looking after its own people.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 20:06 UTC

  Ambassador Castro calls for dialogue; but ignores Falkland Islanders rights and wishes

  

  On the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 April 1982, the Argentine embassy in London made public a release saying that the UK and Argentina have the opportunity to set an example to the world, and future generations by resolving the Malvinas question through peaceful and diplomatic means.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 19:48 UTC

  Falklands' MLA Short to Cristina Fernandez: “how low can you get”

  

  An exchange of tweets between Falkland Islands elected member of the Legislative Assembly Gavin Short and Argentine official Daniel Filmus has caused uproar in Argentina because the MLA describes as “rather sick” the “celebration of a brutal invasion of innocent civilians”.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Malvinas bilateral sovereignty negotiations are 'inevitable' because of growing world consensus

  

  Bilateral negotiations with the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty are 'inevitable' because of the growing international pressure and consensus among countries, forecasted Daniel Filmus head of the Argentine Foreign ministry Malvinas Islands Affairs Office. His statement comes on the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion on the Falklands in 1982.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  UK interest in the Malvinas is '100% economic', claims Argentine official

  

  Britain's interest in the Malvinas Islands is “100% economic” and if hydrocarbons exploration in the waters surrounding the archipelago advances “we could be facing a major ecologic disaster”, said Daniel Filmus, head of the Argentine Foreign Ministry Malvinas Affairs Secretariat.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  “We planted between 15.000 and 20.000 antipersonnel and antitank mines” in Malvinas

  

  In a rare interview, the Argentine Colonel who was responsible for placing mines in the occupied Falkland Islands in 1982 as part of the defense strategy against the advancing British forces, admits that between 15.000 and 20.000 of antipersonnel and anti tank explosives were planted, but also claims some stretches of the Islands' coast already had mines which had been placed by the British.