Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, June 23rd 2014 - 22:14 UTC

  Hugo Swire visits Costa Rica to meet the new government officials

  

  The British Minister of State for Latin America, Hugo Swire, arrived to Costa Rica on Monday June for his first official visit to the Central American country and the British Government’s first audience with the new government since the inauguration of President Luis Guillermo Solis on 8 May 2014.

• Saturday, June 21st 2014 - 08:19 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez took time to pick on the Falklands at her 'dialogue' speech

  

  Cristina Fernandez on her Friday Flag Day speech in which she lowered usual rhetoric and asked US Judge Thomas Griesa for negotiations with the holdout hedge funds, picked on the Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute to channel her fury and forecasted there “is no colonialism that can last so many centuries, eventually they fall”.

• Thursday, June 19th 2014 - 01:43 UTC

  Ambassador Castro on an official visit to Ulster; McGuinness said he supports “Argentina” in the Cup

  

  The Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Alicia Castro made an official visit to Northern Ireland where she was received by Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness. They agreed on stressing the importance of dialogue and called for ties between both parties to be strengthened.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2014 - 23:25 UTC

  UK minister arrives in Brazil to cheer for England and promote business and tourism

  

  UK Minister for Sport, Tourism and Equalities Helen Grant arrives in Sao Paulo on Wednesday to cheer for the English team in the World Cup, and to share experience and promote the values and policies that transform social reality.

• Tuesday, June 17th 2014 - 06:37 UTC

  Argentina pressing Francis over Falklands' dispute, says Vatican expert

  

  Vatican officials are becoming increasingly irritated with the Argentine government after its ambassador to Britain, who is a vocal critic of the UK policy regarding the Falkland Islands, requested a private audience with the Argentine born pontiff, reports a piece by Edward Pentin, published by Newsmax.com.

• Monday, June 16th 2014 - 05:38 UTC

  Support for Argentina's 'Malvinas question' in the G77 plus China summit

  

  The G77 plus China extraordinary summit which took place in Bolivia over the weekend approved two statements in support of Argentina's position in the 'Malvinas Islands question' and a second referred to the current conflict with holdout hedge funds, a long running litigation that has reached the US Supreme Court. Argentine president Cristina Fernández attended the Santa Cruz de la Sierra event.

• Saturday, June 14th 2014 - 08:44 UTC

  Falklands on Liberation Day pledges to preserve 'our homeland' despite Argentina's efforts

  

  The Falkland Islands on Liberation Day pledged to continue developing its economy “for the benefit of our people, and for the preservation of our homeland”, despite the Argentine government's concerted efforts “to stifle our economic and political development over the last ten years”.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez opens Malvinas museum, a living commitment to end colonialism

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández had strong words for the UK government, as she headed on Tuesday the inauguration of the Malvinas Museum at the ex-ESMA detention centre, where thousands were illegally held prisoners and tortured during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

• Wednesday, June 11th 2014 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina reiterates Falklands' sovereignty 'unalienable' rights

  

  The government of President Cristina Fernandez reiterated Argentina’s “unalienable right” over the Malvinas Islands and urged the United Kingdom to resume negotiations over the disputed territories. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the British government refusal to continue talks as “incomprehensible and inadmissible.”

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 21:59 UTC

  King Juan Carlos does not want his son “to wither waiting” as Prince Charles

  

  Spain's King Juan Carlos, 76, said he was abdicating in favor of his son because he did not want him “to wither waiting as Prince Charles expects to in England”, according to a report from the Daily Telegraph. The comment reportedly was made to his household staff: “I must give way; I have fulfilled my mission”