Tag: United Kingdom

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 21:52 UTC

  Falkland Islands issue gets involved in Argentina’s 150th celebration of Welsh settlers in Patagonia

  

  Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro revealed she has been meeting with Welsh MPs for the potential organization of the 150th anniversary of Welsh settlers in Patagonia in 2015. However Welsh sources said initial discussions broke down because the Argentine representatives were seeking people supportive of their views in the Falkland Islands dispute.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Argentina and UK clash at UN: no talks without the accord of Islanders

  

  Argentina's Foreign minister Hector Timerman together with Latam representatives called on UN chief Ban Ki Moon and demanded talks with the UK on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty, but Britain again refused, pointing to the Islanders' overwhelming vote this month to remain British.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:21 UTC

  Seven countries, including Argentina and UK calls for a universal Arms Trade Treaty

  

  The UK and Argentina joined Foreign Ministers from six other countries to call for a universal Arms Trade Treaty. Countries of the world gathered at the UN in July 2012 to negotiate an Arms Trade Treaty but the conference could not reach an agreement.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 06:10 UTC

  Why the Falklands matter

  

  By James Kirchick (*) - Americans might wonder why they should care about the fate of a tiny set of islands closer to Antarctica than to Florida, where penguins outnumber humans by more than 300 to 1. But the fate of the Falkland Islands — whose citizens expressed a near-unanimous desire to remain part of the United Kingdom this month — will set an important precedent for the universal principle of self-determination

• Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 08:13 UTC

  For Argentina’s tax-revenue office Afip, Malvinas are a foreign territory, most probably British

  

  Despite persistent claims before the world, and his Holiness, that the Malvinas Islands are Argentine, for the tax office in Buenos Aires in practical terms they really are a foreign country, according to the latest resolution which applies an additional fee of 20% to tickets and overseas expenditure with Argentine debit or credit cards.

• Wednesday, March 20th 2013 - 07:54 UTC

  UK reopens embassy in Paraguay in July and names Latam expert ambassador

  

  The UK has appointed ambassador to Paraguay as part of the current government’s plan to recover lost ground in Latinamerica. The British embassy in Asunción was closed in 2005 and has since had a non resident ambassador based in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2013 - 02:27 UTC

  Falklands: UK recalls that Vatican policy is they have no role to play in the dispute

  

  The United Kingdom played down the request made by Argentine President Cristina Fernández to Pope Francis to intervene in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and recalled the recent referendum with an overwhelming support from Islanders to remain a British overseas territory.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 21:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ post referendum musings and the ‘Britishness’ feeling

  

  Writing for Penguin News its Deputy Editor, John Fowler, takes stock in the wake of the recent referendum in the Falkland Islands which resulted in a 92%turn out and 99.8% of voters opting to maintain the Islands current status as an overseas territory of Great Britain.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 18:49 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: ‘the Vatican is no arbitrage tribunal for international affairs’

  

  The Pope has no reason to intervene in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, since the Vatican is not an international tribunal and there is no imminence of a war, according to Rodolfo Terragno an Argentine lawyer and former head of cabinet, minister and congressman.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 08:07 UTC

  PM Cameron stops plans to impose visa restrictions on Brazilian tourists

  

  Plans to impose visa restrictions on Brazilian tourists have been put on hold by Home Secretary Theresa May. Like US, Canadian or Australian citizens, Brazilians can visit the UK for up to six months without a visa.