Tag: United Kingdom

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 22:20 UTC

  Argentina appeals to Red Cross to help identify remains of soldiers buried in Falklands

  

  President Cristina Fernandez has sent a letter to the Red Cross asking the international organization to intercede before the UK so that the remains of Argentine and British soldiers in the Falkland Islands which are still unknown, 30 years after the beginning of the Malvinas war can be identified.

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:47 UTC

  UK parliament partisan support for Falklands’ right to self-determination

  

  The UK’s Falkland Islands All-party Parliamentary Group stated on Monday that “no British government will negotiate with Argentina the sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago.”

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 18:34 UTC

  Falklands’ message from Hague: “we still want to work with Argentina”

  

  In a statement entitled “Why we still want to work with Argentina”, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict, Foreign Secretary William Hague, stressed UK’s eagerness to work with Argentina on several aspects surrounding the Falkland Islands issue.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:58 UTC

  Thirty years after the Falklands short, victorious war

  

  The Economist latest edition includes a piece on April 2nd 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The ensuing war Britain fought to recover them still colors UK and Argentine domestic politics

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 22:54 UTC

  Argentina reiterates ‘serious suspicions’ about UK nuclear weapons in Falklands’ region

  

  Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli reiterated Argentina’s “militarization” claims in the Falkland Islands and highlighted “serious suspicions” that Britain is using nuclear weapons in the South Atlantic region.

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 07:25 UTC

  Close links with Latam and steadfast commitment to Falklands, announced Hague

  

  The UK is determined to strengthen relations with Latin America and equally committed to the Falkland Islands right to self-determination, said Foreign Secretary William Hague during a major foreign policy speech at banquet.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 04:31 UTC

  Falklands open to UN referendum to decide whether Islanders want to remain British

  

  “The Falklands are British, we have all the rights over the Islands plus the Islanders want to be British” said Governor Nigel Haywood who did not discard a UN sponsored referendum so that Islanders can decide on their future.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 01:25 UTC

  “Malvinas and the ‘Gallegos’ (Spaniards) always get the blame” in Argentina

  

  “Malvinas and the Spaniards (‘gallegos’) are always to blame” warned UK PM David Cameron to his peer Mariano Rajoy when they met in London over a month ago to talk bilateral issues and the growing irritation caused to both countries by Argentina with its claims over Falklands’ sovereignty and natural resources.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 19:14 UTC

  Nobel Peace laureates should visit Falklands before reaching any conclusion

  

  The Falkland Islands expressed disappointment with six Nobel Prize winners who urged the UK government to open sovereignty negotiations with Argentina over the Islands but seem to by pass the right of Islanders to self determination.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 01:11 UTC

  Six Nobel Peace Prize winners call on UK to open talks on Falklands’ sovereignty

  

  Six Nobel Peace Prize winners called for Britain to open talks with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Aflklands/Malvinas Islands, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the war between the two nations. The call came in the form of a letter directed to the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron.