Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, February 10th 2012 - 00:56 UTC

  State Department ratifies Falklands’ dispute is a bilateral Argentina/UK issue

  

  United States insisted that the Falklands/Malvinas dispute is a ‘bilateral’ issue between Argentina and the UK and again called on Buenos Aires and London to solve the issue peacefully, through dialogue.

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 20:25 UTC

  Bank of England pumps an extra £ 50bn to boost the UK economy

  

  Bank of England has agreed to extend its quantitative easing (QE) program by £50bn to give a further boost to the UK economy. When completed, it will bring the total amount of QE stimulus to £325bn.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:38 UTC

  Turn on your ‘sepoy’ detector and weed out the ‘anti-Malvinas traitors’

  

  Jorge Lanata is one of Argentina’s most famous and fierce journalists, feared by politicians and union leaders, famous for uncovering corruption and confronting the sacred cows of the country’s establishment. This week he made some controversial comments about the Malvinas Islands which rocked the whole country.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 23:28 UTC

  Argentina has no more claim to the Falklands than Canada does to Alaska

  

  Argentina has no more claim to the Falklands than Canada does to Alaska Giving the Falkland Islands to Argentina makes as much sense as giving Alaska to Canada: none whatsoever, says George Grant.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 16:51 UTC

  Only the Falklands can determine its political future “not London, not Buenos Aires”

  

  “We are well aware that Chile has a different position to us regarding the Falklands and this we understand, but it must be the Islanders who determine their political future, not London, not Buenos Aires or third countries”, said UK ambassador in Chile Jon Benjamin in an interview with the Chilean media.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 12:57 UTC

  “There is a point where Islanders will say to the Argentines, 'To hell with you.'”

  

  The following piece was published by The Independent, an interview of the Falkland Islands Governor Nigel Haywood by Falklands-born writer, journalist and expert in Latin American and defense affairs, Graham Bound.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 05:38 UTC

  Except for defence, Falklands don’t need anything from any country, says MLA Sawle

  

  The Falklands don’t need anything from any country, not even England, said Dick Sawle elected member of the Falklands Legislative Assembly, although admitting that the Islands do rely on the UK for protection.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 18:45 UTC

  Chile supports Malvinas claim but underlines ‘special relation’ with the UK

  

  “Chile’s support to Argentina’s claim over the Malvinas Islands is a state policy for our country” said Chilean Executive secretary Andres Chadwick, but it does not mean any impediment to that “very special relation we have with the UK”.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:37 UTC

  Queen begins celebration of the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne

  

  Queen Elizabeth II has said she is dedicating herself “anew to your service”, as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. In a message, she also said she felt “deeply moved” by the support shown for her Diamond Jubilee.

• Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 07:26 UTC

  Malvinas conflict is diplomatic: “unnecessary ostentation of firepower” from UK

  

  Argentine Defence minister Arturo Puricelli described UK’s announcement to send state of the art and latest incorporation to the Royal Navy HMS Dauntless, and according to the London press a nuclear powered submersible, to the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands as “an unnecessary ostentation of fire power”