Argentina takes back the Falkland Islands – according to John Lewis Poole 1:05pm Monday 13th May 2013 in News Argentina takes back the Falkland Islands – according to John Lewis Poole A globe featuring the Falklands Islands marked with their Argentinian name has sparked outrage after going on sale at John Lewis in Poole. The British-ruled South Atlantic islands are incorrectly marked as Las Malvinas on the 8-inch diameter globe, which costs 95. Continue reading
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Outrage as Euro MPs say British sovereignty over Falkland Islands 'is not accepted'
British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands as such, is not accepted by EU lawmakers The Falklands issue was brought up at a recent meeting in Buenos Aires by Senator Daniel Filmus, who insisted the UK and Argentina must discuss the long-standing tension over the islands. During talks, Senator Filmus suggested to his peers that an additional effort to help Argentina establish talks with the UK on the Malvinas issue would be beneficial. To advance in the strengthening of the accords it would be beneficial if the EU would commit itself to help so that the UK sits at a table to dialogue bilaterally on the Malvinas question said Filmus. Continue reading
CEDICE Libertad Directors Receive "Excellence in the Defense of Liberty" Award
ROSARIO, Argentina, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –Rafael Alfonzo Hernandez and Oscar Garcia Mendoza, president and vice president of CEDICE Libertad, a leading defender of individual rights and free-market economics in Venezuela, recently received the “Excellence in the Defense of Liberty” award presented by ATLAS Network, a global NGO, in commemoration of Fundacion Libertad (Liberty Foundation)’s 25th anniversary. The award was granted in recognition of the directors’ tireless efforts to promote and defend the principles of free enterprise and individual rights in Venezuela. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130422/CL99033 ) The event, chaired by Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, featured several ex-dignitaries, ministers, economists and journalists in attendance including former Prime Minister of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar; acting President of Spain’s People’s Party, Esperanza Aguirre; former President of Uruguay, Luis Alberto Lacalle; former President of Bolivia, Jorge Quiroga; Colombian author, Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza; Argentine author, Marcos Aguinis; Chile’s minister of Social Development, Joaquin Lavin, former President of Brazilian Central Bank, Carlos Langoni; Director of The Cato Institute, Ian Vasquez; Cuban author, Carlos Alberto Montaner; and Atlas Network Foundation President, Alejandro Chafuen, among others. Continue reading
Falkland Islands mourn Thatcher, Argentines bitter over past
By Hilary Burke and Karina Grazina BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Falkland Islanders mourned Margaret Thatcher on Monday, revering her as their liberator after a 1982 invasion by Argentine forces, but many Argentines bitterly recalled her role in defending the South Atlantic territory. Flags flew at half-staff on the Falklands after news of Thatcher’s death on Monday aged 87. Continue reading
Falkland Islands vote: 99.8 percent want to stay British
Residents, some carrying British flags, parade during a rally in support of United Kingdom control over the islands in Port Stanley, Falkland or Malvinas Islands Sunday, March 10, 2013. The local Falkland Islands Government has mobilized a major effort to get registered voters to answer a yes-or-no to the referendum; “Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?”, scheduled for March 10-11, 2013. (AP Photo/Paul Byrne) STANLEY, Falkland Islands An overwhelming 99.8 percent of Falkland Islands voters have backed keeping their government just the way it is: a British Overseas Territory. Continue reading
Falkland Islands to choose in referendum: Britain or Argentina?
Bill Poole stands in the Falklands capital of Stanley beside posters calling for a “yes” vote to remain British in a referendum Sunday and Monday. Great Britain has held the islands since 1833. Continue reading
Falkland Islands defy Argentine sovereignty push with referendum
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Voters in the remote British-ruled Falkland Islands hold a referendum on their future on Sunday that seeks to challenge Argentina’s increasingly vocal sovereignty claim. Thirty-one years since Britain and Argentina went to war over the windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic, tensions between London and Buenos Aires are running high Continue reading
Falkland Islands wolf: Scientists solve 320-year-old mystery
The mystery of how the Falkland Islands wolf became the only land-based mammal on an isolated island was first brought up by British explorers in 1690. Continue reading
DNA helps explain Falkland Islands wolves
A painting of a Falkland Islands wolf. Credit: Michael Rothman, Ace Coinage Inc./University of Adelaide Published: March. Continue reading
The future of oil on the Falkland Islands
Territorial bickering aside, the Falkland Islands have been rather disappointing to the oil industry since the 2011 discovery of 1.4 billion barrels of oil in the North Falkland Basin, Alic writes. Next month will determine the eventual fate of the Falkland Islandsand the 1.4 billion barrels of oil so far discovered therewhen a referendum on self-determination is held. offers extensive coverage of all energy sectors from crude oil and natural gas to solar energy and environmental issues. Continue reading
Three To Tango? Uruguay Horns In On Falkland Islands Dispute Between Argentina And UK
As the focus of a centuries-old territorial dispute, the Falklands have seen their fair share of diplomatic wrangling, heated debates and even a brief, bloody war. The archipelago is currently recognized as a British Overseas Territory by the West, though Argentina — which is supported by its South American neighbors — has never relinquished its own claim. If Uruguay were to horn in, the battle could get a lot more complicated but it probably wont Continue reading
Pacific Islands unlikely for Super expansion
As Super Rugby expansion looms, the Pacific Islands appear set to be left out in the cold, yet again. Continue reading
Pacific Islands unlikely for Super Rugby expansion
As Super Rugby expansion looms, the Pacific Islands appear set to be left out in the cold, yet again. This year, the three Sanzar nations will debate whether to expand the competition in 2016, as part of a new broadcast deal. The introduction of the United States and Canada into the Pacific Nations Cup, and comments from Sanzar chief executive Greg Peters this week, confirmed those countries were being viewed as possible destinations. Continue reading
Argentina attacks Falkland Islands referendum
“A referendum in which the colonists will take part, the descendants of those who evicted the true inhabitants of those islands, means a disrespect to intelligence and to national and international law,” Mr Boudou said on Sunday. “No brand of pirates will get hold of the sovereignty and dignity of the Argentine Republic,” added Mr Boudou, who ha been in charge of the executive during President Cristina Kirchner’s trip to Asia. The Government of the Falkland Islands has arranged for outside observers to monitor the referendum in order to prove it is free and fair. Continue reading
Falkland Islands set a date for referendum on future sovereignty
The announcement comes a week after defence chiefs drew up new contingency plans designed to prevent hostile action by Argentina towards the Islands. Additional troops, another warship and extra RAF Typhoon combat aircraft could be sent to the Falklands ahead of the referendum in the spring. The plans were drawn up following several attempts by Argentina’s president Cristina Kirchner to assert the country’s claim to the islands Continue reading
Argentina’s Call for Return of Falkland Islands Causes a Stir
Thirty years after Britain and Argentina fought over the Falkland Islands, the same questions of sovereignty that led to that conflict are being voiced again. Continue reading
Call for talks on Falkland Islands
irishtimes.com – Last Updated: Thursday, January 3, 2013, 08:56 Argentine president Cristina Fernandez called for talks with Britain over the disputed Falkland Islands in an open letter to prime minister David Cameron published in British newspapers today. Britain and Argentina fought a 10 week war in 1982 over the remote South Atlantic islands, which are part of Britain’s self-governing overseas territories. Continue reading
On the180th anniversary of losing them, Argentina again claims the Falkland Islands
LONDON Argentina’s president called on Britain on Thursday to relinquish control of the Falkland Islands, accusing London of taking part in an act of “blatant colonialism” in claiming the wind-swept archipelago. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner published an open letter in the Guardian newspaper urging Prime Minister David Cameron to honor U.N. resolutions which she says backs her case for the return of the islands, which Argentina calls the Malvinas. Continue reading
We’ll do everything to safeguard the Falkland Islands, pledges No10
DOWNING Street has said the interests of the people of the Falkland Islands would be “protected”, after Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner demanded the UK hands the territory over to her country. Continue reading
Falkland Islands row: Argentina's understanding of history is 'laughable'
Its publication is timed to mark the anniversary of when on January 3 1833, Britain took control of the islands from the Argentinians. It reads: The Argentines on the Islands were expelled by the Royal Navy and the United Kingdom subsequently began a population implantation process similar to that applied to other territories under colonial rule.” But Prof Dodds said the history of the Islands was a lot more complicated than Kirchner would admit. In the 1760s and 1770s you find a fundamentally messy history of the Falklands, involving the British, the French, the Spanish, and the nascent Argentine republic as well as a little Irish presence as well, he said. Continue reading