Posted by seumasach on March 6, 2023
2nd March, 2023
Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Thursday told his British colleague James Cleverly that the South American country was pulling out of the Foradori-Duncan agreement signed between both countries in 2016 and which was pivotal to the identification of bodies of soldiers known only to God buried in the Falkland Islands, among other improvements in bilateral ties.
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Posted by seumasach on February 17, 2012
17th February, 2012
Argentinean activists have rallied in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, demanding the closure of all British-owned companies operating in the South American country following the Malvinas Islands dispute, Press TV reports.
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Posted by seumasach on February 8, 2012
8th February, 2012
Argentina says it will file a formal complaint with the United Nations over Britain’s “militarization” of the disputed Malvinas (Falklands) Islands.
Amid growing tensions between Buenos Aires and London, Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner on Tuesday criticized Britain for militarizing their quarrel over the archipelago, saying she would take the case to the UN.
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Posted by seumasach on December 24, 2011
After alienating Europe through our attempted sabotage of the Eurozone, the talk was that we had allies and partners elsewhere. The reality is rather different: we are making enemies everywhere. We are clashing head-on with the new multipolarity. Failure to recognise this new reality, the product of the failed Anglo-American hegemonic project, will have disastrous consequences for Britain.
21st December, 2011
The embargo on Falkland Islands ships by South American countries could lead to a deterioration in relations between the UK and many emerging economies.
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Posted by seumasach on June 17, 2011
17th June, 2011
The response came after Mr Cameron told the Commons on Wednesday: “I would say this: as long as the Falkland Islands want to be sovereign British territory, they should remain sovereign British territory – full stop, end of story.”
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Posted by seumasach on February 21, 2010
Argentina’s Foreign Minister, Jorge Taiana, will meet and ask his counterparts at the Rio Group summit in Cancun, Mexico, next week to condemn what he called Britain’s “unilateral and illegal” exploration in the islands. The left-wing Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, pledged his support for Argentina, saying Britain was “violating international law”. “Get out of there; give the Malvinas back to the Argentine people. Enough already with the empire,” he said.
21st February, 2010
War is not an option in resolving Argentina’s dispute with Britain over the potentially oil-rich Falkland Islands, a senior Argentinian minister said yesterday. “War is excluded from our horizon,” the Deputy Foreign Minister, Victorio Taccetti, said. But he insisted Buenos Aires would not give up its claims to the islands it calls Las Malvinas.
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Posted by seumasach on February 13, 2010
12th February, 2010
A row between Britain and Argentina over oil exploration off the Falkland Islands is threatening to escalate into a major diplomatic row after a ship carrying drilling equipment was blocked from leaving an Argentine port.
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Posted by smeddum on September 18, 2009
Oil and gas fields in the Falkland Islands: Will Britain Become New Kuwait?
by Sergei Sayenko
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Global Research, September 17, 2009
Voice of Russia – 2009-09-16
British geologists have discovered a wide array of oil and gas fields in the Falkland Islands. The British oil explorer Desire Petroleum believes that up to 3 billion barrels of oil and gas are currently on the Falkland Islands’ shelf – something that flies in the face of findings by the Edinburgh-based British Geological Survey Agency. Its experts insisted that as much as 60 billion barrels may be recoverable on the shelf. If these estimates prove right that may well rile the world’s oil-rich nations, not least Libya and Nigeria. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by seumasach on May 12, 2009
That the Brit’s defence of the “sovereignty”of the Falklands Islands was more than just symbolic is now patently clear. Our response must be equally forthright:
Las Malvinas son de Argentina!
11th May, 2009
A vast tract of the South Atlantic seabed – rich in oil and minerals – was formally claimed by the United Kingdom today in defiance of Argentinian opposition.
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