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Kirchner fires broadside at Britain over Falklands

March 28, 2013 19:01
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner has launched a fiery Twitter attack deriding Britain's claim to the Falkland Islands, saying even three-year-old children would know London has no case. After Argentina renewed its call for a negotiated solution at a UN meeting, Kirchner boasted that fellow Latin American nations "support our claims without reservations for historic, documented, geographic reasons and the most basic logic."

Argentines kill British 'terrorists' in Falklands-based game

March 27, 2013 20:16
A local company has created a version of the first-person shooter videogame "Counter Strike" in which Argentine "police" kill British "terrorists" on the Falkland Islands. For centuries, Argentina has claimed the British-controlled, wind-swept South Atlantic archipelago as part of its territory. The islands were at the heart of a bitter 74-day war between the two countries in 1982. This version of the popular online game takes place in an alternate world in which Argentina won the 1982 war, and its police are defending the islands from British "terrorists."

Argentina says Ban must 'wear down' Britain over Falklands

March 26, 2013 19:32
Argentina's foreign minister on Tuesday called on UN leader Ban Ki-Moon to "wear down" British resistance to discussing the Falkland islands. Foreign Minister Hector Timerman slammed a referendum held in the islands this month as "illegal". Britain's UN ambassador Mark Lyall Grant said however it was "untenable" for Argentina to reject the overwhelming vote in favour of British rule.

March 18, 2013 11:47
Argentine leader asks pope to intervene in Falklands row bur-dt/jz

Cameron 'respectfully' disagrees with pope on Falklands

March 15, 2013 11:31
British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday he "respectfully" disagreed with Argentine-born Pope Francis's assertion that the Falkland Islands belonged to Argentina. Argentine media have quoted the pope, the former archbishop of Buenos Aires, as telling reporters in 2011 that the Falklands are "ours". "I don't agree with him, respectfully, obviously," Cameron told reporters in Brussels, pointing to a referendum this month in which 99.8 percent of the islands' inhabitants voted in favour of remaining British.

Cameron says pope is wrong on the Falklands

March 15, 2013 10:45
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - David Cameron said on Friday that Pope Francis had been wrong to say last year that Britain had "usurped" the Falkland Islands from Argentina, saying he respectfully disagreed with the new Pontiff. Argentine media quoted Jorge Bergoglio saying at a mass last year to mark the 30th anniversary of the war over the islands between Britain and Argentina that the territory had been "usurped". In 2010 he was quoted as saying it was "ours".

Argentine leader refuses to bow over Falklands

March 13, 2013 02:15
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner, her approval rating plummeting, has refused to recognize the results of a referendum in which the people of the disputed Falkland Islands voted to remain British. The vote in the sparsely populated South Atlantic archipelago that triggered a war between the two nations in 1982 was a "parody," she said. Even the United States, Britain's firmest ally, acknowledged Argentina's claim.

Argentine leader refuses to bow over Falklands

March 12, 2013 22:00
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner dismissed Tuesday a referendum that saw Falkland islanders vote overwhelmingly to remain a British territory, rejecting demands that she accept the outcome. Kirchner, whose popularity has plummeted under economic woes at home, said the vote in the disputed South Atlantic archipelago was a "parody," and even the United States, Britain's firmest ally, acknowledged Argentina's claim.

Britain tells Argentina to respect Falklands vote

March 12, 2013 16:46
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday urged Argentina to respect the wishes of the Falkland Islanders after they voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to remain a British territory. A near unanimous 99.8 percent of the voters in the disputed South Atlantic archipelago voted "yes", according to official results, with a 92 percent turnout. Only three of the 1,517 valid ballots were cast against staying an internally self-governing British territory.

US says 'no change' to neutral Falklands stand

March 12, 2013 14:15
The United States on Tuesday said it took "note" of an overwhelming vote by Falkland Islanders to remain a British territory, but refused once again to take sides in the dispute with Argentina. "The residents have clearly expressed their preference for a continued relationship with the United Kingdom," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. "That said, we obviously recognize that there are competing claims. Our formal position has not changed. We recognize the de facto UK administration of the islands, but we take no position on sovereignty claims."
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