MercoPress
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
Thirty years after the Falklands/Malvinas war, Latin America seems to be closing ranks behind Argentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed islands and reviving a bid for control in the resource-rich South Atlantic.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
It was 1982 and Peru had returned to the path of democracy. Belaunde Terry was elected president, the same man the military ousted in 1968, and he was no friend of military or right wing dictatorships.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - 00:00
The declaration also recalls UN resolutions on the matter and "the wide international support for negotiations."
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
Meanwhile Uruguayan Vice president Danilo Astori who has always been more critical towards Argentina said that the protectionist policies of President Cristina Fernandez administration always are "a shock", basically because "we have differ
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
The group also question that from "right to left" many argue that "having shed the archipelago with Argentine blood, cultivation of the Malvinas cause becomes mandatory".
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
With the approach of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war, Fernandez has picked a protracted and bruising diplomatic fight with the old enemy.
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
India and Brazil on Friday decided to step up efforts to push the UN reforms, particularly the Security Council and signed half a dozen agreements in areas ranging from science and biotechnology to cultural exchanges.
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
Cristina Fernandez will close the ceremony with a message on national television when she is expected to make some announcements on the growing diplomatic escalade with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands.
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 00:00
The Uruguayan government through the Ministry of Defence gave the green light to a local air cargo company, Airclass which requested authorization to make a commercial flight to the Falkland Islands sometime this month.
Friday, March 30, 2012 - 00:00
Nevertheless Uruguay supports Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands and recently co-sponsored a Mercosur resolution barring all Falklands' flagged vessels from regional ports.