Argentina's reaction to Thatcher's death

Britain and Argentina went to war in 1982 over islands in the South Atlantic that Britain calls the Falklands, and Argentina, the Malvinas. Margaret Thatcher was prime minister then. For the reaction in Argentina to Thatcher's death, we are joined by CCTV correspondent Daniel Schweimler in Buenos Aires.

'It's not about land, it's about people'' say Falkand Islander

Jan Cheek and Dick Sawle from the Falkland Islands legislative body explains to Foreign Affairs Correspondent Damien McElroy that the islanders just want to be involved in a "sensible dialogue" with the Argentinian government.

Argentine ambassador to UN regrets Cameron's sovereignty remarks

Argentine ambassador to the UN, Jorge Argüello.

The Argentine ambassador to the UN, Jorge Argüello, reiterated Argentina’s disappointment over British Prime Minister, David Cameron’s approach to Malvinas islands sovereignty, and said that it’s “worrying and irritating to hear the British Prime Minister confirm what everybody was thinking; also neglecting to abide by UN resolution.”

The ambassador’s comments came in response to Cameron’s firm statement yesterday to the House of Commons, in that claiming sovereignty over the Malvinas islands, “is not negotiable”.

During a radio interview, Argüello also restated that Britain’s position in the UN’s Security Council should be “reconsidered”.

“The international community should carefully reconsider the status of countries that continue to form a permanent part of the Security Council; especially those who systematically ignore or violate General Assembly decisions,” Argüello said.

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CFK bashes Cameron’s 'mediocre and almost stupid' remarks over Malvinas

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner bashed UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s emphatic refusal to discuss Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty as the Argentine leader said the Englishman’s statements on the case were “mediocre and almost stupid”, during a visit to Northeastern province of Misiones.

The Head of State travelled to Misiones to inaugurate a shoe factory, and took some time to add another chapter to the Argentine sovereignty claim over Malvinas, South Georgia, and South Sandwich islands to the UK.

Likewise, the President considered that the kind of attitude shown by Prime Minister Cameron “revel that the UK is a coarse colonial power”, and added, “Colonialism is an antiquity.” 

The controversy was triggered yesterday after Cameron sent a clear message during a speech before the House of Commons in which the British leader stated that “sovereignty is not negotiable. Period!”

Rapidly after, the Argentine Foreign Ministry, issued a communiqué saying that the Government “deplored Cameron’s statement”, and continued, “In a regrettable act of arrogance, the United Kingdom claimed to have the authority to ‘put an end’ to the unresolved conflict regarding the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, a case that is currently being recognized by the United Nations.”

Also yesterday, Fernández de Kirchner stated that “it’s ridiculous to hold sovereignty of something that’s 14,000 kilometers away.”


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"Falkland Islands" or "Islas Malvinas"

This is a very interesting interchange between two very differenced points of view regarding to a very problematic and painful past. This interview was broadcasted in Al Jazeera channel. At least, this issue today can be discussed without violence.
Luckily, the time has changed the manners how these parts involved tackle this situation.