Posted on 01/04/2013 9:28:18 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
London (CNN) -- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has again opened the dispute over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, accusing the British government of blatant colonialism.
Known to the Argentinians as Las Malvinas, the two countries went to war over the territory in 1982 after the then military government in Argentina landed troops on the islands.
In an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron and published in British newspapers Thursday, the Argentinian leader said "Britain, the colonial power, has refused to return the territories to the Argentine Republic, thus preventing it from restoring its territorial integrity."
The British government was swift to respond, insisting that there would be no discussions over sovereignty "unless and until such as the time as the islanders so wish."
It is the latest in a recent series of incidents that has raised tensions between the two countries.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
"The government is being squeezed from lots of different areas, so one way to distract from the economic problems facing the country is to raise the Malvinas issue," Professor Mark Jones, an expert in Latin American politics at Rice University in Texas said last year. "It's one of the few issues outside football that you can get universal consensus on."
Oil............
I remember that our Secretary of State Mrs Clinton stirred that pot about three years ago, she had some meetings with Argentinians and made some public comments.
This was at the beginning of Dear Leader’s benevolent reign when it looked like our administration would do anything to hurt or embarrass the United Kingdom.
Yup, lots of oil.
It’s what always happens in Latin America when you have a Communist dictator who promised them endless prosperity and then gave them the very opposite, to distract the peons from poverty, hunger, and despair. The people are angry, and that anger has to be directed elsewhere.
The Falklands were never Argentine. Basically, they were pretty nearly uninhabitable until British shipping made it possible to reach them.
David Cameron is a wuss, but evidently he realizes that giving up the Falklands and betraying the islanders would not gain him any votes even on the left.
kabar
“The government is being squeezed from lots of different areas, so one way to distract from the economic problems facing the country is to raise the Malvinas issue,”
Red Badger
Oil............
Ding , ding , ding !!
We have a winner !!
You are both right !!
Oil, Obama, Hilliary, and Chavez stirring up trouble.
V.K. Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War
How did that work out the Russians?
Oil...and the fact that the president of Argentina is probably in deep trouble domestically.This is simply what banana republic thugs do.
Senkaku is to China/Japan as Falkland is to Argentina/UK.
Interesting times...
Cristina is ‘wagging-the-dog’ to make her citizens forget about the miserable economy.
However, I do not believe the people of Argentina desire another drubbing. Especially if Brits go "downtown Buenos Aires..."
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The socialists have destroyed the economy and now they need a foreign enemy. This always seems to happen.
BUMP
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