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| Argentina calls UK shameful for colonizing Malvinas |
| 2010-03-25 |
| Argentine President Cristina Fernandez says the British should be shameful for its continued colonization of the Malvinas Islands, also known as the Falklands. "The United Kingdom should be ashamed of itself," said Fernandez on Tuesday, in an address to the Peruvian parliament in Lima, according to Reuters. She called on the countries in the region to throw their weight behind Buenos Aires in an effort to urge Britain abandon the Malvinas Islands, which she described as "the last colonial enclave on the continent." Argentina claims the archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean. Britain has ruled the Islands as a colony since the 19th century. Argentina and Britain went to a brief and bloody war in 1982 over the Islands, though Buenos Aires failed to recover them mainly due to the British military superiority that enjoyed the backing of US naval forces. The row has been reignited between the two governments following Britain's recent oil exploration in the area that Argentina regards a violation of its sovereignty. President Fernandez has gone to Peru to mend ties after 16 years of severed relations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Uh huh. You betcha. They feel just terrible. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-03-25 12:35 |
| #7 "thelast colonial enclave on the continent." actually, it's an island quite a ways off IN THE FRIGGIN ATLANTIC, ya dumb twit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-25 08:43 |
| #6 Actually, the Argentine murder of over half of Paraguay's population in consort with Brazil and Uruguay, and their subsequent seizure of the Chaco south of the Pilcomayo was shameful. Maybe if they give back what they stole after that butchery, the Brits should consider it, but until they do, the Argentines should STFU... |
| Posted by: imoyaro 2010-03-25 07:26 |
| #5 "The United Kingdom should be ashamed of itself," said Fernandez We probably are , but its got nothing to do with the Falklands.. More to do with our inept, weak willed , half witted , self serving , politicians Was this girl born in Dumbasscus ? |
| Posted by: Oscar 2010-03-25 06:50 |
#4 She called on the countries in the region to throw their weight behind Buenos Aires in an effort to urge Britain abandon the French Guyana is an integral part of the French Republic, part of the European Union and an important strategic asset of these entities. It's also located on the South American continent. Just mentioning. |
| Posted by: Jolump the Wide5539 2010-03-25 03:19 |
| #3 I don't think Argentina ever actually claimed the island until the British were already living there. Just because it is near your coast does not mean it is yours. Just because you've been falsely claiming it is yours for a long time does not make it yours either. Of course most people don't know the facts and if you throw words like colonizing around you'll get support throughout the undeveloped world which is probably what htey want. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-03-25 02:40 |
| #2 Cristina Fernandez = Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. None of which sounds very South American tribal. Is that I hear her homeland calling from beyond the ocean? Why, yes it is. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-03-25 01:31 |
| #1 I don't think the word means what she thinks it means. There is no indigenous population there to be colonized. Brits live there. If Argentinians took over, wouldn't they be the same? Colonizers? More so, because foreign nationals live there. Maybe UK should declare Falkland Islands Independent, but part of the Commonwealth. "The UK troops stationed are there on the invitation of Falkland Islands government". That may shut hup Argentinian pie holes. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2010-03-25 00:40 |
