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Falklands Anger
Topic Started: Feb 4 2012, 12:27 AM (705 Views)
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Anger In Argentina As Wills Flies To Falklands

As Prince William begins his six-week tour of the Falkland islands, Argentina's vice-president has launched a furious tirade against the visit and there have been angry protests in the streets.

"London is after issues of big media impact to hide the daily sufferings of Britain with its problems of unemployment, shrinking economy, social unrest," said Amado Boudou, speaking to Argentina's La Red radio station.

He continued: "The bullying we are seeing is geared to distract UK public opinion. Really what we are experiencing is a serious lack of leadership in Europe."
Mr Boudou went on to accuse Britain of using the tension over the Falklands to distract from the issue of independence for Scotland and compensate for the coalition Government's "floundering support".

"Great Britain has always been the face of imperialism and colonialism around the world," the VP continued, adding that colonialism "is a shame that humanity has been carrying since the 17th century, and the Malvinas (Falklands) Islands are one of its last symbols".
In Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, a left-wing group targeted a branch of HSBC.
Members of the Quebrachos threw paint at the bank and spraypainted "Fuera Inglese de Malvinas (English out of the Falklands)" on its walls.

"This is in response to the presence in Argentinian territory of the pirate Prince William. What we are doing here is paying homage to those fallen in the Malvinas (Falklands) war, here at the cenotaph that commemorates them," said Quebrachos member Fernando Esteche, speaking to Euronews.

"From here we will call on to the entire Argentinian nation to join us, and we will develop our campaign to thwart that of the English."

Great Britain has always been the face of imperialism and colonialism around the world
Argentine Vice President Amado Boudou

Last month, demonstrators from another left-wing group protested at the British embassy, burning a Union flag and carrying banners reading "English out of the Malvinas" and "Government break off relations now".

Tensions over the disputed islands have been inflamed by the Duke of Cambridge's tour and Britain's decision to send one of its most advanced warships to the region.
HMS Dauntless, a Type 45 destroyer, is due to set sail for the South Atlantic on her maiden mission in the coming months to replace frigate HMS Montrose.

There are fears that Argentina may force an economic blockade of the Falklands by preventing flights from the islands' capital, Port Stanley, to Punta Arenas in Chile flying over its airspace.
If this happens, flights will have to take a 6,000-mile diversion via the military air bridge at RAF Brize Norton in England.

William's posting has been similarly defended by the MoD as part of a "normal" squadron rotation, but it has been branded a "provocative act" by Argentina.
In the latest salvo, the country's foreign ministry said it "rejected the British attempt to militarise (the) conflict" and expressed regret that an heir to the throne would arrive wearing "the uniform of a conqueror".

David Cameron and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez have previously accused each other of "colonial" behaviour, while Argentine official Sebastian Brugo Marco last year said the country could not ignore the "political" implications of William's deployment.


:| I don't have a wide knowledge of the Falklands to be fair, although I do know that both Argentina and Britain both claim its theirs and we had some sort of mini-war with Argentina over the island in the 80's.

Could anyone care to explain more about the problem with this Island that Argentina and Britain seem to think is theirs? :|
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Well, Jake:

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We've had the Falkland Islands since 1833 I believe. Argentina believe it's their territory though.

To be honest, I don't see why we should have it. It's a territory that is far away and clearly closer to Argentina :lol: I can't see the issue being resolved any time soon though since the Falklands War is an emotive subject here and no government would hand it over any time soon after such a recent war over it.
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Is it a sort of British naval base of some sort? :|

I ask because I'm really interested in this subject.
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Feb 4 2012, 10:09 PM
Is it a sort of British naval base of some sort? :|
The Falkland Islands are just a set of islands which are a self-governing British Overseas Territory.
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They have oil don't they? Hence the big fuss about it?
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I think there's more to it than that, but oil exploration by British companies off the islands have raised tensions it seems.
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Just found this for you, Jake.
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:) Thanks Chris, I'll read it soon. Just need to finish off a few applications for new stores first ;)2
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Good overview that. As a neutral observer, I say they should remain British. Argentian seems to be quite antagonistic about it all really.
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That was a great read Chris, again thank you for finding this :thumb: . To be fair I can see both sides of the argument more clearly now, why both Argentina and Britain claim its theirs. I agree with Hugh, it should remain British after various points being brought up in that article about the mess in the Argentinian economy topped off with the fact they might be nervous they won't get a cut of the oil money, should we/already is a oil refinery there for the British.

To be fair, I think its just a war of words being boiled up because its nearing the 30 year anniversary of the Falklands War.

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Good overview that. As a neutral observer, I say they should remain British. Argentian seems to be quite antagonistic about it all really.
Indeed. I'm British but I'm trying to see it from a neutral perspective - we administer the islands and have done for a while. The Islanders want to remain British and we've said that it's up to the Falkland Islanders to determine whether they want to be or not. The Islands are obviously close to Argentina though so it would make sense if it belonged to them. Argentina seem to have become antagonistic recently, like you say, and are banning ships with the Islands' flag from entering their ports etc, deliberately trying to force the issue. As much as they try, the Islanders seem to want to remain British and we won't give it up any time soon, especially since the Falklands War was fairly recently and still means alot to many people here.

Argentina are also trying to 'internationalise' the issue by taking it to the United Nations. They even got Sean Penn to back them :|
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A thought just occurred to me, what if Argentina decided to declare war on the Falklands during the 2012 games? :|

I mean, England's attention would be stuck onto the 2012 games and would not expect an attack or declaration of war from Argentina. Also, how would we deploy/how many would we deploy of our troops considering they're serving in Afghanistan/Iraq.

I don't know, maybe I'm thinking too hard about the situation.

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I mean, England's attention would be stuck onto the 2012 games and would not expect an attack or declaration of war from Argentina.
I'm sure the forces won't all be sitting down watching the Olympics :lol: - our forces are prepared 24/7 for anything...
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