Britain denounced Argentina for intimidation against the people of the Falkland Islands on Friday, after Buenos Aires announced legal action against companies conducting oil exploration in the disputed South Atlantic protectorate. Tensions between the two countries have increased approaching the thirtieth anniversary of the Argentine invasion in the Falklands, a conflict that killed 650 Argentines and 255 British soldiers. The dispute has been revived by the discovery of [...]
Recent diplomatic tension between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands may affect growing bilateral trade which last year totaled 1.4 billion dollars, a new report indicates. Among Argentina’s 10 export markets under stress, the most significant is that of Great Britain, destination for 7.5 percent of Argentine sales to the European Union, says a [...]
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“There’s no doubt that with the growth of China, we’ve seen a re-commoditization of Latin America,” said Colombia’s Mining Minister Mauricio Cárdenas, an economist and former Director of the Latin America program at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. In terms of economic development, Latin America did not take any advantage of the rising prices [...]
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This weekend a unique diplomatic standoff took place when a Spanish ship, authorized by Britain to fish in the Falkland Islands, was pursued by Argentine authorities but successfully fled to Uruguayan waters. The incident began when the Spanish ship Villa Nores, having departed for the Falklands from Montevideo the previous Saturday, was challenged by the [...]
A newly formed Latin American and Caribbean organization has issued statements in support of Argentina’s claim to sovereignty over the British-ruled Falkland Islands and against U.S. sanctions on Cuba at the end of its first two-day summit. However, the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC, declined to engage in stronger anti-Western [...]
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