News of malvinas

Argentina's dictatorship dug its own grave with Malvinas ‘military adventure’

01-04-2022 20:47 The junta's gambit was initially successful, yet the misadventure ultimately failed to breathe new life into the dictatorship floundering under mass human rights violations, social unrest and economic crisis, serving instead to precipitate its demise.

Former soldier reveals torture during Malvinas conflict

01-04-2022 20:09 Argentine combatants suffered shocking conditions and even torture during the 1982 South Atlantic War – but it was inflicted by their own officers.

Veterans attend services marking 40th anniversary of South Atlantic War

11-03-2022 14:14 British and Argentine veterans in Buenos Aires attend remembrance services.

by John Hunter

Argentina asks UK for explanations over movement of nuclear weapons in 1982

04-03-2022 22:34 Argentina’s government asks the United Kingdom for explanations regarding the alleged movement and transfer of nuclear weapons to the South Atlantic during the 1982 armed conflict over the Malvinas.

Malvinas: Forensic experts identify remains of six Argentine soldiers

15-09-2021 12:53 The remains of six Argentine soldiers killed in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with Britain have been identified, the International Committee of the Red Cross confirms.

Malvinas humanitarian mission: Red Cross discovers five bodies

20-08-2021 03:11 Red Cross experts working to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers on the disputed Malvinas (Falkland) Islands said Thursday they discovered an additional body buried in a common grave.

Argentina renews Malvinas sovereignty claim, 39 years after war

03-04-2021 08:50 Argentina urges international community “to generate the conditions for the United Kingdom to take up the bilateral sovereignty negotiations in the terms stipulated by the UN."

East(er) and South (Atlantic)

03-04-2021 08:34 The most memorable Semana Santa of the last generation would undoubtedly be that rocked by the Campo de Mayo carapintada Army uprising of 1987 famously ending with Raúl Alfonsín’s: “Happy Easter, the house is in order”

by Michael Soltys

Filmus renews Malvinas claim with eye trained on Brexit fallout

09-01-2021 09:10 Government official says sovereignty claim over disputed islands is once again “state policy” under President Alberto Fernández

Imperfect yet invaluable contribution to Irish-Argentine studies

19-12-2020 09:18 In recent years, there has been an unexpected revival of published works on Irish Argentina. This latest effort, by ex-BBC radio presenter and presenter Patrick Speight is a serious and different contribution.

by Juan José Delaney for the Times

Malvinas now clear of mines, says UK government, 38 years from end of war

10-11-2020 10:14 Islands have been cleared of landmines, 38 years after the end of the conflict between Argentina and Britain and thanks to efforts of Zimbabwean specialists, the UK government announced on Tuesday. 

Fernández reiterates Malvinas sovereignty claim in first UN appearance

22-09-2020 22:40 President expresses support for multilateralism and challenges world leaders to use the health crisis as a moment of inflection to find solutions for other scourges as well.