Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman has once again called on British authorities to enter talks over the Malvinas Islands at the United Nations. The request came on Tuesday, after Timerman along with other South American ministers met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who said the UK has declined the Argentinean... 

Argentinians gathered in capital Buenos Aires after a nationwide campaign was launched to collect one million signatures against a UK-backed referendum on the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, Press TV reports. People of all walks of life including war veterans, students, and artists gathered at the Obelisk monument to say that South Atlantic territories seized by the UK centuries ago, belong to... 

The residents on Falkland Islands are set to vote on March 10-11, 2013 Falkland Islanders are taking part in a controversial referendum, to decide whether or not the residents want to remain under Britain’s control, as Argentina dismisses the ballot as illegal. During two days, Sunday and Monday, the polling stations will be open for 1,672 eligible voters to cast their ballot. The vote is a yes or... 

Argentine Foreign Minister said there is no such thing as Falkland islanders as they are British citizens living in the disputed territory. Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman has said that there is no such thing as Falkland islanders, but they are British citizens living in the disputed territory. Speaking at a press conference in London on Wednesday, Timerman said “The Falklands islanders... 

Argentina has dismissed Britain’s proposal for a referendum that would let residents of the disputed Malvinas Islands decide whether to remain under British colonial rule as “illegal.” “The referendum is illegal because the United Nations declared it to be a nation implanted since 1833 when London invaded and expelled the Argentine inhabitants,” Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector... 

A series of military options are being considered by UK defense chiefs as tension mounts between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, a report by the Sunday Telegraph claims. Extra troops, warships and Typhoon combat aircraft could be dispatched to the islands if needed, ahead of the March 11 referendum on the island’s future, the newspaper claims, citing sources in Britain’s military. The... 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange giving a speech from a balcony of Ecuador’s embassy in London. The UK government has been slammed for ‘arrogance’ as far as the case of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in concerned, local media reported. Argentina’s envoy to the UK Alicia Castro denounced the British government’s “arrogance” in dealing with the Assange case, British... 

Argentina has prohibited all ships sailing under the British flag from docking at all the ports in the Buenos Aires province, Press TV reports. The measure was adopted on Friday in a bill passed by the legislature of the Buenos Aires, the country’s largest province. “We can’t have a colonial enclave affecting the region with NATO’s presence in our Malvinas Islands. We have to actively protest... 

Argentina’s president plans to personally attend a session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization on June 14 as her country tries to assert its sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, Press TV reports. June 14th marks the anniversary of the end of the war between Argentina and Britain over the islands in 1982. Ahead of President Cristina Fernandez’s address in New York, a group of local... 

A summit of nearly 30 Western Hemisphere leaders has ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine claims to the Malvinas Islands. “There is no declaration because there is no consensus,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as the summit’s closing news conference. Washington, backed by Canada, stood fast against widespread demands to include in... 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has expressed appreciation to the people of Chile for their support in her country’s bid over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands. During a recent visit to Chile’s capital city, Santiago, on Friday, Fernandez expressed her gratitude to the Chilean people for saying that the Malvinas Islands belong to... 

Britain’s deployment of nuclear weapons in response to Argentina’s peaceful efforts to resolve the Malvinas issue is a grave violation of Chapter 1 Article 2(4) of the UN Charter (which prohibits the threat of force), a new report says. According to the report, the Malvinas were terra nullius [no man’s land] when the French colonized the islands in the 18th century. They were then sold to... 

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a picture displaying the Malvinas Islands painted in the same colors as Argentina’s national flag, the government palace, Buenos Aires, February 7, 2012. Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced plans to build a museum dedicated to the Malvinas War to honor the marines that were killed... 

Argentina’s Industry Minister Debora Giorgi Amid an ongoing dispute over the Malvinas Islands between Argentina and Britain, the Argentinean industry minister has called on the country’s top companies to stop importing British products, Press TV reports. Argentina’s Industry Minister Debora Giorgi on Tuesday called the bosses of at least 20 top firms to urge them to import goods produced elsewhere... 

Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a picture displaying the Malvinas Islands painted in the same colors as Argentina’s national flag, the government palace, Buenos Aires, February 7, 2012. Argentina says it will file a formal complaint with the United Nations over Britain’s “militarization” of the disputed Malvinas (Falklands) Islands. Amid growing tensions...