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DJ Caribbean Countries Back Argentina Blockade Of Falkland-Flagged Ships
06-Feb-2012
BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina has made more progress in rallying its neighbors to close their ports to ships flying the flag of the U.K.-held Falkland Islands, with a host of new Caribbean countries signing on over the weekend.
Members of the ALBA Latin American and Caribbean alliance including Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti, and the Commonwealth of Dominica joined other regional blocs in taking the symbolic step to support Argentina's demand that the U.K. sit down to negotiate the future of the islands, Argentina's foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday.
Member countries of the Mercosur customs union and the Unasur bloc have also taken the step, which is seen as more symbolic than actually trying to block shipping to the disputed islands.
"In discussions with regional partners over the past few weeks, it has become increasingly clear that this declaration will present no practical impediment to the ability of ships to travel between the Falklands and South America. Moreover, I see no regional appetite for joining Argentina in its attempts to damage the islands' economy or target the livelihoods of islanders," U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague wrote in an article published Jan. 21 in The Times.
In addition to the attempt to block boats flying a Falkland's flag from docking in Latin America, Argentina has threatened the only regular commercial flight connecting the islands to South America.
In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September, President Cristina Kirchner singled out the 1999 agreement to allow a weekly flight between Punta Arenas, Chile, and the Falkland Islands which flies over Argentina. "We're going to wait for a reasonable time [for negotiations with the U.K.], but if not we're going to be forced to review the provisional agreements," she said.
In 1982, the military junta that ruled Argentina launched an invasion of the islands, which are called Las Malvinas in Spanish. The U.K. took back the archipelago after a 74-day war in which 649 Argentinian and 258 U.K. soldiers lost their lives.
Tension has spiked in recent days after the U.K. sent one its newest and most sophisticated warships to the South Atlantic, the HMS Dauntless. In addition, Prince William has started a six-week military deployment in the islands.
"The sending of warships, the presence of the heir to the throne in a military uniform and the exploitation of fisheries and hydrocarbons in Argentine waters...shows that the U.K. operates with colonialist parameters," Argentina's foreign minister Hector Timerman said in the statement.
Residents of the remote islands, about 200 miles off the coast of Argentina, are staunchly in favor of remaining British and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has said there is no question of negotiating the sovereignty of the Falklands.
--By Shane Romig, Dow Jones Newswires
06-Feb-2012
BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina has made more progress in rallying its neighbors to close their ports to ships flying the flag of the U.K.-held Falkland Islands, with a host of new Caribbean countries signing on over the weekend.
Members of the ALBA Latin American and Caribbean alliance including Nicaragua, Cuba, Haiti, and the Commonwealth of Dominica joined other regional blocs in taking the symbolic step to support Argentina's demand that the U.K. sit down to negotiate the future of the islands, Argentina's foreign ministry said in a statement Sunday.
Member countries of the Mercosur customs union and the Unasur bloc have also taken the step, which is seen as more symbolic than actually trying to block shipping to the disputed islands.
"In discussions with regional partners over the past few weeks, it has become increasingly clear that this declaration will present no practical impediment to the ability of ships to travel between the Falklands and South America. Moreover, I see no regional appetite for joining Argentina in its attempts to damage the islands' economy or target the livelihoods of islanders," U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague wrote in an article published Jan. 21 in The Times.
In addition to the attempt to block boats flying a Falkland's flag from docking in Latin America, Argentina has threatened the only regular commercial flight connecting the islands to South America.
In a speech to the U.N. General Assembly in September, President Cristina Kirchner singled out the 1999 agreement to allow a weekly flight between Punta Arenas, Chile, and the Falkland Islands which flies over Argentina. "We're going to wait for a reasonable time [for negotiations with the U.K.], but if not we're going to be forced to review the provisional agreements," she said.
In 1982, the military junta that ruled Argentina launched an invasion of the islands, which are called Las Malvinas in Spanish. The U.K. took back the archipelago after a 74-day war in which 649 Argentinian and 258 U.K. soldiers lost their lives.
Tension has spiked in recent days after the U.K. sent one its newest and most sophisticated warships to the South Atlantic, the HMS Dauntless. In addition, Prince William has started a six-week military deployment in the islands.
"The sending of warships, the presence of the heir to the throne in a military uniform and the exploitation of fisheries and hydrocarbons in Argentine waters...shows that the U.K. operates with colonialist parameters," Argentina's foreign minister Hector Timerman said in the statement.
Residents of the remote islands, about 200 miles off the coast of Argentina, are staunchly in favor of remaining British and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has said there is no question of negotiating the sovereignty of the Falklands.
--By Shane Romig, Dow Jones Newswires
