Whenever there's a 99.8% yes vote in a referendum, it's a pretty safe bet that something dodgy's going on. And despite David Cameron's insistence that the North Korean-style ballot in the Falkland Islands – or Malvinas as they're known in Argentina – should be treated with "reverence", that rule of thumb clearly fits the bill in this case.Which is not to suggest that the ballot boxes were stuffed. No doubt 1,514 island residents really did vote in favour of continued British rule. The only Read more [...]

“The Falkland islanders couldn’t have spoken more clearly,” he said. “They want to remain British, and that view should be respected by everybody, including by Argentina.” In Buenos Aires, though, Argentine officials dismissed the referendum as irrelevant, describing the dispute over the islands as a matter of sovereignty, not popular will. No vote by British “settlers,” they said, however lopsided, could trump Argentina’s historic claim to the archipelago that Argentines Read more [...]

Falkland Islands Referendum — Residents of the Falkland Islands have voted in a referendum to remain a British Overseas Territory, notes Reuters. Even as Argentina strengthens its territorial claims over the islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, 99.8% of Falkland Islanders voted in favor of keeping British rule. The Argentine government has questioned the legitimacy of the referendum, calling on London for talks to determine the sovereignty of the islands. Spain’s Horses — Horses, Read more [...]

Sponsored link: Vista D90 - Designed to thrill Stanley (Falkland Islands): An overwhelming 99.8 per cent of Falkland Islands voters have backed keeping their government just the way it is: a British Overseas Territory. Of the 1,517 valid votes cast, only 3 islanders voted "no" to the question: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?" One vote was somehow lost, officials said on Tuesday.The referendum Read more [...]

Link to video: Falklands referendum result welcomed by David Cameron David Cameron has called on Argentina to respect the wishes of the people of the Falkland Islands after they voted overwhelmingly for the territory to stay British in an unsurprising but still historical referendum that aims to send a defiant message to Argentina and the outside world.The prime minister said Argentina should take "careful Read more [...]

The people of the Falkland Islands have voted overwhelmingly to remain British in an unsurprising but still historical referendum that aims to send a defiant message to Argentina and the outside world.Despite near zero temperatures and flurries of snow and rain, the turnout was 92% from an electorate of 1,650 and all but three of the voters voted yes on the question posed on the ballots: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the Read more [...]

Falkland Islands voters decided by an overwhelming 99.8 percent margin Monday to keep their government just the way it is: a British Overseas Territory. Of the 1,517 valid votes cast in the referendum, only 3 islanders voted "no" to the question: "Do you wish the Falkland Islands to retain their current political status as an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom?" One vote was somehow lost. The vote was aimed at showing that the residents' Read more [...]

After two days of voting, Falkland Islanders have overwhelmingly voted in favor of retaining their ties with London. 98.8 per cent of the electorate cast their ballot in favor of maintaining the status quo. Only three "no" votes were cast. Some 1,672 residents were eligible to vote in the referendum, which was organized by the islanders themselves in an attempt to gain international support against Argentian claims on the territory. "[The message is] that we wish to retain the status quo....with Read more [...]

When asked about her identity, Laura Jayne Minto Ceballos, a 19-year-old Falkland Islander studying in the U.K., has a less than straightforward answer. Her father’s family hails from Scotland and her Chilean mother was born in Argentina. “But when it comes to talking about the Falklands,” she says, “I am definitely British.” It’s a sentiment that’s been echoed by her fellow islanders in the March 10-11 referendum that asked them a simple question: whether they wish Read more [...]

US Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) on Monday called on the President of Argentina to review its decision to establish a joint "Truth Commission" with Iran to "re-investigate" the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires.In a letter to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Senators claimed that overturning a legal process and indictment "dishonors the Argentine victims of the [Iranian] terrorist regime." Read more [...]