An article in the Tierra del Fuego press reported that Argentine sovereignty over Antarctica is indisputable. It reports a ceremony attended by Governor Fabiana Rios and Education Minister Amanda del Corro, which was dedicated to Argentine rhetoric about their claim to Antarctica.
Argentina celebrates its right to Antarctica on February 22. These statements was made in the context of that date. The 22nd of February was the date when Argentina took over the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition base on Laurie Island in 1904 at Britain's invitation.

Laurie Island is in the South Orkneys, not Antarctica.

But Argentina still uses this date to maintain its claim to have been in uninterrupted occupation of Antarctica longer than anyone else - now for 106 years!

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Another quoted a veteran of the 1982 war calling for regional action against the Falklands. He also stated the time-honoured falsehood that Falkland Islanders had been transported there and so don't count.
It's particularly hypocritical for people in TDF to use the argument that Islanders were transported to the Falklands.

This is not true of the Falklands.

But TDF does have a population many of whom were specifically attracted there by financial and other inducements in order to boost the local population in case of war with Chile over the Beagle Channel dispute.
There are, of course, none of the native Indians left in TDF. They all died out from the diseases brought by the incoming European settlers to which they had no immunity - and the settlers firearms.  

The Orcadas / Orkney ARE in antartica and is REALLY clear.

Britain NEVER claimed for the Laurie Island because is PART of antartica. And was recognised by a Treaty. Another attempt to sabotage the argentine position in antarctica, coming from an expansionst and imperialist power... somethings never change... but unfortunately, as in the M a l v i n a s position the British position is only based in the force. In this case, seems that the Antartic Treaty is nothing to Britain...

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AND? There are a treaty. And the Island is PART of the Antartic Sector of Argentina and Britain Can't claim it. Do you need lessons about geography?. Don't try to use deceits for justify another agression. Your oun country made the invitation. Read your words again before say another thing. And course, our presence in the continent despite your intentions is very ancient compared with other countries...

Argentina only affirms her presence in Antartica without claim any other territory. The argument presented here is a great stupidity, because claim Laurie as part of Orcadas (another deceit) is claim antartic territory violating the treaty. Britain as well recognise the islands like antartick territory. Here the three pretensions. Chile, Britain and Agentina. All the "pretenders" close the antartic border in 60º And Laurie are in the antartic territory.

http://img83.imageshack.us/i/antartidaar0ax.jpg/

http://www.nuestromar.org/imagenes/noticias/2008/141208_Bases_Antartida_Argentin...

Some lessons of Geography; not only don't have much many knowledge about southamerica, as well have a true lack of knowledge about antartic geography. With the worst intentions towards argentina... some things never change...

Laurie island part of Antarctica? Very "debatable" point indeed…
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ALL the countries close the boundaries of the Antartic Sector in 60º. There's no debatable point. The maps are CLEAR. And there's no neeeded any explanation.

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CLEARLY the islands belongs to the Antartic Continent. ARE connected to Antartica. Is obvious, coure, predictably, for your people not... The fact that the Islands are not INSIDE The circle, doesn't mean that are not OUT of antartica. Is evident, almost for all, because the Antartic Sector finish in 60º S not in 66: Britain  finish her antartic sector in the antartic circle as Argentina and Chile, and recognize Orcadas as Antartic Sector, so is very fool think on contrary.

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First: Argentina have PERMANENT presence from 1904 in Antartica. All these argument posted before is FALSE. Britain never rejected or expelled our presence there.

Second: All sovereingty claims are FROZEN, for the Antartic Treaty. So, discuss about ORCADAS is totally incongruent and the UK recognize the islands as antartic sector, so, any argument against our presence in antartica or the very fool attempts of expel to Orcadas from Anartica for strike the Argentine Argument is very difficult to do.

You will need better arguments (or weapons? considering the mentality of Britain is not impossible) for do something...

Third. What's wrong with orcadas? You use orkneys and really I have not problem with it. Have you some problem with my use of the name Orcadas? Sorry but I will call the islands orcadas despite any possible problem for you...

Ron wrote on Mar 16^th, 2010, 9:06pm:



Indeed. M A L V I N A S is the same case.  The Frenchs named the islands MALOUINES, because the french marines and the colonists of Louis de Boungaville was from de City of Saint Maló, in France. Both names are Spanish inheritance.

Shuriel,

a bit reluctant to answer the query, so may I answer it for you

The South Orkney Islands were discovered by Nathaniel Brown Palmer and George Powell (he also claimed them for the British Crown) in 1821, who gave them the name of Powell’s group.
In February 1822 James Weddell gave them their present name of the South Orkney Islands, (from the Orkney Islands, Scotland).

The “British” Orkneys were first known as the “Orcades” and this name would undoubtedly have been known and used especially by the Gaelic tribes, and by the ancient Britons.
The name was also mentioned in the 1st century BC by the Roman writer Diodrus Siculus and also by the Roman geographer Pliny.

Orkney is actually a Norse type of transposition from that name.

So I think a very big thank you is needed to whoever named the base “Orcadas” and thus preserving this very British name.

The TDF newspaper Tiempo Fueguino reports that a complaint has been made to the OAS about Britain's oil exploration activities.
This has all the usual nonsense about Britain acting "illegally" and "unilaterally" over Falklands oil exploration, which it claims is a breach of UN Resolution 31-42.

However, If you look at this resolution - it urges Argentina and Britain to: "refrain from actions that would imply introducing unilateral modifications”.
It was passed on 1st December 1976, when Britain was still negotiating with Argentina in the hope of finding a solution.
It is absurd to refer to it now, after a war, and when both sides have committed so many other unilateral acts.

The Argentine invasion on 2nd April 1982 was the biggest unilateral act.
Then, in 1994, there was another unilateral act as Argentina put its claim into its new constitution.
Last December there was yet another, when Argentina included the Falklands in the province of Tierra del Fuego.
Probably, the most recent relevant Argentine “unilateral” act was the repudiation in 2007 of the 1995 Oil Agreement with Britain.

It seems for Argentina to do that is OK, but for Britain to then continue with what that treaty had allowed - is now a “unilateral” act.

Sometimes I think the Argentines should feature in Alice in Wonderland. They really are scraping the bottom of the barrel with this.

Falkland Islands prosecutors join the association – Argentina walks out..!!

Ha-ha-ha-ho-ho-ho-he-he-he….!!!!

Or as they put it - JAJAJAJAJAJA..!

http://en.mercopress.com/2010/07/23/argentina-walks-out-of-prosecutors-organizat...

very interesting..eps. the picture with those albanians:D