Monthly Archives: April 2022

Peru’s Castillo tries authoritarian turn against protests; it fails

Peru’s Castillo tries authoritarian turn against protests; it fails
  • April 7, 2022
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LIMA, Peru — When demonstrators picketed roads in Peru’s rural hinterland over the rising cost of fuel and fertilizer, President Pedro Castillo might have responded with empathy or dialogue. Instead, after nearly a week of ignoring the gathering storm, Castillo, a campesino and former wildcat strike leader, poured gasoline on the fire by accusing the protest leaders of being “malicious and paid.” Are you on Telegram? Subscribe to our channel for the latest updates on Russia's war in Ukraine. As the blockades exploded into violence this week, with stone throwing and burning tires, the president…Read more …

‘Luhansk and Donetsk remind us of the Malvinas’: What Argentinians think of the Falklands now Forty years on from the war, a majority of people in Argentina haven't given up hope of reclaiming the islands – through diplomatic means

‘Luhansk and Donetsk remind us of the Malvinas’: What Argentinians think of the Falklands now Forty years on from the war, a majority of people in Argentina haven't given up hope of reclaiming the islands – through diplomatic means
  • April 5, 2022
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There were protests near the British Embassy in Buenos Aires to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict CREDIT: REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu For a month, José Luis González endured bombardment from British jets and ships as he manned a machine-gun post, perched in a freezing, waterlogged trench, overlooking Port Stanley. When the teenage conscript eventually returned to Argentina, after a brief stint as a prisoner of war, he had frostbitten toes, shrapnel in his knee and was so traumatised, he needed psychological support. Now, 40 years later, González remains convinced of two things – that attempting…Read more …

Argentina compares British sovereignty over Falklands with Russian invasion of Ukraine Deputy foreign minister accuses UK of ‘double standards’ for backing Kyiv but refusing to negotiate over the South Atlantic islands

Argentina compares British sovereignty over Falklands with Russian invasion of Ukraine Deputy foreign minister accuses UK of ‘double standards’ for backing Kyiv but refusing to negotiate over the South Atlantic islands
  • April 1, 2022
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The Argentine government has triggered a row with the United Kingdom by accusing it of “double standards” for its backing of Ukraine against Russian aggression while refusing to come to the negotiating table over the Falkland Islands. Guillermo Carmona, Argentina’s deputy foreign minister for the Antarctic, Malvinas (the name Argentina uses for the Falklands) and South Atlantic, compared Vladimir Putin's invasion to the UK’s occupation of the remote South Atlantic archipelago in 1833. In an interview with The Telegraph ahead of the 40th anniversary of the start of the Falklands War on Saturday, he said in both…Read more …