Conflict Argentina and England for the Falklands

Never in the field of human conflict, so many owed him so much, to so few. Winston Churchill

Again, the conflict is reactivated England against Argentina over the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands by the British call is occupied by Britain since 1833.Conflicto than in the past resulted in an armed clash and where Argentine soldiers lost their lives. Argentina and Britain went to war in this region in 1982

In 1982, Argentine troops invaded the Falklands to address the problems of a dying regime. The adventure was fatal to the military dictatorship led by Lieutenant General Rafael Videla, who had ousted President Isabel Peron (1976-1983). As for the "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher, plunged in the polls, retook the islands and got a third term at the end of 74-day war that left 649 Argentines and 255 British dead.

It is said that according to the British Geological Society, reserves in the Falklands could reach 60,000 million barrels, or the equivalent of the North Sea oilfield that contributed to 25 years of prosperity in the United Kingdom.

But this time, Argentina is not alone, Foreign Minister of Argentina announced that the country in the conflict with Britain over the Falkland Islands, enjoys the support of the countries of the region. Argentina is against England plans for oil drilling in the Falkland Islands.

The Foreign Minister of Argentina requested the British government to start negotiations as soon as possible to determine the sovereignty over these islands.

The Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, currently under the control of England.

"The war is excluded from our horizon and they (the islanders) should not be worried by that, but I clearly know that Argentina is not going to abandon this claim legitimate?, Said Deputy Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez signed a decree that restricts the movement of vessels between the Argentine mainland and archipelago in the South Atlantic, in response to the imminent start of oil exploration activities in the area by British companies.

Given this reality, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and a close friend of Argentina, said: Britain should return the Falkland Islands to Argentina. "The UK is violating international law are violated, well, the basics of geography and history (...) get the hell out there, give him back the Falklands the Argentine people?, Chavez said from a ministerial meeting televised.

Chavez warned that Argentina "will not be alone''in a hypothetical conflict with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, and called on the Queen Elizabeth II of England to hand over control of the archipelago to Buenos Aires.

"Look at you England, how long you'll be in the Falklands? Queen of England, I speak to you, Queen of England and the empire are over, do not you realize Queen of England? Give back the Falklands the Argentine people ''Chavez on Sunday launched his radio and television.

"The English continue to threaten Argentina. Things have changed Madame Queen, we're not in 1982, in case of aggression against Argentina rest assured that will not be alone as the country was then in Argentina, which is our homeland,''said .

The diplomatic tension between the two countries, which clashed militarily in 1982 for possession of the archipelago in the South Atlantic intensified in recent days with the arrival of an oil rig to the Falklands to start an exploration in the disputed area.

Comment, elnuevoherald.com that ee is expected that the president of Argentina, Cristina Kirchner, ask the Rio Group, meeting in Mexico, to condemn the operation.

"I hope that all countries of this continent of Latin America supported Argentina,''said the president.

Chavez, who questioned whether "the English speak of democracy and Queen''still have insisted that Britain's rule over the archipelago is" unhistorical and irrational.''

The Ocean Guardian platform, the company Desire Petroleum, is since Friday in the capital of the Falklands, and is preparing to begin next week exploration in the basin north of the archipelago.

Argentina's response was to demand permission to sail in its waters to all vessels that go to the archipelago.