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    Argentine unions plot British cargo ship delays

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine maritime workers are intensifying a boycott of container ships carrying British goods. They hope to pressure Britain to negotiate with Argentina over the disputed Falkland Islands.

    Britain says it won't discuss the sovereignty of the South Atlantic archipelago as long as the islanders want to remain British.

    Argentine maritime union leader Enrique Omar Suarez was meeting with other union leaders Wednesday to plan their next moves.

    Transport delays could hurt Argentina more than Britain: Argentina exported $805 million in goods to Britain last year while the British sent $655 million in goods to Argentina.

     

    51 comments

    • jonmoatz  •  2 mths ago
      Another typical example of Hispanic mentality....or lack of a mentality.
      • Manney 2 mths ago
        Money speaks louder than words: What those little brown people can't buy, they build on their own. maybe not as pretty or cool looking, but it will get the job done and at the same time provide jobs for their own people instead of profits for the enemy.
    • Ian  •  2 mths ago
      Did anyone get the connection here; the government wants the Falklands back and yet it's the unions doing something about it. So, who's the boss here; the government or the unions or are they the same thing?
    • Manney  •  Orlando, Florida  •  2 mths ago
      Kate Moss,their best model is a junkie. So are most of their "stars" junkies or drunks. England needs to steal land in order to provide money for the royals and sell more TV shows to the fat and stupid US public. And if a war is what it will take, well with the help of Jesus and God, the anglo-saxos will rule forevermore.
      • alan 2 mths ago
        Thats it???
        Thats your shot?
        A model is a junkie??
        Pathetic.
    • Yorick Hunt  •  3 mths ago
      If unions are for it, I'm instinctively against it.
      • bill 3 mths ago
        I make $50.84 per hour, while non-union guys doing the same work make only $33.00 per hour, if that. I'm better trained, and do the job correctly, whereas non-union labor cuts corners.
    • Alex  •  3 mths ago
      Whats there to negotiate if the islanders OVERWHEMINGLY prefer to be Brits.
      Sore loser Argies have no leverage on this matter. They just dont get it & never will, literally.
      • Mari 3 mths ago
        We are not loosers, you are an idiot
      • monopoly 3 mths ago
        Really? Let's see. Argentina lost a war it start with Britain to distract their own people from the failures and abuses of their military government, yet they claim Britain to be conquers when they're the ones that invaded the islands and started the war in the first place. The Falkland Islands have been British since 1833 save for the 2 months Argentina conquered and took over the Islands before they were forced out and left 25,000 land mines that are still being cleared out. Argentina has been trying to use the UN to gain the Falkland Island since the 1947 and walkout on anything that is favorable to the UK, including Resolution 502 which told Argentina to withdraw its invasion force. The Falklands want to be British and have voted so in past which is why Argentina is going nowhere in the UN. Yet Argentina and her allies bully the Falklands on their fishing and oil rights, plus limit air travel there as Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile will not allow direct flights to the Falklands.
      • Russ 3 mths ago
        Mari, no you are not losers, but the Argentine government isn't super bright either. Plus you arent even there, you live in LA LA land for god's sake. Go back and see what is going on. Things there are getting crazy, and will maybe become like it was after the peso crash in 2000.
    • John  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      there has never been one argentinian ever on these islands so why in the bleep does argentina think they own them? oh yeah; there may be oil there. this all makes as much sense as saying argentina should own austalia since it's south of the equator
      • Manney 2 mths ago
        Why does the USA own Hawaii, or Puerto Rico? Or has bases all over the world? to protect humanity from martians?
    • Shilo  •  3 mths ago
      Argentina has no legitimate claim to these islands. The only thing they have any claim to is the land mines they left behind after trying to take the islands from the British in 1982. The British should throw them on the Argentinian coast, 250 miles west of the Falklands. What a bunch of bull.
    • bill  •  Pleasanton, California  •  3 mths ago
      The Argentines should give up. They launched a war, and lost.
    • Some Guy  •  Hialeah, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Really? Gonna potentially cause your own country to have rapid inflation due to a loss of trade and that is supposed to be "helping", really?
    • VICTOR  •  3 mths ago
      The unions are only planning to do what unions do best - being destructive.
    • Richard  •  Salisbury, Maryland  •  3 mths ago
      Do they remember what happened last time?
    • Tony  •  Denver, Colorado  •  3 mths ago
      Go away Argentina... Didn't know you were still around..
    • Russ  •  3 mths ago
      What is it that the Argentine governent cant understand? The people of the islands want to be British and that is it. Cristina and the government are using this to distract the people of other issues plaguing the country. High inflation, rising transprotation costs, the country running out of cash to pay for its social programs. Hell, the Argentine Congress wants a 150% pay raise. The country will be out of money soon, and then where will it be. I see the people protesting like they did when the peso was devalued in 2000. Argentina only want the oil and natural gas reseves recently found near the islands, nothing more. If the will of the islanders is to be British subjects, then respect their wishes. Argentina doesnt know the history of the islands, let alone their own history. Many people think that they won the watr in 82, which, as we know, didnt happen.
    • Yorick Hunt  •  3 mths ago
      You wouldn't mind post-colonial attitudes if any of these banana republics and backward nations could survive on their own, but once the controls are gone, they devolve into chaos. Then the new regime gets nostalgic for the $$$ they used to make.
    • MR26.2  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Argentinians are desperate about the Falklands, and they definitely need to see SHRINK before the 30th Anniversary in which they INVADED the island and LOST to an outnumbered British Force.

      BTW Argentina and the Argentine Invasion Force had the oppertunity to reclaim the Malvinas after the INVASION, and still LOST to an outnumbered British Force. Argentine logistics and supply were not far from the mainland, whereas the British had to ship supply 5000 miles away.
    • timothy e  •  3 mths ago
      The population want's to stay British, including the sheep, enough said.
    • robert  •  Dixon, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      The only time the Argys ever owned these islands is when they took them from the Brits in the early 1800's and they kept them for about 1 year before the Brits retook them and that is the Argys only claim to the islands. Maybe the Germans should just use the Argys way of thinking and that is claim France as their own cause after all they did own France in the early 40's after taking it from the French and then those rotten French stole it back from them.
    • Watt D Fuch  •  3 mths ago
      Typical Latino Mentality, Pride Larger than Intellect as they shoot themselves in the foot, again.
    • Steve  •  Fort Myers, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      Anyone for a game of battle ship.
    • Stony  •  3 mths ago
      The British have held the Falkland Islands for longer than Argentina has even had a constitution. The Argentinians also try to claim part of Antarctica as Argentina. Most of their trade with Britain is agricultural products. They will merely be hurting themselves.
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