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Old 13th Jan 2011, 16:25
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The latest on this saga:

Brazil's decision to prevent a Royal Navy ship docking in Rio de Janeiro was probably motivated by political expediency but will still raise concerns that Britain is becoming increasingly isolated in relation to the Falklands Islands.
South American countries generally back Argentina's claims over sovereignty over the islands, with varying degrees of enthusiasm.

In February 2010 Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's radical left-wing president, used his regular television show to address the Queen, telling her that "the time for empires is over" and that Britain should give up the Falklands.

In the same month Lula Inacio Lula da Silva, then president of Brazil, expressed "solidarity" with Argentina and questioned why the United Nations did not tackle the issue of the Falklands.

Shortly afterwards the Argentines claimed a diplomatic coup when Hillary Clinton said during a visit to Buenos Aires that the US would be willing to mediate between Britain and Argentina.



More here: Britain's isolation on Falklands grows with 'anti-colonial' Brazil snub - Telegraph

This approach is based on a feeling that it is time for Britain to move over and which view is fuelled by meetings between Latin American leaders who take no account of law or history and encourage each other with prostestations of "thieves" and "imperialists."

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