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Something to read and watch if you feel the urge. It will be interesting to see whether the result will make a difference to Falkland/Argentine relations and British/Argentine political relations...... we shall see I suppose.
Visitors on the cruise ships that dock here are greeted by scarlet-red pillar-boxes, and even a roof bearing the red, white and blue union flag.
Tourists are a vital part of the economy, as they come ashore to places like Bluff Cove lagoon to watch the Gentoo and King penguins, and enjoy a proper Falklands cream tea.
But Argentina has threatened cruise companies that dock here, as well as banning Falklands-registered ships from her ports, all measures which have affected businesses such as that of Kevin Kilmartin, who runs the penguin tours at Bluff Cove.
Put simply, if Argentina hadn't invaded the Falklands in 1982, Krysteen Ormond probably wouldn't be here today.
"In a roundabout way, my dad freed my mum," says the 24-year-old.
Her mother, Teena, a Falkland islander, was one of 115 people placed under arrest by the Argentines.
Argentina invaded the islands claiming to have inherited them from Spain.
Her father, Kevin, attached to 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment, was part of the Task Force which helped liberate the detainees.
Twenty-six-year-old Martin de Angelis is from Buenos Aires in Argentina and is studying in the UK.
He thinks his country has the right to the islands, known to Argentines as Las Malvinas.
Thirty years ago Britain sent a task force to liberate the Falkland Islands from the Argentine military. Since then Argentina has regularly demanded the return of what they call the Malvinas and Britain has just as regularly said that the future of the Falklands is up to the islanders themselves.
Now just ahead of a referendum, Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports for Newsnight from Buenos Aires on how the prospect of a vote is being seen in Argentina.
What are we guessing then, 95%+ Yes to staying British? I doubt they'll quite match the impressive 99.64% Yes vote that Gibraltar had in 1967, but shouldn't be that far off.
What are we guessing then, 95%+ Yes to staying British? I doubt they'll quite match the impressive 99.64% Yes vote that Gibraltar had in 1967, but shouldn't be that far off.
in 1967 Franco was still running Spain and the brits along with everyone else hated him. That was like taking a vote to become part of Germany in 1938 Poland.
in 1967 Franco was still running Spain and the brits along with everyone else hated him. That was like taking a vote to become part of Germany in 1938 Poland.
True, but the 98.5% No vote in 2002 on sharing sovereignty with the Spanish was still pretty clear cut.
True, but the 98.5% No vote in 2002 on sharing sovereignty with the Spanish was still pretty clear cut.
I would suppose in the 300 years that Britain has controlled Gibraltar they have probably purged the territory of any Iberian or African blood. It's over-all value at one point was that it was a free-port like Ceuta. Today I don't know if that is true or not.
I would suppose in the 300 years that Britain has controlled Gibraltar they have probably purged the territory of any Iberian or African blood. It's over-all value at one point was that it was a free-port like Ceuta. Today I don't know if that is true or not.
I don't know either, and to be honest I'm not that bothered. I only mentioned the Gibraltar referendum to provide a rough parallel, no other reason
in 1967 Franco was still running Spain and the brits along with everyone else hated him. That was like taking a vote to become part of Germany in 1938 Poland.
EVERYBODY HATED HIM?
certainly not!
Franco in the '60s had opened Spain to tourism, to the West, to the Arabian countries, the standard of living of the people was increasing fast.He was loved by a lot of Spanish people. They certainly were more happy back then than today. I went as a kid to Spain with my parents in the 60s, what happiness, what joy of life! it was the "fiesta espanola"!
I would suppose in the 300 years that Britain has controlled Gibraltar they have probably purged the territory of any Iberian or African blood. It's over-all value at one point was that it was a free-port like Ceuta. Today I don't know if that is true or not.
Why would you think that?
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everybody hated him ?
