Monday, February 27, 2012
Gov't rules out Argentine boycott to London Olympics
People stand in front of the Flag Memorial in Rosario to listen to the President''s speech.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner rejected the possibility that a delegation of Argentine sportsmen may not fly to London to attend the 2012 Olympics as part of an Argentine boycott in response to the United Kingdom’s refusal to discuss the Malvinas Islands sovereignty.
“We will go to the Olympics with our flag up high,” she assured as she addressed the Malvinas issue in a speech in Rosario, Santa Fe.
She recalled that “there are still sixteen colonial enclaves in the world. One of them is right here in our country, in our Malvinas Islands.”
“That is why remembering the Malvinas here and ratifying this regional and global cause once more is not only just about territory or history. It is also about the defence of our natural resources,” she explained.
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