Tuesday, February 23, 2010

ARGENTINA AND BRITAIN DISPUTE OVER MALVINAS

ARGENTINA SAYS WINS REGIONAL SUPPORT
IN FALKLANDS ROW, TENSIONS COULD RISE
MEXICO (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said Latin American leaders backed her objections to oil exploration in the British-controlled Falkland Islands as drilling of the first well began on Monday. Argentina, which has claimed the South Atlantic islands known as the Malvinas in Spanish since Britain established rule in the 19th century, invaded them in 1982. After a two-month war, it was forced to withdraw, but still claims the archipelago and says oil exploration by Britain's Desire Petroleum is a breach of sovereignty. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in the closed-door meetings the group had approved a document supporting Argentina in the territorial dispute. Venezuelan Hugo Chavez addressed Britain's Queen Elizabeth directly on his weekly television program, telling her to return the Falklands to Argentina. He repeated his demand late on Sunday when he arrived in Mexico for the summit. “We support unconditionally the Argentine government and the Argentine people in their complaints,” Chavez told reporters at the airport. “That sea and that land belong to Argentina and to Latin America.”

Escalating the dispute, Argentina formally objected to British-led drilling plans near the islands, and said it would require all ships from the Falklands to obtain permits to dock in Argentina. While the Falklands are not an oil producer and have no proven reserves, oil companies are betting offshore fields may hold billions of recoverable barrels of oil. Desire Petroleum said it broke ground at a well on its offshore prospect, which could contain up to 400 million barrels,
or perhaps the exploration will recover nothing. Some analysts doubt the diplomatic bluster will have much effect until the size of the oil deposit is determined.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?
Śrīla Prabhupāda said we must teach all over the world that Lord Krishna is the Owner and the Supreme Enjoyer. The sense of ownership is extremely dangerous since it confuses us in our relationship with God. When we believe to be the owners of something, we believe to be the enjoyers of that, for this reason to believe that something belongs to me is a great illusion; nothing is ours, not even our own body, that to say of others, or the things related to the body, such as children, family, money, facilities, etc.. Krishna often repeats in the Bhagavad-Gita that we must understand that nothing is ours, everything belongs to Him.


Śrīla Atulananda Ācārya :
“Sense of Ownership”
“Words of Gurudeva”
http://www.atulanandadas.cl/


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