Some good news is that London has accepted a new Argentine ambassadress and is willing to discuss hidrocarbons and fishing rights, everything around the pieces of rock but not sovereignty over the pieces of rock themselves. Good signs so far I'd say.
Then again, we get something like this:
"No entiendo por qué algunos se empecinan en hablar de poskirchnerismo; eso es traición a la patria"
(I don't understand why some people persist in speaking of post-kirchnerism, that is treason against the country)
by the Vice-President Amado Boudou himself. The main problem is, the President sets a policy and then everyone is more of a Kirchnerist than Mrs. Kirchner herself, they try to out-Kirchner her like this in order to curry favour.
These idiots who insist on out-Kirchnering Mrs. Kirchner and out-nationalising the Nationalism that is part of the government's ideology are the same offal, I mean, officials that are trying this strategy of trying to force the islanders into bargaining. You just can't force an imbecile, arrogant bigot like Cameron into it and restrictions on the islanders will just make them reject Argentine time and time again.
The President herself has met with Mr. Cameron and Mr. Brown before him at Un and G-20 meetings and never had any problems with them face-to-face. Why do second-level officials make so much mess?
A lot of ordinary citizens, obviously not in power, agree with me that the islanders should be befriended and given all the benefits regular Argentines have. Wouldn't it be better if they could study for free in any Argentine university just close over the sea instead of doing so at great expense all the way up in the UK? Wouldn't it be better if they could have cheap holidays, healthcare, etc. in a place close by instead of all these stupid limits and restrictions? They could also profit from a lot of tourists from the mainland here, trade opportunities, take a course in English and learn it from native speakers inside Argentine territory, etc. etc. it's all there to benefit both parties.
Fishing itself, it's obviously better if you can cooperate and use any of the major ports on the Argentine shore and have the Falklands as a friendly harbour, agains benefiting both sides.
As I said before, there's no real impediment to a double-citizenship arrangement, English as the official language of the local administration and so forth -even a dual name, because Argentina itself has four names recognised by the Constitution so a province with one name in each language would be no problem at all- that would make a translation almost unnoticeable.
But no, most of the turd-brained Great leaders here try to look tough because they might just earn bonus points from the boss instead of trying to be friends.
It's so frustrating, the way forward for both sides is so clear, and everyone who has a say in this affair on either side insists on looking the other way for petty personal gain.