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Back to the Future? Implementing the Anglo-Argentine 14th July 1999 Joint Statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2002

KLAUS DODDS  and
LARA MANÓVIL
KLAUS DODDS
Affiliation:
Klaus Dodds is Senior Lecturer in Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London. Lara Manóvil is Research Assistant to the Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘The Falklands/Malvinas in a changing world’.
LARA MANÓVIL
Affiliation:
Klaus Dodds is Senior Lecturer in Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London. Lara Manóvil is Research Assistant to the Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘The Falklands/Malvinas in a changing world’.
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Abstract

This article is concerned with the implementation of the Anglo-Argentine 14th July 1999 Joint Statement relating to the Falklands/Malvinas and the South West Atlantic. Initial consideration is given to the recent historical and political context of the Falklands/Malvinas dispute. The arrest of General Pinochet in London is shown to have been a significant factor in Anglo-Argentine relations during the period of 1998–1999. Thereafter, the background relating to the 14th July 1999 Joint Statement is considered in some detail as it relates to fishing, travel, place names, land mines and an Argentine war memorial on the Falkland Islands. Each element of the Joint Statement is shown to be problematic, and the article concludes with the belief that the provisions of the Joint Statement will continue to strengthen the rapprochement between Britain and Argentina without making any substantial progress towards the eventual solution of the dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , November 2001 , pp. 777 - 806
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This article uses three terms to describe a group of islands located in the South West Atlantic: Falkland Islands, Islas Malvinas and the Falklands/Malvinas. The Leverhulme Trust and the Shackleton Scholarship Fund generously funded this research which included fieldtrips to Argentina and the Falklands/Malvinas in 1999 and 2000. The authors would like to thank the editors of the Journal of Latin American Studies and the referees for this paper for their invaluable advice. Klaus Dodds would also like to acknowledge the advice and support of Professor Peter Beck and other readers who have asked to remain anonymous. The usual disclaimers apply.