NEW YORK, May 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Martin Mercado, creative director at Y&R Argentina made the following statement

"I just want to clarify my recent comments to the media concerning the Falkland Islands advertisement.

While there is no doubt that the Argentine government views las Malvinas as part of Argentina, I accept it was a mistake to use the war memorial in the advertisement and I apologize unreservedly for that error."

SOURCE Y&R Argentina