Stories for October 30th 2002
New Minister for Latin America and Falkland Islands
A new Foreign Office Minister has been appointed by the Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, to take over responsibility for Latin American and Falkland Islands issues.
Falkland Islanders recall invasion trauma
Brave Falkland Islanders have been re-telling the stories of their resistance to the 1982 Argentine invasion, in the last of a series of programmes called “Falkland Families”, on BBC Radio Four in the United Kingdom.
Lula begins long, hard road to reforming Brazilian society
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's leftist president-elect, is seeking a broad consensus in order to try to deal with problems as big as his sprawling country.
Sex, Drink, Scandal ? and Duty
Allegations of promiscuous sex and excessive drinking by servicemen and women in the Falklands Garrison has met with mixed reaction in the United Kingdom with a reminder that whatever happens in off-duty hours, the tri-service force remains at a high state of readiness to deter any military threat, which is its reason for being based there.
