A long-serving champion of the Falkland Islands in the campaign to protect British sovereignty has announced her retirement from the Falkland Islands Association Executive Committee. Mrs Merle Christie has worked tirelessly for the Falklands' cause for more than half a century. Even now, at the aged of 81, her expertise will not be lost. She is continuing to compile and catalogue the Association's unique archives.
Uruguayan General Hebert Figoli will be taking over December 29 as the next commander of the United Nations peace keeping force in Cyprus. UN troops have been in Cyprus, a former British colony, since the follow up of the 1963 armed conflict between local Greek and Turkish communities.
European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy currently in Buenos Aires said the EU is willing to be flexible with the purpose of reactivating the deadlocked negotiations in the framework of the World Trade Organization, WTO.
Argentine Economy minister Roberto Lavagna said Argentina must advance aggressively with its agriculture claims in the coming months, once the WTO peace clause expires.
The Chilean peso finished this Thursday below the 600 benchmark against the US dollar in Santiago money markets.
Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 or G-20, a main player in the agricultural subsidies battle are gathered in Brasilia preparing for the next World Trade Organization confrontation in Geneva the coming week, following the collapse of the Cancun talks.
As Argentina intensifies hostile pressure on the Falkland Islands, a strong message of
support has come from the British Parliament saying the Argentine Government's actions are being kept under scrutiny.
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