Stories for March 19th 2005

Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Stanley market garden blames Argentina for loss of revenue.

Tim Miller, owner of the Stanley market garden and President of the Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce says that the Argentine ban on charter flights to the Falklands, , has hit his sales of fresh produce this summer.

Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Latinamerica first bullet train in Brazil.

Brazil will have the first bullet train in Latinamerica. The super speed train to be built by Italian corporations will cover a distance of 205 kilometres at a speed in the range of 250 kilometres per hour.

Saturday, March 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Islands visit a positive experience for Argentine Families Commission Delegation.

Despite having to spend many hours each day traveling during a week of exceptionally bad weather, even by Falkland Islands standards, the visiting group of directors of the association which represents the families of the members of the Argentine forces killed in 1982 (Comision de Familiares de Caidos en Malvinas e Islas del Atlantico Sur) left the Islands today Saturday in positive mood, satisfied that they had achieved their objectives.