Falkland Islands
Falkland IslandsPrado Agriculture Show
Uruguay's main agriculture and camp industries Show begins this Friday in Montevideo and will extend for a week with the participation of over 1,100 animals.
British Armed Forces Show of Strength.Biggest Armada since Falklands sails for Oman.
The biggest naval task force since the Falklands War has set sail from Portsmouth to demonstrate Britain's continuing capability to mount a huge military campaign of this kind, deploying a formidable armada of warships, strike aircraft , thousands of troops, and a vast array of weaponry.
Breaking News from South America.
British Armed Forces shrink.
The number of soldiers in the British Army has fallen steeply from 167,000 at the time of the 1982 Falklands Conflict to only about 100,000 now, according to the latest manpower statistics released by the Ministry of Defence in London.
DAP fights Lan Chile.
Aerovías DAP officially requested air fare regulations warning that if nothing is done Lan Chile will consolidate 90% of the Chilean home market particularly punishing residents in extreme areas of the country.
World's best climbers tackle Shackleton's South Georgia feat.
Three of the world's most experienced mountain climbers have paid tribute to the incredible achievement of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton in crossing South Georgia's unmapped mountains in 1916 to enable him to rescue all 27 men of his stranded trans-Antarctic expedition.
Argentina: FFC approves new ITQ Bill
The Federal Fisheries Council (FFC) has unanimously approved the Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) Specific Scheme Bill for common hake (Merluccius hubbsi).
Whale sightseeing in Magallanes
Punta Arena tourist operators are planning sightseeing tours of the relatively unknown “humped” whale that moves along the South American Pacific coast and spends some time in the Magellan strait and fiords before apparently moving further south to Antarctic waters.
