MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2001
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Thursday, August 2nd 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands hero attacks “absurd” compensation claims.
The former Welsh Guardsman, Simon Weston, severely burned when Argentine aircraft set ablaze the troop transport ship Sir Galahad in the Falklands War, has launched a strong attack on police officers and others “pre-occupied in our claim and blame society with asserting their ?right' to compensation for every grievance real or imaginary”.
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Thursday, August 2nd 2001 - 21:00 UTC
“A normal working relation with Argentina”, said Prime Minister.
Tony Blair, the first serving British Prime Minister to visit Argentina expressed full support for the Argentine government and President Fernando De la Rúa “zero-deficit” austerity package, and insisted it's important that “Britain today has a normal working relation with Argentina”.
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Wednesday, August 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Blair pushes for a CAP review in Brazil.
In an unexpectedly strong speech, British Primer Minister Tony Blair said in Brazil that “the future of trade negotiations between Europe and Mercosur” depends on a review of the European Common Agricultural Policy, CAP
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Wednesday, August 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Farewell to Arms for Prince Andrew.
Nineteen years after he fought as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War, the Duke of York, has bade farewell to the Royal Navy in which he served for 22 years
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Wednesday, August 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC
“Frail, pathetic Galtieri”.British Profile of former Argentine President
Coinciding with the historic visit of Tony Blair, the first British Prime Minister to set foot on Argentine soil at Iguazu Falls, former Argentine President, General Leopoldo Galtieri, has been profiled in a London newspaper.
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Wednesday, August 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Tony Blair meets De la Rua today.
