Since the war ended 20 years ago, the Falklands have been sold as a tourist destination. The campaign for travellers' hearts and minds intensifies with the first guidebook to islands that are so far away - 8,000 miles - yet so familiar.
The Independent - United Kingdom; Jan 19, 2002
BY WILL WAGSTAFF, SIMON CALDER AND CHARLIE FURNISS
In a national address and sitting next to representatives from the Catholic Church and United Nations Development Agency, Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde made a dramatic appeal to all political and social sectors for a minimum consensus to overcome the current unprecedented and extreme crisis.
Argentina's Mercosur partners and associate members gave their support to the institutional solution to the Argentine crisis, and expressed their confidence that both Argentine authorities and the people will achieve the recovery of economic growth and social development.
Uruguay's main airport, Carrasco, which for the last few years was condemned as a hub supplier for Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, could begin recovering as a direct consequence of the Argentine situation.
Representatives from the British and Spanish governments that are holding conversations on Gibraltar's future, are considering a formula that could allow both countries to share sovereignty indefinitely.