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Stories for March 2003

• Monday, March 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Encouraging prospects in Argentina
  Atomization and an end to bipartisanism?

• Monday, March 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Sinking of Belgrano remains controversial 21 years on

  Twenty one years after two torpedoes fired by a British submarine sunk the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano the matter appears to be as polemical now as it was at the time, that is, judging by the different arguments put forward at a press conference held to wrap up a National Geographic Channel expedition to locate the site of the sunken warship.

• Monday, March 17th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Our Iraq position won't bring reprisals from U.S.

  Responding to the fears of some here that Washington will retaliate against Chile for its anti-war stance on Iraq, the foreign minister on Monday expressed her view that a free-trade pact between the two countries is “completely independent” of geopolitical tit-for-tat.

• Sunday, March 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Belgrano expedition returns empty handed

  The National Geographic expedition that expected to film the Argentine cruiser ARA Belgrano resting in the South-West Atlantic Ocean bed since it was torpedoed in 1982 by the British returned last Saturday to Ushuaia empty handed.

• Saturday, March 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Imaginative Falklands biography project Lives marching through five centuries

  A remarkably ambitious project to create a comprehensive Dictionary of Falklands Biography (DFB), telling the life story of everyone of significance or interest connected with the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, has been officially launched by former Falkland Islands Governor, David Tatham.
  He has appealed to anyone who can contribute ideas or information to contact him.

• Saturday, March 15th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine next-of.-kin ” contented with resumed visit to Falklands.

  A small group of 19 Argentines, all relatives of Servicemen killed during the Falklands War, have concluded their one week visit to the Islands. They were the first authorized group to reach the Falklands since next-of-kin pilgrimages ceased, almost two years ago.

• Friday, March 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Darwin Monument moves one step nearer completion

  Members of the Argentine Families Commission responsible for the co-ordinating the projected monument to the Argentine war dead to be built at the Darwin Cemetery hope to visit the Islands next week to put the finishing touches to the paperwork, sign an agreement with a local construction company and set the next stage of this project in motion.

• Friday, March 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Actualización Penguin News

  Titulares: Una sentida despedida para el barquito rojo; Juicio civil: Fiscalía contra Gordon Forbes; Acuerdo de pesca es esencial; Accidente en ruta de Isla Oeste; Maestro suspendido.

• Friday, March 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines: Sad farewell for Little Red Ship; Civil case heard: AG v Gordon Forbes; Fishing pact vital; West road accident; Teacher suspended.

• Friday, March 14th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile proposes alternative for Security Council resolution

  Chile, a non-permanent member of the U.N. Security Council and considered a key swing vote, proposed on Friday an alternative draft resolution on Iraq containing five points intended to achieve Baghdad's disarmament and a time-frame of three weeks