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Stories for January 2004

• Tuesday, January 20th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Tories reiterate Gibraltar policy to Rajoy

  Conservative policy on Gibraltar remains unchanged and this was the position put to the leader of Spanish Partido Popular Mariano Rajoy by Michael Howard the Tory leader.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Aznar: “Gibraltar one day will be returned to Spain”

  Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar categorically stated to the American media that Gibraltar will “one day be returned to Spanish sovereignty”.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Sao Paulo launches week of birthday events

  A rowing regatta, in which participants wore masks, goggles and plastic gloves to guard against pollution, began festivities Sunday leading up to the 450th birthday of Sao Paulo, the Western Hemisphere's biggest city.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Rammell statement before Parliament.

  The argentine press gave ample coverage this Tuesday to the British government written statement before Parliament saying that “regrettably, despite considerable efforts it has not been possible to reach agreement with the Argentine Government on opening talks on air services on acceptable terms”.

• Tuesday, January 20th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine insists on direct flights to the Islands

  Argentina ratified its position banning non regular (charter) flights to the Falkland Islands, unless they are undertaken by an Argentine flagged airline. Talking to a local Buenos Aires broadcasting station, Eduardo Valdés Foreign Affairs Ministry Cabinet Chief insisted that “we believe this is fair and correct”.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Spanish King promises Antarctic conservation support.

  Spain's King Juan Carlos who last Saturday in Punta Arenas ended his official four days state visit to Chile said that visiting Spanish and Chilean scientific posts in Antarctica had reinforced his commitment to keep working for the conservation of the icebound continent.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Former governors in the “front line”

  Two former Falkland Islands governors currently ambassadors in South America have been in the continent's headlines following threats of possible bomb and fire attacks from radical groups in Peru and Venezuela.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  UK-Spain collaboration in Guatemala-Belize

  Bill Rammell, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs visited Guatemala and Belize between 13-17 January. Mr. Rammell attended the inauguration of the new Guatemalan President, Oscar Berger and later visited a UK-funded project in a community near the Adjacency Zone in Guatemala.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Councillor R. Edwards no longer linked to “Pardelhas”

  Falkland Islands Councillor Roger Edwards has resigned as director of the Pardelhas Fishing Company, which has been involved in a two-year legal wrangle involving crewmembers who have refused to leave their vessels in Punta Arenas.

• Monday, January 19th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Latinamerica attracts more private investment

  Foreign investment in Latinamerica should grow a robust 47% during 2004 because of a better world business atmosphere and particularly the recovery of the Brazilian economy, according to a group of private financial institutions.