Stories for June 2005 , page 3

Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Naval and air exercises in the Pacific and Mercosur

Chilean frigate “Almirante Williams”, former HMS Sheffield, left Valparaiso Monday to participate in the naval exercise “Operation America 2005” together with units from neighbouring countries.

Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Business concern with Brazil's political situation

One of Brazil's largest and most influential companies said it was postponing investments until the political situation is more stable given the expanding reverberations of the corruption scandal which has virtually paralyzed the administration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands' war book: Chile discards rift with Argentina

Chilean Defence Secretary Jaime Ravinet discarded this Monday that the coming revelation of an alleged Chilean interest in attacking Argentina following the 1982 Falklands' conflict, according to a British historian, could cause a rift between Buenos Aires and Santiago.

Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

British-Argentine 1981 secret plans revealed

The duplicity employed by the British Government and Foreign Office to negotiate secretly for the transfer of sovereignty to Argentina without at first telling the Falkland Islanders in the early 1980s is exposed in the Official History of the Falklands by Professor of War Studies, Sir Lawrence Freedman, just published in the United Kingdom.

Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Re-taking Falklands “barely militarily viable”

Assessing how to react to possible Argentine aggression against the Falkland Islands, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) declared in 1981 that the proposed diminution in Britain's amphibious capability in that year's Defence Review ? later reversed ? would mean that reinforcement, subsequent to an Argentine invasion, “would be extremely difficult, if not impossible”.

Tuesday, June 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Astonishing weapons sales plan for Argentina

British Defence Ministry officials incredibly considered selling powerful weapons to Argentina only months before the 1982 Falklands War invasion, including an aircraft carrier, Sea Harrier strike aircraft, Vulcan bombers and battle tanks, even though the British intelligence services were warning that Argentina might be considering “full scale military invasion”. The sales did not go ahead and all these weapons subsequently deployed by Britain were vital factors in winning the war.

Monday, June 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

SS Great Britain, a Victorian lasting monument

THE world's first passenger steamship, the SS Great Britain, is reaching the final stages of an £11.3 million restoration that is transforming her from a rusting hulk into a lasting monument to Victorian enterprise.

Monday, June 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez hikes military pay and calls for unity

A uniformed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for unity among the country's military to advance with his so-called “Bolivarian Revolution”.
“We're going to celebrate with our morale high, united, making history, the new history, the new homeland: the Bolivarian Revolution” said Mr. Chavez during a parade in a military compound close to Caracas.

Monday, June 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Carter praises Argentina's regional stabilization role

Former United States president and Nobel Peace Prize Jimmy Carter praised Argentina's commitment to peace adding that together with Brazil has the responsibility of “maintaining stability in the region”.

Monday, June 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

More details of Brazil's bribe ring in Congress

Two publicity and public relations agencies linked to the bribes scandal shocking Brazil, regularly withdrew large amounts of money from a government bank which were supposedly used by the ruling party for illegal purposes, reports the Sao Paulo magazine “Istoé”.