The British currency continued to surge Tuesday following an unexpected rise in March inflation anticipating the possibility of further interest rates hike by the Bank of England.
Fines and prosecution costs totalling over £ 300,000 were imposed Tuesday to a long-liner caught poaching in South Georgia by the Falkland Islands court. South Georgia is rich in the valuable Patagonian toothfish.
The G-7 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank presidents in Washington considering actions to reduce global economic imbalances, have asked China and other Asian nations to adopt a more flexible currency system.
According to the Directors of the oil company Desire Petroleum there are at least One Billion barrels of oil waiting to be exploited in an area north of the Falkland Islands.
One of the largest icebergs ever seen and drifting in Antarctica, B-15A last week broke a five kilometres piece of the continent after colliding with the Drygalski ice tongue, forcing the redrafting of Antarctic maps.
The imminent closure of the Auckland Islands squid fishery after a report that it has killed over 100 sea lions this year highlights the need for the fishery to change its fishing method, according to Forest and Bird.
The Uruguayan Navy officially incorporated this week a former German multi purpose support vessel which was refurbished in Wilhelmshaven and is expected to arrive in Montevideo at the end of the month.
The organization of the coming summit between leaders from Arab countries and South America scheduled to be held in Brazil was the main issue in the Arab League's chairman Amr Mussa visit to Brazil.
Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez on Saturday lifted the state of emergency that he had imposed on Quito's metropolitan area not 20 hours earlier.
THE Old Central Store in Stanley's dockyard is undergoing a face-lift.
The Store was built in the summer of 1843/44 and was one of the first buildings to be constructed on the site of the new town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.