Stories for March 29th 2010

Monday, March 29th 2010 - 20:47 UTC
Falklands prepares for renewed UK Parliament with expected 50% turnover

Member of the Legislative Assembly Dick Sawle said the Falkland Islands have a lot of work and lobbying ahead to maintain the current level of support from British Parliament since almost half of MPs will be resigning at the coming General Election, which could take place next May.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:54 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner will head Malvinas commemoration April 2 in Ushuaia

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will head next Friday April 2 in Ushuaia commemorations to honour Malvinas veterans and those fallen during the 1982 conflict over the Falklands with Britain, according to Tierra del Fuego press reports.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:52 UTC
President Piñera’s Brother Will Dance For A Dream in Argentina

Previously described as “a night club owner, musician, and notorious party animal” by Foreign Policy magazine, Miguel Piñera is taking steps to establish his career as a musician — conveniently outside the country where his brother is president.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:48 UTC
Falklands training ground for UK troops to be deployed in Afghanistan

Eight thousand miles from the United Kingdom in the Falkland Islands more than 150 soldiers from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment are preparing for war.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:40 UTC
Falklands’ Desire shares slump following disappointing first well

Shares in UK-Falklands Desire Petroleum slumped Monday as the company officially confirmed a disappointing result from the first drilling in its exploration campaign in the North Falkland Basin.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:36 UTC
Argentine leader challenges Mr. Kirchner to admit he will run in 2011

Former Argentine take-care president Eduardo Duhalde anticipated that next year's ruling Justicialist Party primary elections will be a duo solo between him and also former president Néstor Carlos Kirchner.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:34 UTC
Falklands: “no return to the 80s”, tacit UK/Argentine agreement

Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant said that UK and Argentina agree there is “no return to the eighties” regarding the Falkland Islands which he underlined are British as long as the Islanders so wish.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:30 UTC
Solar power project to refine Chilean copper

Codelco, Chile’s nationally-owned copper company and one of the world’s largest, announced last week a plan to outfit some of their mines with solar power over the next few years, a move expected to save millions of dollars in energy costs.
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC
Malvinas Families Commission founder resigns: he was Army spy (1981/1983)

Hector Cisneros has resigned as president of the Malvinas Families Commission three days after it was revealed by a Buenos Aires newspaper (“Critica”) that he had worked for Argentine military intelligence during the last dictatorship (1976/1983).
Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:33 UTC
Gibraltar-Madrid air-bridge in doubt after Spanish airline suspends flights

The future of the air bridge between Gibraltar and Madrid was in doubt following Ándalus Líneas Aéreas suspension last week of all flights in the face of unpaid debts running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.