Stories for 2012

Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:53 UTC
Visiting US congressman offers support for Falklands’ self-determination

South American rhetoric on the Falklands should, “be cooled, otherwise mistakes might happen,” US member of the house of Representatives Republican Congressman F. Jim Sensenbrenner told the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:46 UTC
Argentine claims of Falklands’ ‘militarization’ is ‘unfounded and baseless’

Argentine claims that the UK is ‘militarizing’ the South Atlantic and the Falklands are ‘unfounded’ and ‘baseless’ according to a letter from British ambassador Mark Lyall-Grant addressed to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:43 UTC
EU confirms Euro zone heading for its second recession in three years

The Euro zone's economy is heading into its second recession in just three years, while the wider European Union will stagnate, the EU executive said, warning that the currency area has yet to break its vicious cycle of debt.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:38 UTC
Argentina and the price of cooking the books, according to The Economist

History has left Argentines with more than their share of economic trauma. Having twice suffered destructive bouts of hyperinflation in the late 1980s, they are sensitive to rising prices. When they spot inflation their instinct is to dump the peso and buy dollars.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:34 UTC
Extremely rare beaked whales filmed for the first time ever in Australian waters

Australian researchers on Thursday revealed they had filmed a pod of extremely rare Shepherd's beaked whales for the first time ever.The Australian Antarctic Division team was tracking blue whales off the coast of Victoria state in January when they spotted the reclusive mammals, which are so rarely seen that no population estimates of the species exist.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 07:30 UTC
Brazil highways’ maintenance to the private sector on 10 year contracts

After selling concessions for the expansion and operation of three major airports and a highway earlier in 2012, Brazil is preparing a plan to sell 10-year highway maintenance contracts without tolls, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 05:33 UTC
Spain trusts Gibraltar and Malvinas cases will be addressed at next UN General Assembly

Spain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo trusts the next UN General Assembly will debate on the Gibraltar and Malvinas Islands conflicts, “and express support for negotiations”.
Friday, February 24th 2012 - 00:34 UTC
Argentine government will act as main plaintiff in train crash investigation

The Argentine government announced Thursday it would act a plaintiff, in defence of the public interest, in the investigation of the Wednesday train crash that killed 50 people and left over 700 injured.
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 23:03 UTC
Argentina’s “Malvinas State policy” to be announced Saturday from Tierra del Fuego

Argentine pro-government and opposition legislators decided to postpone until Saturday the trip to Tierra del Fuego to present the document that will be the base for the “State policy” regarding the sovereignty claim over the disputed Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, February 23rd 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Argentine group insists with Falklands’ self determination and sharing natural resources

A group of Argentine intellectuals, academics and free-thinkers have criticized President Cristina Fernandez government strategy of confronting the UK on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute and called for dialogue that guarantees the self determination of the Falkland Islanders.