Stories for 2013

Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 06:05 UTC
Raul Castro assumes CELAC chair calling for integration and independence from the US

Cuba formally assumed Monday the presidency of the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States during the group’s summit in Chile calling for regional integration and independence from the United States.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 06:02 UTC
UK wants to control South Atlantic access and resources, claims Argentina

Argentina claimed at the CELAC summit in Chile that the UK has converted the Falkland Islands into one of the “most militarized territories in the world” with the sole purpose of exploiting the natural resources of the Islands and control access to Antarctica.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 05:58 UTC
Letter from Chavez calls for regional unit, supports Cuba and condemns UK on the Falklands

Vice-president Nicolas Maduro, read an eleven page letter he said was written by ailing President Hugo Chavez in which the Venezuelan leader calls for Latinamerican unit, praises Cuba’s chairmanship of CELAC group and takes time to support Argentina’s claims over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 03:42 UTC
South Falklands gas condensate discovery in ‘technically and commercially viable”

Hydrocarbons exploration company Borders and Southern Petroleum announced on Monday that the development of its gas condensate discovery in the Falkland Islands is commercially viable. B&S made its Darwin (East-West) discovery in April and has been carrying out tests to determine the nature of its find.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 03:34 UTC
CELAC is “no threat for OAS, rather a useful component” says Insulza

The Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean States, CELAC, is “no threat” but rather a useful component for the Organization of American States, OAS, said Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza during his attendance to the Celac summit meetings.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 03:02 UTC
Are Falkland Islanders the Mapuches of the South Atlantic?

By John Fowler - Frequently controversial newspaper columnist, Matthew Parris, who was a member of the British Parliament during 1982, has not been noted in the past as a supporter of the Falkland Islands in their struggle to avoid annexation by Argentina. It was something of a surprise therefore to read an article by him in The Times of January 26 entitled Argentina’s hypocrites is steeped in blood.
Tuesday, January 29th 2013 - 02:57 UTC
Betting on Mediterranean Shale: three players and one winner

By James Stafford - The Mediterranean has joined the shale game, but as most of Europe's Mediterranean countries drag their feet, all eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria. For Israel, it will be a slow road without the majors.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 20:13 UTC
An Argentine queen for the House of Orange; Beatrix steps down April 30

Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75, announced she was abdicating in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become king on April 30. Willem-Alexander, 45, is married to Argentine born Princess Maxima Zorreguieta and has three young children.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 19:56 UTC
US team extracts samples from sub-glacial Antarctica lake 800 metres in deep ice

In a first-of-its-kind feat of science and engineering, a US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded research team has successfully drilled through 800 meters of Antarctic ice to reach a sub-glacial lake and retrieve water and sediment samples that have been isolated from direct contact with the atmosphere for many thousands of years.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 19:00 UTC
“Fortress Falklands” Spanish version of G. Bound latest book launched in Uruguay

“Fortress Falklands, life under siege in Britain’s last outpost”, Graham Bound’s newest book on the subject of the Falkland Islands has been published in Spanish in Uruguay, allowing Argentines to, “learn a thing or two that might surprise them,” Graham told Penguin News this week.