Stories for February 2015

Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 11:55 UTC
Falkland Islands return as leading option for Ramblers Worldwide Holidays

Ramblers Worldwide Holidays has added more options in South America with the reinstatement of a Falkland Islands and Chile itinerary and the return of Bolivia to the program. The first sold-out trip to the Falkland Islands has just returned and another, which is almost full, will run from November 5, leading in at £4,220pp.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 08:08 UTC
Jewish organization admits 'great respect' for decision dismissing cover up case against Cristina Fernandez

The head of Argentina's DAIA Jewish community organization Julio Schlosser has said Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas decision to dismiss the AMIA cover-up charges against President Cristina Fernandez and other officials deserve “the greatest respect”.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 08:03 UTC
Brazilian Judge has ordered the suspension of the messaging WhatsApp

A Brazilian judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across the country because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:54 UTC
Prosecutor of Argentine military junta in 1985 historic trial has died

Former public prosecutor Julio Cesar Strassera, who accused Argentina’s military leadership that conducted the bloody 1976-1983 dictatorship, died in Buenos Aires at 81 years old of a “severe intestinal infection.”
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:38 UTC
Cameron pledges to use all means to hunt down militants as “Jihadi John”

British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to use all means at his disposal to hunt down militants such as “Jihadi John” after the killer was identified as a Kuwaiti-born computer programming graduate from London.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:28 UTC
Reshuffle in UK's Standard Chartered leadership; Bill Winters next CEO

Britain's Standard Chartered announced on Thursday the exit of its top two bosses in a radical management reshuffle, as the Asia-focused bank battles to transform its fortunes.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:14 UTC
China has become Latin America's leading banker: 22bn dollars in 2014

Loans by China's state-owned banks to Latin American countries rose by 71% to 22bn dollars in 2014, according to estimates published by the China-Latin America Finance Database. The figure is the second largest on record for Chinese lending in Latin America, according to the report.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
HMS Protector in cleanup and surveying tasks in South Georgia

The men and women of HMS Protector have helped the South Georgia Government by carrying out a beach cleanup and glacier survey. 700 miles east of the Falklands, South Georgia is a crescent shaped island with magnificent scenery and wildlife. But over the years debris from several shipwrecks has been washed up on the island’s beaches.
Saturday, February 28th 2015 - 06:48 UTC
Falklands historic link to Antarctica exploration unveiled in unique memorial

The Falkland Islands historic link as the gateway for British Antarctic exploration was acknowledged this week with the dedication in Stanley's Dockyard Point of the southern component of a unique memorial to the 28 men and one woman of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and before that the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) who have perished in the Antarctic since the establishment by the British Government of the first permanent research base there in 1944.
Friday, February 27th 2015 - 08:29 UTC
Trelew in Patagonia and Caernarfon in Wales to be linked as 'sister-cities'

Trelew in Argentine Patagonia and Caernarfon in Wales will be linked as 'sister-cities' during a ceremony scheduled for next Saturday, attended by Lord Dafydd Wigley and a Welsh delegation visiting the country in anticipation of this year's 150th anniversary of the first Cymru settlement in southern Argentina.