Stories for 2018

Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Falklands' veteran supports Everton Argentine player Funes Mori: “he is entitled to his opinion”

A Falklands war veteran has said that Everton’s player Ramiro Funes Mori is “entitled to his opinion“ after a controversial tweet went viral. The Argentine defender posted, “Las Malvinas son argentinas” which translates as “the Falkland Islands are Argentine” on the anniversary of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands, April 2nd.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:55 UTC
Atlas A400M replaces Hercules at Falklands' Mount Pleasant Complex

The Atlas A400M arrived in the Falkland Islands last week. Having completed the 20 hour journey from the UK, A400M touched down at Mount Pleasant Complex on Tuesday afternoon, a week ago.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:52 UTC
Falklands' Loligo squid “doing well” in first month of the fishery

Twenty thousand tons of Loligo squid have been caught during the first month of the fishery, so it is “doing well,” the Falkland Islands Senior Fisheries Scientist Sasha Arkhipkin confirmed to Penguin News during the last week of March.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Brazil extends oil and gas surveying in southern Campos and Santos Basins

Geoscience data for oil and gas exploration and production company, TGS said it has obtained the Brazil Southern Basins SeaSeep project in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Commonwealth Games program: England listed as part of Africa

England have been listed as an African nation with capital Banjul in the official program for the Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, leaving Gold Coast organizers red-faced. The program, being sold at newsagents and merchandise tents around the Queensland resort, has England’s population listed at just over two million and their first Commonwealth Games appearance in 1970.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:21 UTC
Supreme Tribunal vote on Lula's political future will divide Brazil: calls for calm to avoid social disorder

Brazil's top court could rule as soon as this Wednesday whether former President Lula da Silva can stay out of prison while appealing a corruption conviction, a decision that could radically alter October's presidential election in Latin America's largest nation.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:04 UTC
Falkland Islanders react to Argentine Next of Kin Visit

As Mercopress have covered, families of 90 unidentified soldiers visited the Falkland Islands from Argentina last week. They spent the day at the Argentine military cemetery at Darwin and paid respects to their sons, brothers and partners whose remains were recently identified after a lengthy DNA process administered by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 19:06 UTC
Argentine Jewish community honors first woman submariner, who remains missing in the Atlantic

The first female submarine officer in Argentina, who remains missing in the Atlantic Ocean, was honored by the country’s Jewish community on International Women’s Month. Eliana María Krawczyk, 35, who is Jewish, is one of 44 crew members of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, which remains missing in the Atlantic four months after it fell off the radar with a one week supply of oxygen on board.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 18:56 UTC
The Kirchners' most trusted official caught in the Odebrecht corruption web

An Argentine judge has charged ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner former planning minister in a case involving Brazilian company Odebrecht. Argentina's official Judicial Information Center says that Julio De Vido was charged Tuesday with carrying out incompatible deals while in public office.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 17:31 UTC
Falklands' lawmaker concern over capital program delivery

Falkland Islands' Member of Legislative Assembly Roger Spink has expressed concern about the shortfall in achieving the objectives of the capital program for 17/18.