Argentina

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Argentina promises to reopen book imports: ‘lead poisoning ink argument too heavy’

  

  Argentina’s restrictions on books imports based on the ‘lead content of the ink in which they are published’ and the fact the Argentine government described the implementation as a “safeguard for human health” echoed worldwide, and official sources have now promised the situation will “be back to normal” in a few weeks.

• Friday, March 30th 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  UK says there is no evidence at all, Argentina has the capacity/strength to invade the Falklands

  

  On the verge of the South Atlantic conflict 30th anniversary, the UK’s Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that the Falkland Islands “do not face a current credible military threat from Argentina”, and brushed aside the rumours published by the British sensationalist media.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 06:52 UTC

  Multiple disciplines exhibit on Argentina’s Malvinas passion opens in Buenos Aires

  

  A multiple discipline exhibition on the Malvinas Islands ahead of the 30th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict will be officially opened Thursday evening in the Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 06:43 UTC

  Looking back at a war thirty years on.

  

  The University of London’s Institute of Historical Research (IHR) announced that on 19 and 20 May, 2012 it will be holding a two day conference on: The Falklands War: Thirty Years On.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 04:31 UTC

  Falklands open to UN referendum to decide whether Islanders want to remain British

  

  “The Falklands are British, we have all the rights over the Islands plus the Islanders want to be British” said Governor Nigel Haywood who did not discard a UN sponsored referendum so that Islanders can decide on their future.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 04:24 UTC

  Guess why Argentina restricts book imports: possible lead poisoning from ink

  

  Argentina does not ban the import of books, the latest measures have been implemented to safeguard human health since handling books could entail dangers originated in the lead content of the inks with which they are published.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 04:13 UTC

  It’s official now: Argentine oil and gas production continues to fall

  

  Argentina oil output during the month of January dropped 4.21% compared to a year ago while natural gas was down 0.11%, according to the latest official data from the Energy Secretary.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 04:05 UTC

  First Argentine invasion plan of Falklands in the sixties included shipping all Islanders to Montevideo

  

  Next week marks the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces which erupted into a full blown conflict with the UK that ended 74 days later with the complete unconditional surrender of the invading forces.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 01:39 UTC

  Argüello says Argentina/US relations are fine, “nothing to worry about”

  

  The Argentine Ambassador to the US, Jorge Argüello, assured on Wednesday that despite reactions to trade barriers put up this week by the US to Argentina, there was “nothing to worry about” regarding the relationship between the countries.

• Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 01:25 UTC

  “Malvinas and the ‘Gallegos’ (Spaniards) always get the blame” in Argentina

  

  “Malvinas and the Spaniards (‘gallegos’) are always to blame” warned UK PM David Cameron to his peer Mariano Rajoy when they met in London over a month ago to talk bilateral issues and the growing irritation caused to both countries by Argentina with its claims over Falklands’ sovereignty and natural resources.