Falkland Islands

• Monday, April 23rd 2012 - 09:21 UTC

  Brazil helped Soviet support operation for Argentina during the Falklands conflict

  

  Brazil collaborated during the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict in an operation mounted by the Soviets to supply Argentina with spares, arms, munitions and other requirements according to the Rio do Janeiro newspaper O’Globo based on disclosed documents from the National Security Council and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 22:54 UTC

  Foreign Office sends letter of support to companies active in Falklands threatened by Argentina

  

  The British government, in a move designed to ease concern among the investment community about the Argentine legal threats, has written to some 15 banks and oil exploration companies operating in the region, reports the Daily Telegraph.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 22:46 UTC

  ‘Falklands 30 years on’ four days conference at Canterbury University

  

  A four day conference at Canterbury University discussing the Falkland Islands ‘30 years on’, will begin Falklands elected Member of Legislative Assembly Dick Sawle’s visit to the UK.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 22:27 UTC

  Falklands’ fisheries: 25 years of success and one of the two best managed in the world

  

  The announcement this week that the catches for the first loligo season for 2012 totaled 34,900 metric tones, equal to more than the entire catch for 2011, coincides with the 25th anniversary of the opening of the Falkland Island fishery.

• Friday, April 20th 2012 - 04:39 UTC

  Bumper Loligo squid season in Falklands with over 34.900 tons

  

  Falkland Islands fishing companies had tons of reasons to be cheerful as the first Loligo squid season of 2012 drew to a close last weekend.

• Friday, April 20th 2012 - 04:25 UTC

  Malvinas veterans revisit scenes of war where they were tortured by their officers

  

  In the this 30th anniversary year of the armed conflict between British and Argentine forces it is not surprising that we have seen, and will continue to see, increased numbers of veterans from both sides arriving in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 20:20 UTC

  Containerization proves its advantages for Falklands’ fishing industry

  

  The Falkland Islands fishing industry must, “use it or lose it,” Director/Owner Beauchene Fishing Cheryl Roberts told the local weekly Penguin News referring to the Falklands containerisation link with the rest of the world.

• Thursday, April 19th 2012 - 05:18 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute controversy reaches The Washington Post

  

  The Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute has reached the US capital triggering an interesting exchange in the Washington Post, involving the newspaper and the ambassadors from Argentina and the UK.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 18:47 UTC

  HMS Plymouth where the Argentine surrendered South Georgia in 1982, to be scrapped

  

  The Royal Navy warship which hosted the Argentine surrender of South Georgia in 1982 is to be scrapped despite an intensive campaign to save it from extinction, reports the UK media.

• Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 08:06 UTC

  Argentina’s Malvinas claim with no support statement from hemisphere defence ministers

  

  A preparatory meeting for a Ministers of Defence of the Americas Conference to be held in the second half of the year concluded in Montevideo with no inclusion of the Malvinas Islands dispute in the final declaration because of lack of agreement among the participants.