Falkland Islands

• 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 - 04:05 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.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 19:14 UTC

  Nobel Peace laureates should visit Falklands before reaching any conclusion

  

  The Falkland Islands expressed disappointment with six Nobel Prize winners who urged the UK government to open sovereignty negotiations with Argentina over the Islands but seem to by pass the right of Islanders to self determination.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 17:06 UTC

  Argentine radicals planned to ‘capture” Falklands’ conflict vessel in Montevideo

  

  An Argentine extremist group is planning to ‘capture’ a vessel which was involved in the Falklands conflict and currently flies the Uruguayan flag and operates in the port of Montevideo, as an act of vindication ahead of the coming 30th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Islands.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 01:11 UTC

  Six Nobel Peace Prize winners call on UK to open talks on Falklands’ sovereignty

  

  Six Nobel Peace Prize winners called for Britain to open talks with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Aflklands/Malvinas Islands, ahead of the 30th anniversary of the war between the two nations. The call came in the form of a letter directed to the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron.

• Wednesday, March 28th 2012 - 00:32 UTC

  UK accuses Argentina of “rattling cages” regarding nuclear submarines in Falklands

  

  Britain has denied sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic amid rising tensions with Argentina over the Falklands and accused Argentina of “rattling cages in any way they can”.

• Tuesday, March 27th 2012 - 03:50 UTC

  RAF Vulcan bombers trained to bomb mainland Argentina during Falklands war

  

  British newspaper The Telegraph caused a media stir in Buenos Aires on Monday after running a story disclosing the details of a military operation to attack Argentina mainland during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982.

• Tuesday, March 27th 2012 - 02:11 UTC

  The Summit of the Americas will discuss the Falklands/Malvinas issue

  

  The UK/Argentina Falklands/Malvinas dispute is among the short list of topics to be discussed at the coming VI Summit of the Americas, announced on Monday Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Maria Angela Holguin.

• Monday, March 26th 2012 - 09:36 UTC

  Peruvian president joins the controversy on the turning back of HMS Montrose

  

  Peruvian president Ollanta Humala supported Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Roncagliolo following the impasse with the British embassy in Lima that strongly criticized the last minute cancelling of the protocol visit of HMS Montrose to El Callao.