Falkland Islands

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islanders have the right to choose their future

  

  By Dr. Barry Elsby - The Falkland Islands are home to a thriving community. In the face of escalating rhetoric, that community must have the right to determine its own future, argues Dr Barry Elsby MLA

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 19:56 UTC

  Copy of telex with Argentine surrender and end of Falklands conflict June 1982, to be auctioned

  

  One of three copies of the telex signaling the end of the conflict between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic islands will be auctioned by Bonhams on the conflict’s 30th anniversary.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 05:13 UTC

  Argentine maritime workers ratify ‘random blockade’ of British vessels

  

  The Argentine Confederation of Transportation Workers (CATT) ratified on Wednesday that it would randomly block British ships from docking on Argentine ports, in response to the UK’s refusal to negotiate the Malvinas Islands’ sovereignty.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 04:47 UTC

  US disregards Argentine claim of UK’s Falklands’ and South Atlantic ‘militarization’

  

  It took a couple of days but finally on Wednesday US State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said the US “has no concerns” about the alleged ‘militarization’ of the South Atlantic which was denounced by Argentina last week before the United Nations at three different levels.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 04:32 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez to visit Piñera in Chile March 15 and 16

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández will make an official visit to Chile next month, amidst a power struggle as both Argentina and the UK struggle to gather support from the international community in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands controversy.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 03:54 UTC

  Islanders’ flash-rally to express unhappiness with world media coverage of Falklands’ dispute

  

  On a beautiful Wednesday evening, 130 vehicles and as many as 300 people from the Falklands Islands joined a flash-rally to express their feelings about the current political tensions with Argentina that have escalated over the last few months.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 05:46 UTC

  UK Defence Select Committee plans to visit the Falklands next month

  

  British lawmakers will visit the Falkland Islands next month in a move that is likely to heighten tensions between Britain and Argentina over the Islands, The Times reported on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 05:42 UTC

  Cameron rings Chilean president to discuss Falklands and self determination

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera received a surprise phone call at his summer residence on Tuesday afternoon from PM David Cameron who referred to the current Falklands dispute.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 05:37 UTC

  Red Ensign vessel unloads LNG in Argentina

  

  In the midst of the diplomatic escalation between Argentina and the UK over the Malvinas dispute and the coming 30th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, a red ensign Liquefied Natural Gas Carrier (LNGC) docked in Argentina.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 05:24 UTC

  Dominica disassociates from barring Falklands’ flagged vessels from its ports

  

  The Caribbean island nation of Dominica has joined Antigua and Barbuda in seeking to clear the air on an ALBA statement supporting Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands, in Buenos Aires dispute with Britain over the South Atlantic Islands.