Falkland Islands

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 03:18 UTC

  Thatcher was warned about risks of Navy cuts a year before the Falklands conflict

  

  Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was warned about the risks in slashing Britain's navy, a year before the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, secret files released Friday showed.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:10 UTC

  Rockhopper completes sidetracking of its latest well in Falklands’ waters

  

  Rockhopper Exploration, the oil and gas group working in the Falkland Islands announced on Friday it has completed coring and logging operations on a sidetrack of its latest well in the North Falkland Basin

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Uruguay suggests changing to the red ensign for Falklands’ vessels to operate in Montevideo

  

  No changes are needed in current legislation to bar vessels flying the Malvinas flag from entering Uruguayan ports, but Uruguay also speculates that if the vessels change to the English flag there will be no problems, according to a report from the Foreign Affairs ministry.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:28 UTC

  Argentine ambassador who ignores basic facts on the Falklands takes office in Washington

  

  Ambassador Jorge Argüello arrived Thursday to Washington and immediately began activities as head of the Argentine embassy before the US with a first round of talks with members of his staff, according to a release from the embassy.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 22:48 UTC

  The Iron Lady opens Friday in the US, “a Shakespearean story about power and loss”

  

  Making a film about an iconic politician like Britain's Margaret Thatcher is akin to walking into a movie minefield, and casting an American -- even one as revered as Meryl Streep -- is asking for more trouble.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:24 UTC

  Falklands’ flagged vessels: “Another diplomatic victory for President Fernández”

  

  In its latest article on Argentina The Economist refers to the recent Mercosur decision to support President Cristina Fernandez in barring vessels flying the Falklands’ flag from docking in regional ports.
  The magazine as the heading says (Argentina and the Falklands: rocking the boat) describes it as another diplomatic victory for Cristina and also argues that both the Falkland Islands and Britain have failed to explain their case to the rest of South America.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 03:41 UTC

  Falklands have three options for a new deep water port

  

  The location of a new deep water port for the Falkland Islands been narrowed down to three potential sites: Mare Harbour, Navy Point (north of the Camber) and Stanley harbour (FIPASS) it was confirmed at the Executive Council meeting last week following a discussion of the issue.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 03:30 UTC

  UK ambassador in Chile “concerned” with “economic blockade” on the Falklands

  

  The British Ambassador to Chile, Jon Benjamin, expressed on Tuesday UK’s “concern” over “countries that have joined” the Mercosur bloc in their decision to support Argentina, by putting in place a ban on ships flying the Malvinas Islands’ flag from docking at their ports.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2011 - 07:04 UTC

  Chile confirms it supports Mercosur resolution barring Falklands’ flagged vessels

  

  Chilean government Secretary General Andres Chadwick denied on Monday any official message from Britain or from Spain regarding Chilean support for the resolution that bars vessels flying the Malvinas flag from Mercosur ports, reports La Tercera from Santiago.

• Monday, December 26th 2011 - 18:07 UTC

  “Except for Malvinas, we have a very good dialogue with the UK”, says Almagro

  

  Leaving aside the current diplomatic situation with the UK because of the Uruguayan government decision to bar Malvinas’ flagged vessels from local ports, “we have a very good dialogue with Great Britain” said Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro.