Falkland Islands

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:02 UTC

  Argentina praises ‘immediate support’ from the region in the Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentina’s acting president and Vice-President Amado Boudou praised the immediate support expressed by several countries in the region in the bilateral conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 23:07 UTC

  “Argentina plotting a mock fishermen’s Falklands’ invasion” says UK media

  

  A British newspaper revealed that the UK Prime Minister’s accusations of ‘colonialism’ against Argentina came after being warned that “Buenos Aires was plotting a mock fishermen’s invasion” of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 23:35 UTC

  Timerman and Randazzo lash back at Cameron over Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman echoed the statements made by UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron in which he accused Argentina of “colonialism,” and counter attacked by saying that “it catches one’s attention to hear such statements when Great Britain and Colonialism are synonymous.”

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  Hague praises Brazil’s global presence and reaffirms British policy towards the Falklands

  

  Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague praised Brazil's growing economic and political power as he opened two days of talks with the country's leaders, and also assured that British policy on the Falkland Islands will not change despite pressure from Argentina.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:14 UTC

  Cameron accuses Argentina of ‘colonialism’ and reiterates protection of Falklands

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Argentina of “colonialism” over the country's claim to the Falkland Islands. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Cameron vowed to protect the Islands' population and allow them to decide their own future.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 02:58 UTC

  HMS Montrose on patrol in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  

  The Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose”, with a crew of 185 made a several days patrol visit to South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, GSSI, waters in December.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2012 - 12:13 UTC

  Star Princess ban from Falkland Islands: health reasons not politics

  

  FOR only the second time in recent years, on January 14 the Falkland Islands Government refused permission for a cruise ship to land its passengers in the islands' capital, Stanley. The ship in question was the Star Princess which had 2,608 passengers aboard.

• Tuesday, January 17th 2012 - 06:54 UTC

  Rockhopper shares soar as talks for a partner in Falklands’ oil operation advance

  

  Rockhopper Exploration Plc climbed to an 11-month high in London trading after a report that Cairn Energy Plc is in talks with the only company to have made a potentially commercial oil find near the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 07:32 UTC

  Latin America focused on trade and development, not the Falklands, says Hague

  

  UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said that it is important to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict, but aside from some sabre rattling from Argentina, the rest of Latin America is interested in trade and development.

• Monday, January 16th 2012 - 07:18 UTC

  Chile prepares for “crossed pressures” on the Falklands’ conflict 30th anniversary

  

  The Chilean Foreign Affairs ministry has been very busy doing a complete review of norms and of maritime traffic and international trade agreements in the event of what are considered growing pressures from Argentina to establish a sort of “regional blockade” against the Malvinas Islands, a UK Overseas Territory.