Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, August 8th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Drake's brother in the River Plate.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Former Falklands Wreck Saved -- Again! Seven Million Pound Grant for SS Great Britain

  The most precious survivor of Britain's merchant maritime heritage, the steamship Great Britain, rescued and taken back to Bristol from the Falkland Islands in 1970, has been saved from ruin by a big seven-million pound (ten-and-a-half million dollar) grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This will go a long way towards the estimated ten-million pounds(fifteen-million dollars) required to restore and preserve her from her present sad state of deterioration in her original dock at Bristol where parts of the vessel have rotted away.

• Sunday, August 6th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  South America News

• Saturday, August 5th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  The spirit of Winnie the Pooh.

  Sir Robin Christopher, former Ambassador in Jakarta and Addis Ababa has been appointed as new Ambassador in Argentina. He will replace William Mardsen who is retiring from the diplomatic service and will be leaving Argentina next month.
  Sir Robin Christopher will take his post next November.

• Friday, August 4th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  New British Ambassador in Argentina.

  Sir Robin Christopher KCMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Argentine Republic in succession to William Marsden who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Sir Robin will take up his new appointment in November.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Freezer Plant Initiative.

  A new freezer processing plant for the Falkland Islands costing nearly a quarter of a million pounds (more than 320,000 dollars) will boost international exports and coincidentally provide valuable earnings for farmers facing hardship because of depressed wool prices.

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from Mercosur.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  South America News.

• Thursday, July 27th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  New Exploration Contracts.

  An article dated 17 July 2000 in Lloyd's List Energy Day reports that Desire is leading on offshore Falklands farm-in papers.

• Thursday, July 27th 2000 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil in Troubled Waters. Anglo-Argentine difficulties over 1995 Accord.

  Three days of Anglo-Argentine talks over co-operation on oil exploration have ended in London with serious differences over interpretation of the 1995 Agreement negotiated with the previous Menem Government. Both sides left the talks promising to consider how these difficulties may be overcome to allow co-operation to proceed. They will meet again at a date to be fixed.