Several people whose achievements were recognised in the United Kingdom New Year Honours have links to the Falkland Islands and to South America.
There can't be too many people who have been awarded medals by both sides in the same war. This is the story of one who has.
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Britain's most senior Military officer has laid a wreath at the Argentine War Cemetery in the Falkland Islands.
The Falklands Government has given permission for an Argentine national, 49 year old Martin Rappalini, to land a twin-engined Piper Aerostar aircraft at Port Stanley airport ? the first Argentine registered aircraft to land in Stanley since hostilities ended in 1982.
Argentine and Chilean navies are coordinating a close air and sea monitoring operation of the British flag Pacific Swan and its deadly radioactive cargo, as it sails along the South Atlantic coast, Drake Sea and into the Pacific.
A British Government assessment of the personality and influence of Eva Peron at the height of her fame in Argentina, concealed in secret Foreign Office files for 50 years, has been widely publicised with the release of the documents by the United Kingdom Public Records Office.