Falkland Islands

• Friday, June 6th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Ice Patrol Ship return home.

  Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is heading home from a busy eight-month deployment to the South Atlantic and Antarctica.

• Thursday, June 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Blair Contrast to Thatcher's Falklands Campaign.

  As the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, faces tough questioning over allegations that he misled the country to go to war with Iraq, comparisons are being made with how Baroness Thatcher conducted the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina. The former International Development Secretary, Clare Short, has accused the Prime Minister of building his case for war on deceit, then by-passing the War Cabinet and running the conflict like a personal campaign.

• Thursday, June 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.-

  Headlines:
  Australia and France coordinate toothfish conservation.
  Report slams US fish management and urges halt to fish farming.
  Brazilian Fisheries Institute reforms go ahead.
  Multinational salmon farms to quit Scotland for Chile?

• Thursday, June 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Reliable, accountable and pragmatic.

  Falklands/Malvinas as a preponderant issue, Mercosur and FTAA as non incompatible options, the unquestionable influence of the United States in the IMF and World Bank, Argentina's participation in the Iraq rebuilding process under the United Nations umbrella, are some of the main guidelines of President Kirchner's administration foreign policy spelled out by his Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa during his visit on Wednesday to Congress.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

  Chilean fisheries, fastest growing sector; Campaign against Lan Chile's fares; Punta Arenas student in Oxford.

• Wednesday, June 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Former British Ambassador in Uruguay dies

  A British diplomat, Colin Sharkey, who was ambassador to three Latin American countries and was posted to Argentina in eh critical aftermath of the 1982 Falklands War has died, aged 71.

• Tuesday, June 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Chile reacts to horse mackerel depletion; Argentina promotes sea trout farming;

• Monday, June 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Cruise jetty for Puerto Natales.

  Ten million US dollars will be invested in upgrading and promoting Puerto Natales to the north of Punta Arenas and close to the world famous Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia.

• Monday, June 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina and Britain, “friendly nations”.

  Lord Gareth Williams, Prime Minister Tony Blair's special envoy to President Nestor Kirchner assumption ceremony on May 25 said that Argentina and Britain are “friendly nations, each recognizing the other's position” who have been working and cooperating for several years in all those areas “that we could advance. I hope this will continue”.

• Saturday, May 31st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Keep awake this time round” opposition tells FCO.

  GSLP/Libs has condemned any attempt to discuss the sovereignty of Gibraltar between London and Madrid. This follows the news that Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar had written to British Prime Minister Tony Blair asking for a resumption of the negotiations.