Falkland Islands

• Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  “Malvinas are and will be Argentine”

  Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde speaking in Puerto Madryn during the main commemoration of the Argentine landing in the Falklands 21 years ago that led to the full fledged 1982 South Atlantic conflict said that the “Malvinas have been, are and will be Argentine”. However he repeatedly insisted that the Argentines are committed to peace.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Two candidates favour contacts with Islanders

  The five main candidates for the Argentine presidential election next May 25 favour intensifying diplomatic actions to recover the Falkland Islands and all similarly criticize the current caretaker administration of President Duhalde for its “passivity” regarding the issue.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Pte. Duahlde in “Malvinas” commemoration.

  Argentina will remember today with several ceremonies the 21st Anniversary of the April 2 Falklands landing in 1982. Most commemorations have been organized by Malvinas veterans and caretaker president will be present in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, where a Monument to the Malvinas Combatant will be unveiled together with two statues from a well known local sculptor.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News

  Headlines: Super squid surfaces in Antarctic; Common name; Spain reveals fleet renovation rules; Fisheries policy reform meeting held in Canary Islands; Russia plans return to Latin American waters; Squid fishers challenge government; Red tide levels drop in south Chile; Funds for fleet modernisation in Brazil; Trawler ban in the Mediterranean; Gibraltar's blackspot seabream gets quality label; E U approves changes to decommissioning funds...more.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines: Galician in the forefront of joint ventures; Sea lion deaths halt squid fishing; Punta Arenas resumes sea urchin fishing; Success of the Irish seafood industry; Pay dispute over toothfish;

• Tuesday, April 1st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Support grows for Falklands Memorial Chapel

  Support for the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel at Pangbourne College, Berkshire, has grown tremendously during the 20th anniversary year of the conflict.

• Monday, March 31st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Simon Jenkins claims Falklands for Argentina

  The Falklands should return to Argentina”. Under this title, and in coincidence with the 21st anniversary of the Argentine troops landing in the Falkland Islands, (April 2), the Sunday edition of La Nación from Buenos Aires published an extensive interview with Simon Jenkins, described as one of Britain's most respected and influential political analysts with a long career as journalist, columnist and editor in the Evening Standard, The Times and The Economist.

• Monday, March 31st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from Chile

  Headlines:Magallanes Region census results; Businessmen criticize; Forest fire protection agreement; Chilean tourist industry recovering; Good news, bad news.

• Monday, March 31st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Squid over exploitation.

  In one of its main editorials this week Buenos Aires daily La Nación warns about the overexploitation of squid in the South Atlantic and recalls the recent Argentine experience with the collapse of the Hubbsi hake fisheries that is threatening the whole industry.

• Monday, March 31st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

  Mothers' anguish in Gulf and Falklands

  A moving message to mothers of British fighting men and women in the Gulf has been written by the mother of Simon Weston, the Welsh guardsman badly burned when Argentine aircraft set the troop landing ship Sir Galahad ablaze in the Falklands War.