Since the war ended 20 years ago, the Falklands have been sold as a tourist destination. The campaign for travellers' hearts and minds intensifies with the first guidebook to islands that are so far away - 8,000 miles - yet so familiar.
The Independent - United Kingdom; Jan 19, 2002
BY WILL WAGSTAFF, SIMON CALDER AND CHARLIE FURNISS
Uruguay's main airport, Carrasco, which for the last few years was condemned as a hub supplier for Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, could begin recovering as a direct consequence of the Argentine situation.
Representatives from the British and Spanish governments that are holding conversations on Gibraltar's future, are considering a formula that could allow both countries to share sovereignty indefinitely.
Max Hastings film Reluctant Heroes was shown on television here lastnight. Predictably, it was very anti-Falklands.
One of the first statements from the new Argentine Secretary of Foreign Affairs was to confirm Argentina's imprescriptible rights over Falklands sovereignty.