Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine: Special ceremonies.

  At the stroke of midnight ceremonies began in Buenos Aires and Ushuaia remembering the twentieth anniversary of the beginning of hostilities in the 1982 South Atlantic War.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine press gives mixed coverage to the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of 1982 South Atlantic

  While the twentieth anniversary of the outbreak of the South Atlantic has certainly not been forgotten by the Argentine press, the coverage by local television has ranged from decidedly lukewarm to highly critical, mainly of the motivations behind the decision to try to resolve the Malvinas dispute by force.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands 20th anniversary.

  The 20th anniversary of the Falklands invasion has been overshadowed in the United Kingdom by the death of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, aged 101, which has dominated the newspapers and caused television and radio broadcasts to be comprehensively re-scheduled with hours and hours of coverage.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Duhalde vindicates Malvinas claim in low-keyed address to Malvinas veterans.

  President Eduardo Duhalde told thousands of South Atlantic War veterans meeting in the southern city of Ushuaia that “Argentina will recover the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands - not with war - but with work, effort and perseverance through diplomatic means.”

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Leftwing activists burn Union Jack and throw paint bombs at British Embassy

  A group of around one hundred leftwing activists belonging to student, trade union and social movement groups last night burnt Union Jacks and threw paint bombs at the walls of the British Embassy in Buenos Aires while chanting “death to the English” and anti imperialist slogans.

• Monday, April 1st 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  No invasion commemorations in the Falklands.

  During the early hours of the morning of 2 April 1982, 904 Argentine troops overwhelmed the defending 65 British Royal Marines, and raised the Argentine flag on the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, March 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Events of April 2 as seen by an islander remembered in Argentine magazine.

  In its latest issue La Primera weekly magazine carries a five page article headlined “The Argentine Invasion” in which the events of 2 April 1982 are recalled using a text and photographs from islander author and photographer Tony Chater's book “The Falkland Islands”.

• Saturday, March 30th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine government to mark April 2 with a moderate Malvinas policy.

  President Eduardo Duhalde will tell thousands of South Atlantic War veterans gathering in the southern city of Ushuaia on April 2 that Argentina is eternally grateful to them for the sacrifices they made for their country twenty years ago and emphasise that it is a time for commemoration and reconciliation.

• Friday, March 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Next-of-Kin launch fund raising campaign for Darwin Monument.

  The Families' Commission which groups the next-of-kin of Argentine servicemen killed during the 1982 South Atlantic War announced that they would be holding a Mass at the Buenos Aires Cathedral and a gala concert at the Colon Theatre as part of a series of events to mark the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1982 conflict.

• Friday, March 29th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Hundreds of former Malvinas servicemen arrive in Ushuaia for 2 April Commemorations.

  Hundreds of former Argentine servicemen who took part in the 1982 South Atlantic War have started arriving in the southernmost city of the world, Ushuaia, for the main ceremony to mark the twentieth anniversary of the outbreak of conflict.