An Islander, Charlene Rowland, has been appointed the Falkland Islands first Organic Inspector in its bid to become the world's first officially certified organic country.
British, Argentine and islander veterans of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will be reuniting in Stanley next week as part of a TV documentary being made to mark the 20th anniversary of the 1982 conflict.
Argentina denied any closure of Antarctic bases but confirmed significant cuts in operational funds.
A British Army expedition has set off for the Falkland Islands to launch an expedition to explore the remote Danco coast of Antarctica this coming southern summer.
The Royal Navy has struck another blow against Latin American drugs runners in a dramatic encounter in the Caribbean, seizing a cocaine shipment with an estimated street value of 40-million pounds (nearly 60-million dollars).
Uruguay's main agriculture and camp industries Show begins this Friday in Montevideo and will extend for a week with the participation of over 1,100 animals.
The biggest naval task force since the Falklands War has set sail from Portsmouth to demonstrate Britain's continuing capability to mount a huge military campaign of this kind, deploying a formidable armada of warships, strike aircraft , thousands of troops, and a vast array of weaponry.
The number of soldiers in the British Army has fallen steeply from 167,000 at the time of the 1982 Falklands Conflict to only about 100,000 now, according to the latest manpower statistics released by the Ministry of Defence in London.