Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, August 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  “Frail, pathetic Galtieri”.British Profile of former Argentine President

  Coinciding with the historic visit of Tony Blair, the first British Prime Minister to set foot on Argentine soil at Iguazu Falls, former Argentine President, General Leopoldo Galtieri, has been profiled in a London newspaper.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Tony Blair meets De la Rua today.

• Monday, July 30th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  News from South America.

• Monday, July 30th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Tony Blair in Brazil .

  British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived this Monday in Brasilia beginning a historic visit to Latinamerica's three most influential countries amid growing concerns that financial turbulence in the area could spill to the rest of the world.

• Saturday, July 28th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Hot News from South America.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  1982 Falklands paratrooper's High Court action. Judge rules on newspaper publishing war allegations

  Echoes of allegations that British troops shot Argentine prisoners of war after they had surrendered in the 1982 Falklands Conflict have been heard in the British High Court, which has rejected a defamation action against a Spanish newspaper group, Unidad Editorial SA.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic Secretariat: Britain plans “gentle pressure” for Argentina to modernise its Antarctic scie

  Following the completion of the annual meeting of the Antarctic Treaty nations in St Petersburg, Russia, the head of the Polar regions Section at the British Foreign Office has been discussing the decision to base the Treaty's secretariat in Buenos Aires

• Monday, July 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from South America.

• Friday, July 20th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News

• Friday, July 20th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

  Set-back for argentine Memorial on Falklands.

  The Falklands Planning & Building Committee which is under the Chairmanship of an elected Councillor of the Legislature has rejected plans from Argentina for a permanent Memorial to be sited at the War Cemetery at Darwin, where 255 Argentineans are buried.