Mercosur

• Thursday, April 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Nottingham in UK; HMS Liverpool bound south

  

  HMS Nottingham returns to her home port of Portsmouth on Friday after a six-month operational deployment patrolling the South Atlantic conducting maritime security operations.

• Monday, April 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Islanders have proved the best aircraft for the Falkland Islands

  

  THE Falkland Islands Government Air Service General Manager Sean Minto says that air frame replacement has not been included in the current internal review - “We can't get aircraft that operate better or cheaper.”

• Friday, April 18th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador's Correa warns FARC and Colombian Gov.

  Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa warned Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC that any incursion into Ecuadorian territory would be considered an “act of war” and asked for a “helpful hand” from the Organization of American States, OAS, to put an end to the “disrepute campaign” launched by the Colombian government.

• Wednesday, April 16th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  ISA virus forces closure of salmon processor in Chile

  One of southern Chile's most renowned salmon processing plants, Chinquihue belonging to Norwegian company Marine Harvest and located in Puerto Montt was unexpectedly closed down April 12 leaving 600 workers redundant. The original idea was to close the plant in late June.

• Tuesday, April 15th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Renewed Chinese interest in Repsol Latinamerican assets

  China National Petroleum Corp may bid for the Latin American assets of Repsol YPF if the Spanish group decides to offer them again for sale, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday citing sources.

• Monday, April 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands restore Argentine tank after 26 years

  

  An Argentine Panhard armored car which escaped damage despite the fact it took part in the 1982 Falkland Islands war and spent the following 25 years on a training range has been rescued and brought to Stanley to be renovated.

• Sunday, April 13th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Disappeared glacial lake in southern Chile gradually recovering

  Lake Cachet 2 next to a glacier in the south of Chile, which last week swelled and then suddenly emptied is gradually recovering according to Chilean authorities from the Natural Waters System Office, DGA.

• Friday, April 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: 'He's behind you!'; Blind Dave's on target for London; Local companies object to loligo fee rise; Steady cruise ship rise continues; FPV Protegat on the way.

• Wednesday, April 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands fishing licences “based on what market stands”

  

  Falkland Islands fishing licence fees are high because “...it has always been in everyone's interest to maximise revenue; what is raised is based on what the market can stand,” Government Director of Fisheries John Barton told Mercopress Wednesday, in response to local grumbling at the possibility of another increase in loligo licence fees.

• Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Charity run Falklands leg delayed by Argentina

  

  DESPITE interference by Argentine authorities, Blind Dave Heeley's inspirational challenge to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days got off to a spectacular and successful start with a jet fly past at Mount Pleasant Complex, Falkland Islands at 00:01 GMT on Monday 7 April.