Mercosur

• Thursday, May 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Clear message from Falklands 25 years later

  

  This article from the May edition of Defence Focus, the magazine of the British Ministry of Defence, by Graham Bound, examines the defence of the Falkland Islands today, as the civilian and military communities there prepare to commemorate the 25th anniversary of conflict.

• Thursday, May 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' Governor: “no meeting of minds” with Argentina

  

  Beginning with a parade of members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force, which is usually conducted in icy conditions, the annual budget session of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council (LegCo) in May is the most important of the year.

• Thursday, May 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  RN newest patrol ship visits Clyde before heading for Falklands

  

  The Royal Navy's newest patrol vessel HMS Clyde will pay her first and last visit to her affiliations in Inver Clyde this weekend (26-29 May).

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Conference on how increasing tourism threatens Antarctica

  Steadily growing tourism is beginning to have an adverse impact in Antarctica. This year, nearly 30,000 visitors are expected to make the trek to the southernmost continent, four times the figure just ten years ago.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur Bank of the South on track to its creation

  

  Paraguayan President Nicanor Duarte and Mercosur ministers of Economy and Foreign Affairs decided Tuesday the creation of the Bank of the South, --an idea promoted by Venezuela—that should act as an alternative for world multilateral organizations such as the World Bank, IMF and the Inter American Development Bank.

• Monday, May 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  1982 British landings at San Carlos commemorated

  

  The twenty-fifth anniversary of the landing of British Forces, at the start of the campaign to free the Falkland Islands from occupation by Argentine forces, was celebrated today, 21st May, at San Carlos.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands stamps issue honours dead British and Islanders

  

  Next June 14 two sets of stamps, aptly entitled “Lest We Forget”, will be officially released in coincidence with the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands “Liberation Day”, which marked the ousting of Argentine forces from the Islands and the end of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Goose Green Hero Controversy; VC Colonel Criticised.

  

  Allegations that the British hero of the Battle for Goose Green in May 1982 , Colonel H. Jones, VC, acted foolishly and needlessly sacrificed his life have been renewed in a book marking the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Penguin NewsUpdate

  

  Headlines:
  David Pickup top legal job; Liberation Day shelter rises up on harbour front; New plans for ferry haven; Budget deliberations; Seven stand for tourism.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Santiago de Chile faces worst smog levels in eight years

  

  Santiago de Chile's skies remained grey and smoggy Monday and Tuesday, and with no end in sight, former President Ricardo Lagos blamed the city's contamination levels on Argentina's unwillingness to provide Chile with more natural gas.