Politics

• Thursday, June 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Penguin News, Liberation Edition

  

  Queen Elizabeth II Message: 25 Years of FREEDOM and a FUTURE for FALKLAND ISLANDERS.

• Thursday, June 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Her Majesty, Blair and Margaret Thatcher join Falklands service

  

  Commemorations to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands conflict between Britain and Argentina were held in Britain Thursday, attended by Queen Elizabeth II, Tony Blair and former Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

• Thursday, June 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Liberation Day celebrated in Stanley

  

  The fourteenth of June each year marks the anniversary of the surrender of the Argentine forces, which occupied the Falkland Islands in 1982 and is celebrated as a national holiday.

• Thursday, June 14th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Malvinas belong to Argentina and will return peacefully”

  

  Argentine President Nestor Kirchner said the Falkland Islands will be returned peacefully to Argentina someday as he spoke Thursday June 14, to supporters on the 25th anniversary of the United Kingdom's victory in a war over the South Atlantic islands.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Prince Edward in the Falklands for week of commemoration

  

  The official British delegation to the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands arrived Tuesday to the Islands headed by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, British Armed Forces minister Adam Ingram, Lord Parkinson in representation of Lady Thatcher's war cabinet and the 1982 Governor Sir Rex Hunt.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “We should still rejoice,” says Lady Thatcher

  

  On Wednesday 13th June 2007, the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands, Lady Thatcher sends a radio message to the Islanders and British Forces, recalling her memories of the “gravest decision” she made during her premiership.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Ark Royal sails up the Thames for Falklands' anniversary

  

  The Royal Navy's Flagship, HMS Ark Royal sailed up the Thames on Wednesday 13 June to London to support the National Falklands 25th Anniversary Commemorative events. The aircraft carrier will be clearly visible at a buoy off Greenwich Pier until 18 June 2007 and will be hosting thousands of guests on pre-arranged visits from a wide range of London community groups and local schools during the week she is in town.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's privileged relation with Brazil is heart of Mercosur

  Argentina is determined in strengthening the “privileged” relation with Brazil, which it considers the heart of South America's regional integration said Eduardo Sigal Argentina's Deputy Secretary for Economic Integration of the Americas and Mercosur.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Young Chileans growing apathy towards politics

  A recent study conducted by Vanderbilt University's Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) found that Chileans have a mixed take on their government: the government has been successful at protecting human rights and promoting democracy, but has not been as effective in dealing with crime and unemployment.

• Wednesday, June 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Prince Edward remembers the dead of Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram

  

  On the second day of his visit to the Falklands to represent Her Majesty The Queen in the events commemorating the liberation of the Islands from Argentine occupation in 1982, HRH Prince Edward, the Earl of Wessex sailed from Stanley to Fitzroy aboard the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, Gold Rover.