Politics

Tuesday, March 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
'Developing for the Future' ÃÂ¢€” Falklands Is. Commonwealth Games Association to receive further fu

Falkland Island Holdings (FIH) and the Caribbean Alliance Insurance Company (CAIC) have announced a joint financial package, aimed at assisting Falkland Islands competitors in their quest to participate at the 20th Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in 2010.
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil looks to join CAF for US$1B

Brazil's government is negotiating with the Andean Development Corporation to become a fully-fledged member, which would require an investment of about US$1 billion, Brazilian Planning Minister Paulo Bernardo said Sunday.
Tuesday, March 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Margaret Thatcher movie planned

A movie about former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the run-up to the 1982 Falklands War is being planned according BBC.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner on the international campaign trail

Argentina's First Lady, Senator Cristina Fernandez and a serious candidate to succeed her husband if President Nestor Kirchner finally does not run for reelection next October, is back on the international trail on a high exposure tour.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Crucial labor negotiations week begins in Argentina

A rough week of salaries negotiations begins this Monday in Argentina involving such key sectors as metal workers, bank employees and railway personnel who have already announced demands starting at a 20% floor. Employers have offered 10%.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
NZ minister to visit Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay

New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters leaves Tuesday on a two-week visit of South America and the aim is to build closer political, economic, and personal links with the region, reports the Auckland press.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Provincial election confirms support for Kirchner's project

The elected governor of the Argentine province that has speared the dispute with Uruguay over the construction of a pulp mill on a shared border river, ratified he will follow instructions from Buenos Aires and keep to the trail of the current governor.
Monday, March 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
South Georgia incident anticipated Falklands' war

A note demanding Argentina remove its flag from the United Kingdom territory of South Georgia - ahead of the Falkland Islands conflict - is to go on public display at the National Army Museum reports BBC.
Sunday, March 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“Mummy's War” on Falkland's conflict ready to be aired

Carol Thatcher's “Mummy's War”, a documentary on the 1982 Falkland Islands war will be aired next week in London, it was announced by the European press.
Friday, March 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Al Jazeera to join media invasion of Falkland Islands

With some days to go to the 25th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) by Argentine forces on 2nd April 1982 and even longer to the anniversary of their liberation by British forces, the journalistic invasion of the archipelago continues to grow with each of the weekly arrivals of the LAN flight from Santiago, Chile or the British Forces air bridge direct from leafy Oxfordshire, in England.