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Montevideo, November 27th 2024 - 05:43 UTC

Tag: Falkland Islands

  • Friday, December 12th 2014 - 06:54 UTC

    Record year for Falklands' fish catches

    Pic M. Short

    THIS year will be marked as one of the most successful years in the history of the Falkland Islands fishery with several record catches registered and the total catch of all species in Falkland waters this month reaching a record of 451,000 tonnes.

  • Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 12:27 UTC

    BBC team authorized to film wildlife in Tierra del Fuego under certain conditions

    The BBC team also includes a Tierra del Fuego observer, and must mention that the filming was done in a national park in Argentine territory

    A BBC crew is currently filming in Tierra del Fuego a documentary on the wildlife of the Beagle Channel Islands. The crew is escorted by an observer from the provincial government and according to local officials it had to sign a document by which when the material is edited it must clearly establish that it was filmed in Argentine territory, with support from local authorities.

  • Wednesday, December 10th 2014 - 08:02 UTC

    Falklands' sovereignty bilateral talks requested by leaders' summit in Mexico

    Negotiations should be in the framework of resolutions from the United Nations, Organization of American States including the principle of territorial integrity.

    Argentina managed to include a special statement on the Falklands/Malvinas question, at the end of the Ibero American leaders summit held in Mexico, calling on both sides of the dispute, Argentina and the UK, to resume negotiations, in the shortest time possible, to reach a peaceful solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas, South Georgia, South Sandwich islands and surrounding maritime spaces.

  • Wednesday, December 10th 2014 - 07:33 UTC

    Churchill sent troops to the Falklands in 1942 fearing a Japan-Argentina entente

    “The Falklands are very well known and their loss would be a shock to the whole Empire,” wrote Churchill. “They would certainly have to be retaken.”

    Winston Churchill dispatched 1,700 troops to the Falkland Islands in 1942 out of concern that the Japanese were planning to invade the territory and interfere with critical sea routes in the South Atlantic. In support of this plan Tokyo allegedly was prepared to hand control of the Falklands to Argentina, according to a piece in the Daily Telegraph, credited to Julian Ryall, from the Japanese capital.

  • Monday, December 8th 2014 - 23:46 UTC

    Reconciliation and commemoration: 100 years after the Battle of the Falklands German flags fly over Stanley

    British and German flags on Victory Green

    “With substantial losses at both the Battle of Coronel and the Battle of the Falklands, the annual remembrance events are an opportunity to reflect on the lives lost from both the British and German navies. It was decided early on that this commemorative approach, highlighting the tragic loss of life during both battles, should be echoed throughout events on this Centenary year”

  • Monday, December 8th 2014 - 07:18 UTC

    Argentina claims BBC Top Gear had three different plates and planned to set the cars on fire

    Clarkson's Porsche '91 with the controversial plate that triggered incidents

    The BBC Top Gear team which last October toured Argentina with three vehicles and which triggered a strong controversy apparently had three different plates in just one car and tried to torch the vehicles to cause further 'scandal', according to reports from the Patagonian police which were attached to a second letter sent by Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro to the BBC Executive Board.

  • Monday, December 8th 2014 - 05:16 UTC

    Their Grave is the Sea - 1914 Naval Battles: Coronel and Falklands

    Vice Admiral Graf von Spee

    By Harold Briley (*) Early in World War One the Royal Navy suffered one of its most disastrous defeats followed five weeks later by one of its most decisive victories. In the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December, 1914, all five battle cruisers of the German East Asian Squadron and its support ships were defeated with nearly 2,000 men killed including their commander, Vice Admiral Graf von Spee. No British ships were lost and only eight British sailors were killed.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2014 - 08:39 UTC

    Falklands Battle Centenary Memorial Wall unveiling and Act of Remembrance

    A parade led by the Band of Royal Marines Plymouth will march to the Battle Memorial for the Act of Remembrance and later several wreaths will be laid

    Gilbert House, seat of the Falkland Islands elected government has released the program arranged for Monday 8th December 2014 to commemorate the victory of the Naval engagements of 8th December 1914, on which day 6 British sailors lost their lives and a number of others died later from injuries received during the battle. 2,260 German sailors also lost their lives.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2014 - 04:15 UTC

    Chile consulted Argentina before allowing HMS Dragon to dock in Valparaiso

    Through defense and foreign ministries, the HMS Dragon issue was discussed with Argentina, said Chilean defense minister Jorge Burgos

    Chilean foreign minister Jorge Burgos revealed this week that the presence of HMS Dragon in Valparaiso was authorized after having consulted with Argentina, and underlined that Chile strictly abides with what was agreed regarding the passage of British vessels through Chilean waters.

  • Saturday, December 6th 2014 - 00:08 UTC

    Falklands cemetery to share First World War medical records

    Eleven seamen who died defending the Falklands in the First World War are commemorated at Stanley Cemetery.

    Interactive information technology providing details of how seamen lost their lives defending the Falkland Islands during the First World War will be unveiled at Stanley Cemetery in the capital on Monday 8 December.