Tag: Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 07:25 UTC

  “Without Chile's help, we would have lost the Falklands”, says former RAF intelligence

  

  Chile's support for Britain during the Falklands War has been revealed for the first time by the man who was dispatched, with only hours notice, to secure a South American ally, according to an article in the Daily Telegraph credited to Harriet Alexander.

• Friday, July 4th 2014 - 07:17 UTC

  Falklands' praise for Cobos' visit: 'at least he will have a better understanding of the Islands'

  

  The former Argentine vice-president and presidential hopeful Julio Cleto Cobos who visited the Falklands this week will at least have a better understanding of the Islands commented Member of Legislative Assembly Phyl Rendell on behalf of the Assembly Thursday.

• Friday, July 4th 2014 - 05:50 UTC

  Cobos' party question his military friend visiting the Falklands next to him

  

  Argentina' Radical party national committee (UCR) took distance from the trip to the Falklands/Malvinas of lawmaker Julio Cleto Cobos and underlined that the visit of the former governor from Mendoza province was “something personal” and in no way involves 'institutionally' the party.

• Thursday, July 3rd 2014 - 07:02 UTC

  Cobos Falklands' trip receives praise: challenge for all Argentina presidential hopefuls

  

  Despite Argentina's news agenda is absorbed by the World Cup, another possible default and the indictment for corruption of Vice-president Amado Boudou, the Argentine media still has time to talk about former vice-president and presidential hopeful Julio Cleto Cobos' current trip to the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, July 2nd 2014 - 07:17 UTC

  Falklands mints £2 coin to mark centenary of 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands Government have minted a new circulatory £2 coin, to mark the Centenary of the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914.

• Wednesday, July 2nd 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Former Argentine minister blasts Cobos for Falklands trip; passport controversy

  

  Argentina's former foreign minister Jorge Taiana described lawmaker and presidential hopeful Julio Cleto Cobos current visit to the Falkland Islands totally “irresponsible” and 'without consultation'. He also blasted the fact that the lawmaker would have his Argentine passport stamped by the government of the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, June 30th 2014 - 05:32 UTC

  Falklands becomes launching pad for Argentine presidential hopeful campaign

  

  The Argentine 2015 presidential campaign has reached the Falkland Islands. Presidential hopeful and former Vice-president Julio Cleto Cobos is currently visiting the Falklands where he arrived on Saturday on the Lan Chile weekly flight and will spend the rest of the week in the Islands.

• Saturday, June 28th 2014 - 10:13 UTC

  Falklands' address in Alejandro Betts new Argentine DNI and passport

  

  Former Falkland Islander Alejandro Betts was awarded on Friday an Argentine DNI and passport, with his alleged Falklands address, at an official ceremony at the Argentine UN embassy office in New York.

• Saturday, June 28th 2014 - 03:41 UTC

  Argentine embassy underlines strong C24 support for the Malvinas question

  

  Argentina received strong support on Thursday at the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation (C24), which met in New York to discuss the Malvinas Question, according to a release from the Argentine embassy in London.

• Saturday, June 28th 2014 - 01:56 UTC

  South Georgia Toothfish fishery best in world say reviewing scientists

  

  Recommendations have been made regarding the South Georgia Toothfish fishery by two senior scientists who have conducted an independent review, however they stressed to the Falklands Penguin News that the fishery was the best managed in the world.