Tag: Falkland Islands

• Friday, April 12th 2013 - 00:34 UTC

  The Iron Lady and I!

  

  Mercopress correspondent Harold Briley knew Margaret Thatcher well, here reminiscing on fifty years of reporting her activities for half a century as a BBC Political, Latin America. Defence and East Europe Correspondent.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 18:03 UTC

  Details of Lady Thatcher’s funeral; Cristina Fernandez not in the invite list

  

  Britain has decided not to invite Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Downing Street said on Thursday. The decision follows on a special request from the Thatcher family.However Ambassdor Alicia Castro will be invited since according to diplomatic protocol Britain has normal relations with the UK, and it is a state to state issue.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 15:26 UTC

  Crucially different from Hong Kong

  

  By Steve Tsang (*) - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fought a war with Argentina to defend the Falklands, but she negotiated with China over the future of Hong Kong. Should the apparent success of British diplomacy in securing an acceptable future of Hong Kong be a shining example for a similar solution for the Falklands?

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:37 UTC

  Cooperate and move on

  

  By Fabian Bosoer and Federico Finchelstein (*) - In Argentina, the passing of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brings memories of a seemingly irresoluble conflict. The conflict stands as a metaphor of a larger history of global misunderstandings.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:31 UTC

  Confidence behind the Falklands

  

  By Klaus Dodds (*) - Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s death does not represent an opportunity to resolve the long-standing sovereignty dispute over the Falkland Islands, or Islas Malvinas. If anything it is a reminder of how entrenched her legacy is to this particular aspect of British foreign and security policy.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:04 UTC

  Pinochet followers call Lady Thatcher an “extraordinary world stateswoman”

  

  Followers of the late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinocher published two obituaries in the country’s leading newspaper expressing their condolences on the death of the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whom they describe as “an extraordinary stateswoman” and friend of Chile “in very difficult moments in recent history”

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 06:38 UTC

  When oil is involved, compromise is key

  

  By Terry Karl (*) - The death of Margaret Thatcher will not change the necessity for or the timing of negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas issue. This political football has re-emerged repeatedly – regardless of the leaders in power – usually for domestic reasons in both Argentina and the United Kingdom. There is little political will for a settlement in the short-term on either side, especially now that offshore oil is publicly and definitively in the picture.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 02:35 UTC

  Falkland Islands without Thatcher in The New York Times Room for Debate

  

  The New York Times has introduced a new section called The Opinion Pages, Room for Debate and this week’s theme was “The Falkland Islands without Thatcher”. For that purpose it invited six opinions related to the issue.

• Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 00:35 UTC

  Falklands’ oil company completes 3D seismic program and is planning next drilling campaign

  

  Borders & Southern announced this week it has completed the 3D seismic program in the South Falkland Basin offshore the Falkland Islands. The group acquired 1,025 sq km of full fold seismic data collected by the ‘Ramform Challenger’, which will be processed by Petroleum Geo-Services.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 15:41 UTC

  Falkland Islands’ toothfish fishery awarded “Best Choice” rating by Seafood Watch

  

  The Falkland Island Toothfish fishery is one of the three toothfish fisheries around the world awarded a category of “Best Choice” by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program. Seafood Watch is the most well-known and trusted source in North America for consumers and businesses seeking information about environmentally responsible seafood choices.