Tag: South Atlantic

• Tuesday, February 15th 2011 - 05:25 UTC

  Brazil ratifies no-support policy for UK military or government vessels linked to Malvinas

  

  Defence minister Arturo Puricelli said Monday that Argentina “has no conflict hypothesis with countries from the region” and thanked the “strong support” from his visiting Brazilian peer Nelson Jobim regarding Argentine sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  Brazil consolidates defence and military links with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Brazilian Defence minister Nelson Jobim begins this week a tour of neighbouring Mercosur partners where he is scheduled to sign a statement underlining the strategic relation with Argentina, and further on Uruguay’s interest in military cooperation and equipment.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2011 - 17:58 UTC

  Brazilian Offshore Subsea Lab

  

  The Brazilian government and Navy are considering an ambitious plan for launching an offshore subsea lab to be located at the limit of the country´s territorial waters and beyond the farthest pre-salt play

• Friday, December 17th 2010 - 07:11 UTC

  Mercosur condemns UK on Malvinas; promises to monitor shipping in support of oil activities

  

  The Mercosur summit approved Thursday a declaration protesting “formally and energetically” UK’s decision to hold military exercises in the Malvinas islands and reiterated support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the South Atlantic Islands.

• Thursday, December 2nd 2010 - 04:00 UTC

  Argentina takes Falklands’ sovereignty claims to the Maritime Organization

  

  Argentina renewed this week its sovereignty claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and accused the United Kingdom of deliberately not complying with the International Maritime Organization regulations by exposing the security of shipping in the South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2010 - 00:11 UTC

  Buenos Aires brand new exclusive terminal expects 140 cruise calls this season

  

  An estimated 140 cruise vessels will be calling in Buenos Aires this coming 2010/2011 season and on arrival visitors will be greeted at a refurbished terminal which should be ready for inauguration in December.

• Thursday, September 16th 2010 - 01:50 UTC

  NATO presence in South Atlantic “inappropriate” says Brazil

  

  Brazilian Defence Minister Nelson Jobim assured that the Brazilian government would express reservations towards any military plan intending to unite the North with the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 18:54 UTC

  Ascension Island conceals Darwin’s best kept secret: lush “Little England”

  

  The lonely Ascension Island in the middle of the South Atlantic, and closely linked to the Falkland Islands (*) conceals Charles Darwin's best-kept secret. Two hundred years ago, it was a barren volcanic edifice. Today, its peaks are covered by lush tropical “cloud forest”.

• Sunday, August 22nd 2010 - 04:24 UTC

  Plastic debris in the Atlantic Ocean seems to have peaked, say US scientists

  

  A study has measured the amount of plastic debris found in a region of the Atlantic Ocean over a 22-year period. US researchers, writing in Science, suggest the volume of plastic appeared to have peaked in recent years.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 19:18 UTC

  HMS Gloucester sets sail for the Falklands next Friday

  

  A Royal Navy destroyer will set sail for the Falkland Islands from Portsmouth to maintain Britain's interests in the South Atlantic, reports Royal Navy News.