Tag: Tierra del Fuego

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentina switches on new radar to monitor South Atlantic airspace

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana presided over the entry into operation of an air surveillance and control radar in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego. The equipment (model RPA -170M) was designed and built entirely in Argentina.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:37 UTC

  New port announced for Río Grande in Tierra del Fuego

  

  A new port is to be developed in the Fuegian city of Rio Grande at a cost of US$ 210 million, which will be disbursed by a group of private companies interested in promoting trade in the area, it was reported.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Latin American focus, support for Argentina's Falklands' claim and diplomacy to solve continental shelf disputes, Boric's agenda

  

  Chilean president Gabriel Boric in his recent visit to Argentina stated some of the basic pillars of the new administration's foreign policy, focused mainly on Latin America, human rights, support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands, and willingness to address border disputes its neighbor through diplomacy and patience.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 23:30 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego addresses Malvinas Question issues and blasts appointment of “colonial governor Alison Blake”

  

  The Tierra del Fuego provincial Legislative held on Wednesday its first ordinary session of 2022 to approve several decrees and motions referred to the Malvinas Question, and to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict, triggered by the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces on April 2nd 1982.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Malvinas war commemoration events includes a Time Capsule to be opened April 2082

  

  The Malvinas Veterans from Ushuaia Center has started April 2nd commemoration activities by inaugurating a Dignity Tent at the Malvinas Heroes Square in the capital of the southernmost Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia and announcing details of the agenda for the following days.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 21:55 UTC

  Argentina envisions further military developments in southernmost areas

  

  Argentina has launched a plan to strengthen its military capabilities in the province of Tierra del Fuego, which includes the installation of a mobile radar, the construction of a new naval base, as well as a new Army unit, it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Malvinas Veterans set up the Dignity Tent in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego

  

  Malvinas Veterans set up the Dignity Tent in the city of Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego, in anticipation of the traditional April 2nd vigil, the day when Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands and occupied them for 74 days, surrendering to the British Task Force sent to recover the South Atlantic archipelago.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego Debit cards with the Falklands map for Malvinas Veterans

  

  The Tierra del Fuego province bank has issued special debit plastic cards for Malvinas veterans with a picture of the East and West Falklands map, to mark the fortieth anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict, and reaffirmation of the Argentine claim over the Islands.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio Grande prepares for the Malvinas Vigil and a remake of the Falklands landing 2 April

  

  The municipality of the Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province, together with the local branch of the Malvinas Veterans have organized an agenda of activities, with an open invitation to all residents from the province and former combatants from the 1982 Falklands war.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Ushuaia creates a Malvinas Islands Secretariat, names a Veteran as head

  

  The municipal government of Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina and capital of the province of Tierra del Fuego has created a Malvinas Islands Secretariat, as part of the commemorations of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' war.