Tag: Ushuaia

• Saturday, March 3rd 2012 - 04:37 UTC

  Puerto Madryn welcomes all cruise vessels; Ushuaia tourism industry blasts the governor

  

  The Patagonian province of Chubut said that contrary to what happened earlier this week in Tierra del Fuego, there is no ban on any cruise vessel flag and all are welcome to dock and make use of the provincial ports’ services, particularly Puerto Madryn which belongs to the South Atlantic sea tourism circuit.

• Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 05:22 UTC

  Falklands confused over Ushuaia decision to turn away cruise vessels

  

  The Falkland Islands government and tourist industry admit to being confused and thus unable to comment in any great detail on the recent decision, apparently, by the Argentine provincial Government of Tierra del Fuego, turning away from Ushuaia two British flagged cruise ships earlier this week.

• Wednesday, February 29th 2012 - 07:42 UTC

  Unasur presidents invited to Tierra del Fuego on 2 April, anniversary of the Malvinas war

  

  The Union of South American Nations, Unasur presidents have been invited by Argentina to a ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next 2 April when the official beginning of the Malvinas war three decades ago.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:54 UTC

  Banning cruise vessels coming from Malvinas, “cheap way of making sovereignty”

  

  The law was ‘misinterpreted’ and “the authorization awarded to cruise vessels by the (Argentine) Foreign Affairs ministry was ignored”, claimed the president of Ushuaia Chamber of Tourism Marcelo Lietti reacting to the weekend decision to bar two red ensign cruises from entering Tierra del Fuego.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:09 UTC

  UK ‘sad and frustrated’ with Argentine decision to turn away cruise vessels sailing from Falklands

  

  The British government has said it is a source of ”sadness and frustrated” that Argentina decided to turn away British tourists wishing to visit Argentina as a result of the ongoing row over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 27th 2012 - 16:41 UTC

  Port of Ushuaia refuses entry of cruise vessels that visited the Falkland Islands

  

  Argentina has banned two cruise ships from calling at Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego after they visited the Falkland Islands, apparently based on recent provincial legislation, according to reports in the Ushuaia media.

• Sunday, February 26th 2012 - 07:45 UTC

  Argentine all-party lawmakers group ratify Malvinas sovereignty claim in Ushuaia

  

  Argentine lawmakers from the entire political arch stamped on Saturday their support to the so called “Ushuaia declaration” claiming sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands and calling for dialogue with the UK to overcome the ongoing dispute.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:03 UTC

  Argentine opposition demand open debate on Malvinas, not the “official speech”

  

  Argentine members of the opposition have warned that they will not attend a Friday special session of the Senate and Lower House Foreign Affairs committees to be held in Tierra del Fuego and dedicated to the Malvinas issue unless the overall position of the diplomatic conflict is openly debated.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:48 UTC

  Argentine congress will discuss Malvinas issue in special session in Tierra del Fuego

  

  The Argentine congress will be holding an extraordinary session next 24 February in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to debate on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict. Under the 1994 Argentine constitution, the Falklands come under the jurisdiction of the province of Tierra del Fuego.

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 18:43 UTC

  A Malvinas war veteran dies in an attempt to cross to the Falklands in a kayak

  

  A Malvinas war veteran drowned in an attempt to reach the Falkland Islands in a kayak from Ushuaia while his companion was rescued by an Argentine Navy patrol and is in hospital in a state of chock, reported the Buenos Aires press in the last day of 2011.