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Argentine 1982 War veteran dies kayaking to the Falklands
Friday, 30 December 2011ARGENTINE newspapers report that an Argentine veteran of the Falklands War has died this week while attempting to kayak to the Islands. Left: Alejandro Daniel Carranza died while kayaking to the Falk...
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Speculation that Falklands flagged vessels may fly Red Ensign in Uruguayan ports
Friday, 30 December 2011MERCOPRESS reports that no changes are needed in current legislation to bar vessels flying the Falklands flag from entering Uruguayan ports, but Uruguay also speculates that if the vessels change to t...
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USA again backs Argentina
Saturday, 24 December 2011THE Obama administration once again has sided with Argentina over the Falklands. Fox News reports that inn a move one British conservative analyst called "hugely insulting to Britain," the ...
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Falklands’ flagged vessels ban: Almagro and Hague in disagreement
Friday, 23 December 2011MERCOPRESS reports that Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro spoke Friday on the phone with Foreign secretary William Hague for the first time since the Falklands flagged vessels controvers...
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FCO says blockade of Falklands and intimidation of Islanders is unacceptable
Wednesday, 21 December 2011"IT is unacceptable to engage in an economic blockade of the Falklands, there can be no justification, legal, moral or political, for efforts to intimidate the people of the Falkland Islands,&quo...
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Shout it loud enough and even the good guys believe it
Wednesday, 21 December 2011By John Fowler for Penguin News MY first contact with Latin America came in 1971, when my wife and I spent four days in Montevideo while waiting for a ship to carry us to the Falkland Islands. We ...
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Argentina's eco-terrorism will not hurt the Falklands only the ocean
Friday, 16 December 2011ARGENTINE eco-terrorism will have not impact on the Falklands' economy said a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) today MLA Gavin Short (left) commented in his speech to the Motion for Adjoutnm...
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Barry's landslide by-election
Friday, 16 December 2011A VIGOROUS election campaign, characterised by vocal contributions to public meetings and radio discussions, taking full-page adverts in the Penguin News, and even including informal 'surgeries&#...
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Falklands flagged vessels may not enter Uruguayan ports states President
Thursday, 15 December 2011THE president of Uruguay (left) has stated that Falklands flagged vessels are not permitted to enter Uruguayan ports, but British vessels will continue to beallowed entry.
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Falklands' government says no approach made for archeological dig on battlefields
Tuesday, 13 December 2011MEMBERS of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly havesaid no approach has been made to them by a television archaeologist wanting to excavate Falklands' battlefields, despite claims by Glasgo...
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