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Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:56:00 GMT
Nigel Phillips CBE from the Falklands to governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Mr. Nigel Phillips CBE, currently governor of the Falkland Islands has been appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha in succession to Dr. Philip Rushbrook. Mr. Phillips will take up his appointment in Au...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:52:00 GMT
Falklands newsman would like an apology for 1982
While Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero wrote for The Guardian last week that his country posed a threat to no one, Graham Bound, founder of Port Stanley's Penguin News, told the Spanish newswire service EFE that th...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:43:00 GMT
Uruguayan President announces the end of the sanitary emergency
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced he would be lifting all sanitary restrictions in place in his country following a meeting with Health Minister and other aides.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:23:00 GMT
Argentine President welcomes Chilean colleague with whom he shares many views
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday welcomed his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. It was the visiting head of state's first trip abroad since taking office on March 11.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:08:00 GMT
Falklands’ MLA Roger Spink: ”We identify with Ukraine because in 1982 we were invaded by a dictator that ruled a neighboring country”
Last Saturday, April 2nd, marked the 40th anniversary of the Argentine landing in the Falklands / Malvinas Islands, which led to war with the United Kingdom. In this framework, Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin interviewed Rogert S...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Chilean President lands in Buenos Aires
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font landed Sunday afternoon at BuenosAires' Ezeiza international airport for a two-day official visit which marks his first trip abroad as head of state.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:57:00 GMT
New riot at Ecuadorian prison leaves at least another 12 inmates dead
A new episode of Ecuador's prison crisis Sunday has resulted in the death of yet another 12 inmates following clashes at the correctional facility in the southern city of Cuenca. Last year, 316 prisoners were killed in fights b...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Falklands' people have rights, but Argentina's 'cruel' attitude creates the feeling “war has not gone”
Hugo Alconada Mon is a prestigious Argentine journalist, and lawyer, who has written several books, besides belonging to the international consortium of investigative journalists which among other things was involved in exposin...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:53:00 GMT
Presidents of Colombia, Ukraine hold phone talk
Colombian President Iván Duque Márquez Saturday held a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague Volodimir Zelensky. Duque offered Colombia's assistance to the European leader, given the South American country's lon...

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 09:47:00 GMT
Chilean minister apologizes for pro-Mapuche remarks
Chile's Interior Minister Izkia Siches has conveyed her apologies to the Government of Argentina for statements that appeared to endorse the Mapuche claim to the "Wallmapu," the indigenous ancestral lands which would challenge ...



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