20/03/2012 | Argentina

CFK thanks Peru over frigate decision, calls for regional 'joint defence' against militarization of South Atlantic

In a live press conference on Tuesday, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner thanked “the Peruvian government and population” for their decision to leave without effect the scheduled visit of a British frigate “in support of the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.”

10/06/2012 | Argentina

Gov't slams UK again over 'increased militarization of South Atlantic'

On the Day of the Affirmation of the Argentine Rights Over the Malvinas, Islands and Antarctic Sector, the National Government once again ratified its claim over the islands’ sovereignty and questioned the UK over the “increased militarization of the South Atlantic region.”

05/06/2011 | Argentina

State of emergency remains in Bariloche, schools, public buildings to stay closed

Volcano ash spewed by the Puyehue stopped falling over the city of Bariloche and the Andean region, although local authorities announced that the state of emergency remains in effect. Schools and other public buildings will remain close, while all flights to and from the region remain cancelled.

27/10/2011 | Argentina

Gov't repudiates presence of British ship in the Southern Atlantic

The government repudiated the presence of a British frigate at the Southern Atlantic after the United Kingdom reported that the HMS Montrose was going to be in the area for six months in order to provide a “presence in the region” and protect “the British interests.”

07/02/2012 | Argentina

Argentina to denounce increased 'militarisation' of South Atlantic

04/04/2011 | World

France says finds bodies in Atlantic crash wreckage

France has located the bodies of some passengers who perished when an Air France plane crashed off Brazil in 2009, as well as wreckage from the aircraft, the government said.

24/08/2011 | World

US says Irene could be 'big threat' to Northeast

Powerful Hurricane Irene battered the Bahamas on a track to the North Carolina coast that forecasters say could threaten the densely populated US Northeast, including New York, starting on Sunday.

07/09/2012 | World

Storm Leslie downgraded on path toward Bermuda

Hurricane Leslie was downgraded to a tropical storm as it swirled over the Atlantic on a track toward Bermuda but is expected to regain hurricane strength before passing by the island on Sunday, the US National Hurricane Centre reported.