South American Trading Bloc Bans Ships With Falklands Flags -- The Telegraph
A provocative decision by a powerful South American trading bloc to ban boats with a Falkland Islands flag from docking at ports will only "damage" the local economy, the Foreign Office has said.
In a new row with Britain, the Mercosur bloc, which includes Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, agreed on Tuesday to close ports throughout the region to ships flying the flag of the disputed Islands.
The presidents of the countries agreed ships flying the Falklands flag "should not dock in Mercosur ports, and if that were to happen, they should not be accepted in another Mercosur port".
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More News On South America's Decision To Blockade The Falklands
South American states ban Falklands vessels from ports -- BBC
Warning over ban on Falklands boats -- Press Association
Mercosur Moves To Close Ports To Falklands-Flagged Ships -- Wall Street Journal
South American bloc Mercosur to bar Falklands ships -- AFP
Mercosur supports Argentina: bans access to all Falklands/Malvinas flagged vessels -- Merco Press
Britain "concerned" about Falklands ship ban -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
UK concerned as Mercosur decides to block Falkland Islands ships -- CNN
Move to ‘isolate’ Falklanders angers UK -- Financial Times
Nuclear submarine should be sent to Falklands to show British anger at boat ban decision -- The Telegraph
Argentina and Britain reignite tensions over Falkland Islands -- Christian Science Monitor
Falklands war may be over, but the diplomatic conflict rumbles on -- The Guardian