Falklands oil prospects raise Argentina-Britain tensions

BUENOS AIRES (AFP)

Authorities boarded the foreign flagged “Thor Leader” in the southern Argentine port of Campana after learning it was about to take on a cargo of pipes destined for the Falklands.

“Evidence exists that indicates that the freighter was to be used to supply material linked to oil industry activities that the United Kingdom is illegally promoting in the Malvinas Islands,” the foreign ministry said, using the archipelago’s Argentine name.

AFP