Falklands elected Councillors Ian Hansen and Mike Rendell have been pressing the flesh with British politicians at the Labour and Conservative party conferences.
Because of high copper prices, Chilean treasury officials now believe that they will end the year with a historic budget surplus of 8.1% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Chile's Navy icebreaker Almirante Viel which is scheduled to be arriving at the end of the month, will be permanently stationed in Punta Arenas, reported this week Chilean naval authorities.
Gordon Brown has said he will not call a general election this autumn. The PM said he wanted a chance to show the country his vision for change and to develop his policies further.
Former General Augusto Pinochet's widow, children and former associates were provisional released on bail Saturday, two days after their arrest on corruption charges.