The British Foreign Office did not mince its words in its response to Uruguay's move. It said neither it nor the Falklands would bend to those who sought to bully or blackmail the islands. Uruguay had announced the ban on Thursday after receiving a request from its neighbour Argentina. The Argentine government stepped up its campaign to gain sovereignty over the territory last year after Britain started to search for oil in Falklands waters.
An American woman who served 15 years in prison in Peru for aiding left-wing rebels says she was prevented by the Peruvian government from making her first trip home. A court ruled on Friday that Lori Berenson, who's on parole, should be allowed to travel to New York for Christmas.
Cesaria Evora, the popular singer from the remote islands of Cape Verde off the African coast, has died at the age of 70. She won several awards including a Grammy. Anna Borzello looks back at her life.
Born in the Cape Verdean city of Mindelo in 1941, Cesaria Evora began her singing career in the bars and streets of her town. A friend, another Cape Verdean singer called Bana, tried to help her career in the 1980s by taking her to Portugal for a series of concerts and studio recordings, but these went unnoticed. However, it was in the Portuguese capital that she met the musical producer Jose da Silva, who took her to Paris, where in 1988 she recorded the album Barefoot Diva. She was 47 and began touring worldwide. The track Sodade, describing the longing for the homeland, became her best-known hit.