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Cruise Ships Cancel Calls to Falkland Islands

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Adam Coulter, U.K.Editor of Cruise Critic keeps us posted on the latest events of the Falkland Islands port stop.

Two cruise ships have cancelled scheduled stops at the Falkland Islands following protests in Buenos Aires, reports the Daily Mail.

Holland America Line's MS Veendam cancelled a stop at the Falklands due on Friday. Meanwhile AIDA's AIDAcara has reportedly cancelled a stop planned at Port Stanley on December 3.

Both lines are owned by US-based Carnival Corp and were the first big cruise ships due to the islands this summer season.

A Holland America Line spokesperson told the newspaper: “Regarding our scheduled calls to the Falkland Islands, when the weather is good and predictable we go there, when it is not – which is most of the time – we don't.”

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