Stories for June 12th 2007
Kirchner insists with mud slinging in Bs As mayor campaign
Buenos Aires City mayor run off candidates will not be debating ahead of Sunday June 24th vote. Conservative candidate Mauricio Macri who defeated President Nestor Kirchner's man, Daniel Filmus by 22 points in the first round said the campaign had turned “too aggressive and dirty”.
Argentine conscripts re-live Falklands' nightmare
25 years ago today on the Falkland Islands, the first mountain under Argentine occupation was captured by advancing British troops and 3 days later the War ended.
Global military spending increase 37% in 10 years
Global military spending rose 3.5% last year to $1.2 trillion (610 billion pounds) as U.S. costs for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan mounted, a European research body said on Monday in an annual study.
Pulp mills: Human Rights group blasts IFC and pollution experts
The construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay along a river shared with Argentina has turned into an acrimonious spiraling contention between the neighboring countries particularly because of the alleged pollution impact of such an industry.
UK inflation slows to 2.5% in May but still above target
United Kingdom's rate of inflation slowed in May to 2.5%, the weakest level in seven months, according to figures from the Statistics Office. Inflation in April was 2.8%.
New UN Argentine ambassador takes office in New York
Recently named, Argentine former legislator Jorge Arguello officially became this Tuesday in New York the new ambassador before United Nations. Arguello succeeds Ambassador Cesar Mayoral.
Argentine protestors to block dredging of the River Uruguay
The pulp mills dispute between Argentina and Uruguay has scaled another step following environmentalists' decision to block all dredging along the river Uruguay which is the vital access waterway for the Botnia plant.
