Argentina

• Monday, April 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  The night the Falklands' conflict became an inevitable war

  

  Former US Ambassador in Argentina Harry Shlaudeman and declassified US national security documents of 25 years ago reveal desperate last minute efforts the night of April 30 to avoid the Falkland Islands conflict from becoming a full fledged war.

• Sunday, April 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  New Argentine protests against Uruguayan pulp plant

  

  Thousands of Argentines rallied Sunday as part of the third annual large-scale protest against an Uruguayan paper plant that has soured relations between the two South American countries.

• Saturday, April 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian support for Argentina's 2007/08 Antarctic campaign

  

  Argentina has decided to accept the Brazilian offer of the polar vessel Ary Rongel for the coming Antarctic campaign 2007/08 next December which means the British option has been discarded.

• Saturday, April 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner/Lula reinforce “strategic alliance” and discuss bio-fuels

  Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva strengthened the “strategic relationship” between the two largest members of Mercosur during a presidential summit in Buenos Aires on Friday where bio-fuels and the Southern Bank figured top of the agenda.

• Thursday, April 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Special emphasis” at UN on Falklands' dispute promises Argentina

  

  Argentina will display a “special emphasis” in the world's multilateral space in defense of the Argentine claim over the Islas Malvinas sovereignty announced on Wednesday designate ambassador before United Nations, Jorge Argüello.

• Thursday, April 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: Junta pardons 'unconstitutional'

  A federal appeals court yesterday overturned pardons for former dictators Jorge Videla and Eduardo Massera, saying they must return to prison to serve their life terms for crimes against humanity

• Thursday, April 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  British support to replace Argentina's stricken “Irizar”

  

  Britain has offered Argentina support for its Antarctic operations following the recent fire that broke out in icebreaker “Almirante Irizar” and which could force the vessel out of action for almost two years.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner promises full support for Mexico's Mercosur bid

  

  Visiting Argentine First Lady Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner promised full support for Mexico's incorporation bid to the South American customs union group, Mercosur during a meeting this week with leaders in the Mexican Senate.

• Tuesday, April 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain proposing Gibraltar tripartite experience for the Falklands

  

  Spain's current ambassador in Argentina Rafael Estrella who is identified as the driving force in the Spanish Government's decision to pursue the Cordoba tripartite dialogue process (*), is urging the Argentine Government to take a similar approach to the Falkland Islands as Spain has to the Rock.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina distributes 2007 toothfish quotas totaling 2.500 tons

  

  Argentina's Under Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced toothfish quotas for the 2007 season of 1.750 tons, according to Resolution 132/2007, according to La Prensa de Santa Cruz.