Brazilian president Fernando Cardoso postponed his official state visit to Argentina scheduled for next April 16/17th. Although the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs alleged problems with the presidential agenda, political analysts in the industrial hub of Sao Paulo claim the decision is directly related to the Argentine crisis and its consequences.
Peru will be voting Sunday April 8th. for a new President and Congress, a crucial step towards the democratic normalisation of a country that was ruled for almost a decade by iron fisted president Alberto Fujimori with the strong support of the security forces.
During the main ceremony held at the Malvinas Memorial in Buenos Aires' Plaza San Martín, Defence Minister Horacio Jaunarena said in a short speech that the armed option was definitively discarded, and added that April 2nd., --officially declared War Veteran Day--, was the occasion to pay homage to the soldiers that went to Malvinas.
Argentine super Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo confirmed that Argentina will not abandon its exchange rate system based on a one peso-one dollar, which now has been effective for a decade.
We need a bilateral agreement with the United States, said Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle during the opening of a regional forum on free trade in the Americas.