Max Hastings film Reluctant Heroes was shown on television here lastnight. Predictably, it was very anti-Falklands.
Chilean president Raúl Lagos reshuffled his cabinet naming a woman for the first time ever as Defence Minister.
The Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for this Friday was postponed for later in January and only Foreign Affairs Ministers from the block's four countries and associate members Chile and Bolivia will be meeting in Buenos Aires.
With the prodding of Spain, the European Union demanded from Argentina a reliable, dialogued and coherent budget, capable of generating confidence among investors.