Argentine diplomacy is concerned with the political consequences of the current energy crisis for regional integration and ideological identification.
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner managed to impose his man as the ruling Peronist Party secretary general in spite of an internal crisis following a confrontation with some of the most powerful Peronist governors of the country.
The US dollar advanced last week against the Euro following growing expectations that the European Central Bank might cut interest rates, but dropped against the yen given the good news about the Japanese economy.
The Brazilian economy is poised for a robust economic growth in 2004 and much is owed to the sound economic policies of last year, particularly the solid fiscal outturn and the government's commitment to a similar fiscal stance this year, according to the International Monetary Fund's Acting Managing Director Anne Krueger.