Argentina and Chile ended on Friday a five day military exercise under the name of Aurora Austral II which took place in the Argentine Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadariva with the purpose of confidence building and establishing closer links between the two countries armed forces.
Uruguay's President Tabaré Vazquez will be celebrating his country's independence day, August 25, in Israel, the first leg of a three country tour (Switzerland and South Korea) he is visiting with a high level official and business delegation.
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has announced that Joe Biden will be his running mate in November's election.