International

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Brazil donates Argentina Malvinas Spanish charts dating back to 1770

  

  Four certified charts of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dating back to the XVIII century and belonging to the Pedro de Angelis collection of Brasilia’s National Library were given by the Brazilian Foreign ministry to the argentine delegation currently holding a bilateral meeting in the country’s capital.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Clinton and Blair praise Brazil’s economic and social advance in two decades

  

  Brazil appears to have the best long-term prospects among rising economic powers, thanks to its stable policy framework, ample natural resources and good relationship with its neighbours, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in a ringing endorsement of an economy that has struggled lately.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 03:07 UTC

  US government sales soared to 66.3bn dollars in 2011; Saudis main buyers

  

  US government sale of weapons soared by over three times in just one year - from 21.4 billion dollars in 2010 to 66.3 billion in 2011, the largest for a single year in the history of the US arms export program, according to a report by the US Congress Research Service.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 02:43 UTC

  Argentina blasts UK “arrogant” approach to Assange case and Falklands’ dispute

  

  The Argentine Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alicia Castro said on Tuesday that the UK’s “arrogant” approach to the Julian Assange’s case “was similar” to its approach to Argentina and particularly, the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 02:22 UTC

  Spain to the mercy of markets and with little signs of recovery

  

  Spain’s recession worsened in the second quarter as the government’s austerity push to reduce the Euro area’s third-biggest budget deficit and a slump in consumer spending offset growth in exports.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 06:46 UTC

  Europe waiting for Mercosur to overcome ‘Paraguay situation’ and resume trade talks

  

  The European Commission remains “on hold” waiting for the evolution of events in Mercosur with the incorporation of Venezuela as full member and the suspension of Paraguay, before addressing a new round of association and trade negotiations.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 06:36 UTC

  Ecuador, boosted by Latam support ready to resume talks with UK on the Assange case

  

  Following the strong unanimous support from Latin America approved by OAS, Ecuador will resume talks with the UK over the future of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange currently holed in at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, announced on Monday the country’s Foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  OAS mission in Paraguay to follow electoral process and political conditions

  

  The OAS, Organization of American States, cabinet chief and head of political affairs are expected in Paraguay to continue with the organization’s mandate of establishing an electoral committee and helping with the process of strengthening democracy in the country.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 06:09 UTC

  Falklands donated three aircraft to WW1 effort, and the five Spitfires in WW2

  

  A discovery by the Museum and National Trust has revealed that not only did the Falkland Islands donate Spitfires to the British war effort in World War II but also three aircraft to the Royal Flying Corps in 1914.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 05:35 UTC

  An Argentine football club has its colours in the moon taken by Armstrong

  

  Astronaut Neil Armstrong, who died on Saturday at the age of 82, planted in the moon a pennant from the Argentine football team Independiente, something he personally revealed during a visit to Buenos Aires, recalls the club from one of the working neighbourhoods of the Argentine capital.