Politics

• Sunday, April 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Taiana accuses UK of “arrogance gestures” and not complying with UN

  

  On the 25th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict Argentina accused Great Britain of “arrogance gestures” and of “repeatedly denying international mandates” to dialogue over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

• Sunday, April 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands: UK's “continuing regret” over loss of life on both sides

  

  On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, April 2, the United Kingdom expressed “continuing regret” over the loss of life on both sides of the South Atlantic conflict.

• Saturday, March 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lavagna criticizes Kirchner's meddling with the economy

  

  Argentina's current administration has no foreign policy, government meddling is threatening the economy and concentration of power in the Executive is not healthy for democratic institutions points out Roberto Lavagna former Economy Minister and the leading opposition candidate for next October presidential election.

• Friday, March 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Weekly Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Oil move 'no surprise'; Commemorate and celebrate'; Forum coming soon.

• Friday, March 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile: Street protest, teargas commemorate 1985 death of young Pinochet opponen

  

  Flying rocks and teargas marked the 22nd annual Young Combatants' Day, which commemorates the slaying of brothers Eduardo and Rafael Vergara Toledo by Augusto Pinochet's military forces in 1985.

• Friday, March 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina not interested in “Malvinizing” relations with UK

  

  Argentina is not interested in “Malvinizing” relations with the United Kingdom, but bilateral links have fallen “hostage” of London's no negotiations policy over the Falkland Islands' sovereignty, claims one of Argentina's top diplomats.

• Friday, March 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay is in no position “to slam the door on Mercosur”

  

  “Uruguay should not slam the door on Mercosur” and on the contrary should argue in favor of a strategy of greater international insertion for the block recommended Francisco Panizza from the London School of Economics.

• Thursday, March 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Grafton becomes Chilean Navy's “Almirante Grafton”

  

  Former Type 23 frigate HMS Grafton was delivered Wednesday in Portsmouth to the Chilean Navy and renamed “Almirante Lynch”, according to a release from the Chilean Embassy in London.

• Thursday, March 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands “business as usual” says Chief Executive

  Responding yesterday to the announcement by the Argentine Government of the suspension of the British/Argentine Joint Agreement over oil exploration in the Special Area of Cooperation in the South Atlantic, Chief Executive of the Falkland Islands Government, Chris Simpkins, said that while the announcement by Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana was “unfortunate” it would have no practical effect and there would be “business as usual” in the Falkland Islands

• Wednesday, March 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Malvinas war next of kin to visit Darwin cemetery

  

  Argentine Malvinas war next of kin of Argentines combatants who died in the 1982 conflict will be visiting the Argentine Cemetery in Falklands Islands later this year it was officially announced Wednesday by the Falklands' elected government.