Politics

Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 15:32 UTC
Argentina denies ‘political opportunism’ in Malvinas sovereignty-claim campaign

The Argentine government said that the Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim is “not political opportunism” or geared “to remove other issues from the country’s political agenda” and is coherent with the political and ideological thinking of both Presidents Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and former president Nestor Kirchner.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:10 UTC
Rousseff complains about US expansionist monetary policy during meeting with Obama

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff complained about US monetary policy and expressed concern that sanctions against Iran could backfire in a meeting with President Barack Obama on Monday, highlighting strains between the continent’s biggest economies.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 07:06 UTC
Argentina expects strong Malvinas support statement from the Americas summit

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be attending on Saturday the VI Americas summit to be held in Colombia, which is already involved in a strong controversy because of the non invitation to Cuba.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:59 UTC
Fidel wonders about Canada’s position on Falklands issue at the Americas summit

Fidel Castro accuses Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of suffering from illusions and says Canada should take a stand in the Falkland Islands dispute in a rambling new essay that lashes out against Cuba’s exclusion from a coming Organization of American States summit.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:54 UTC
Uruguay will enjoy “positive discrimination” in bilateral trade with Argentina

Argentina and Uruguay presidents Cristina Fernandez and Jose Mujica agreed Monday evening to discuss their trade differences in the framework of Mercosur and promote “positive discrimination” measures for Uruguayan exports to help compensate the restrictions imported to all imports by the Argentine government.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:40 UTC
Repsol CEO in Argentina trying to prevent YPF takeover by the government

Repsol's chairman Antonio Brufau has asked for a meeting with officials from the Argentine government, which investors fear could seize control of the Spanish oil major's unit in Argentina, YPF.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:32 UTC
US and Brazil plan to exchange toasts with cachaça and Tennessee whiskey

US and Brazil plan to boost trade and cooperation in their respective national drinks, cachaça (distilled sugar cane liquor used to make caipirihna cocktails, and Tennessee whisky. The letter of intent was signed Monday by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Brazil’s Trade Minister Fernando Pimentel.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:17 UTC
Boeing and Embraer sign agreement on safety, efficiency and productivity

US Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer signed an agreement Monday to work cooperatively on aircraft safety, operational efficiency and manufacturing productivity.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:12 UTC
Argentine factory begins production of Pampa training aircraft with German help

Argentina’s government controlled Aircraft Factory, Fadea, plans a production of 100 Pampa II training and combat aircraft at its plant in Cordoba in association with the German company Grob Aircraft AG, it was announced.
Monday, April 9th 2012 - 22:38 UTC
Thirty years after the war, Falklands under siege by a volatile Argentina

A book published this week in Britain takes an in-depth look at the Falkland Islands 30 years on from the short but deadly conflict of 1982. “Fortress Falklands – Life Under Siege in Britain’s Last Outpost”, is written by journalist Graham Bound. Although normally resident in the United Kingdom, Bound is an Islander, and he returned to the Falklands to report on a situation that he says is more volatile and dangerous than it has been at any time since 1982.