Politics

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 10:32 UTC

  Italy fears about Spain; Madrid says: ‘total nonsense to make comparisons with Greece”

  

  Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti expressed concern about Spain's public finances and said it would not take much to reignite the Euro zone debt crisis and revive the risk of it spreading to Italy.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 10:27 UTC

  Under pressure from government ‘Twitterman’ Timerman off the air

  

  This last week when twitter was celebrating its sixth year, Argentina’ Foreign Affairs minister, the official which made most use of the social network finally decided to close its account and come off the air.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 09:08 UTC

  Argentines take to the streets to remember the victims of the last military coup

  

  Thousands of Argentines turned out to the streets of Buenos Aires while the two houses of Congress held a special joint session on Saturday to remember the victims of the last military dictatorship on the anniversary of the beginning of the seven year long military coup that took place 36 years ago.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 08:48 UTC

  Gibraltar and Spain in direct discussions to solve fishing controversy

  

  The British Government is understood to be supporting a local Gibraltar–Campo (Spain) fishermen resolution to the recent spate of exchanges over fishing rights in British Gibraltar territorial Waters.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 08:37 UTC

  Chavez in Cuba for cancer radiation treatment; promises to be back in several days

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will return to Cuba to begin radiation treatment for cancer on Sunday, but said he was in ‘good shape’ and would be back home in several days.

• Sunday, March 25th 2012 - 08:11 UTC

  UK media and opposition claim spending on Falklands’ defense is to fall

  

  The amount spent to protect the Falkland Islands is to fall according to reports in the British media however the Ministry of Defense attributes the changes to ‘accounting policy’ and insists it has the capacity to repel any Argentine aggression of the Islands.

• Saturday, March 24th 2012 - 08:38 UTC

  Argentina declassifies scathing review of blunders committed during Malvinas war

  

  President Cristina Fernandez has finally declassified a scathing review of the mistakes made by Argentina's military junta in going to war with Britain in 1982 trying to recover the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, March 24th 2012 - 03:05 UTC

  Peru regrets HMS Montrose incident and underlines strong relations with the UK

  

  Cabinet Chief Oscar Valdes said that he is sure Peru and UK will be able to overcome a diplomatic rift caused by Lima’s last minute cancellation of a visit to the port of Callao this week of Britain’s HMS Montrose, a navy frigate that has been patrolling the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands.

• Saturday, March 24th 2012 - 02:52 UTC

  Argentina is facing serious trade problems and Brazil “must help in a mature way”

  

  Argentina is having serious trade problems and Brazil “in a mature way” must try and help solve them said a top official from President Dilma Rousseff administration, who anticipated he would be travelling to Buenos Aires in coming weeks.

• Saturday, March 24th 2012 - 02:31 UTC

  US relation with Argentina souring: Congress to cut special trade benefits

  

  The US administration of President Barack Obama is loosing its patience with Argentina and in coming days is expected to finalize special tariff benefits for certain Argentine exports.