Politics

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:49 UTC

  Argentina confirms it has accepted UN mediation offer for the Malvinas dispute

  

  The Argentine government confirmed on Tuesday through a letter sent by Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly President, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, that Argentina had accepted the mediation offer in order to find a pacific solution with the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:36 UTC

  Dozens arrested and injured in Buenos Aires as Malvinas veterans clash with riot police

  

  Dozens were arrested and injured in downtown Buenos Aires when groups of former Argentine soldiers that fought during the Malvinas war clashed violently with the police demanding to be recognized as full veterans.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:16 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez raps business, farmers and unions: Argentina is not Disneyland

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fenandez again full of stamina criticized farmers, business people and workers’ unions, and at the same time called on all sides involved to live in the real Argentina, “not fantasy land, because Argentina is not Disneyland”.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:10 UTC

  Cuba must be member of OAS to attend the Americas Summit, says Washington

  

  The US State Department said on Monday that if Cuba wants to participate in the coming Summit of the Americas to be hosted by Colombia, it must first fully integrate to the Organization of American States and guarantee the basic liberties of its citizens.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 21:03 UTC

  Republicans promise ‘to kill’ Obama’s budget which raises taxes on the rich

  

  President Barack Obama called on Monday for aggressive spending to boost growth and for higher taxes on the rich, laying out an election-year vision for the US in a budget that was criticized sharply by Republicans for failing to curb the deficit.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 20:43 UTC

  Brazil willing to wait to see how latest Argentine trade restrictions evolve

  

  Brazil’s private sector said it would grant Argentina a “confidence vote” and would wait until the end of February before assessing the consequence of the new import restrictions imposed by the government of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 20:39 UTC

  Argentine transport union promises to boycott all English and UK convenience flag vessels

  

  The Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers, CATT announced Monday a boycott against all those “English vessels” that call in any port of the country to protest the UK “militaristic pretensions” in the Malvinas Islands and South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 04:50 UTC

  Don’t cry for Argentina

  

  By Ronald Sanders - The national and regional interests of Commonwealth Caribbean countries would hardly be served by backing Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 21:05 UTC

  Chilean community in Falklands plan to write a letter to President Piñera

  

  After a successful turnout and demonstration last week, the Chilean community in the Falkland Islands will be deciding this week on addressing letters to President Sebastian Piñera and President of the Senate, Guillermo Guiralde to tell them that in the Islands there is also a piece of Chile.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 20:41 UTC

  Falklands: Sean Penn in Argentina, calls for dialogue and an end to colonialism

  

  US actor Sean Penn gave his full support to Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and underlined the conflict must be solved through dialogue. The Hollywood star visited Buenos Aires on Monday as representative of the Haitian people and survivors of the earthquake that bashed the Caribbean nation in 2011.