Politics

• Sunday, March 29th 2009 - 16:56 UTC

  Brown/ Cristina agree they have differences of opinion on Falklands/Malvinas

  

  With a strong sense of dejà-vu ended the open agenda meeting Saturday morning between Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, which among other issues addressed the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas.

• Sunday, March 29th 2009 - 16:16 UTC

  Lula da Silva blames US, UK and Spain for current crisis

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva on Saturday at the Progressive Governance summit in Chile told representatives of the United States, Britain and Spain they had a major responsibility for causing the global economic crisis.

• Sunday, March 29th 2009 - 16:05 UTC

  Brazilian minister fails geography test and is sacked

  

  The governor of Brazil’s richest state Sao Paulo sacked the Secretary of Education following the printing of thousands of school books with maps of South America which ignored the existence of Ecuador, inverted geographically Uruguay and Paraguay and showed Bolivia sharing territory with Paraguay.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 22:29 UTC

  Argentina demands Falklands Islands talks

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Saturday asked Prime Minister Gordon Brown for negotiations over sovereignty of the disputed Falkland Islands, a day after he said he would not discuss the issue.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 15:55 UTC

  Chronicle of a foretold (“Malvinas”) Cristina/PM Brown meeting

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and British Primer Minister Gordon Brown are scheduled to hold on Saturday a bilateral meeting in Chile when the Falklands/Malvinas issue will be addressed, on Argentine initiative, but with no surprises or consequences.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 15:49 UTC

  Unexpected embarrassment for PM Brown from Chilean president

  

  British Primer Minister Gordon Brown was left embarrassed Friday when host Chilean Michelle Bachelet inadvertently echoed the Conservatives' attack on his command of the economy.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 08:37 UTC

  The Economist: what happens if the Kirchners don’t make it on June?

  

  Although the article from The Economist was published before the Senate vote which advanced Argentine mid term elections from October to June, the context gives a full idea of events and the Kirchner couple attempts to hold on to power, be it at all costs, thus the headline, “Hoping it’s not the exit”, “The Kirchners make a dash for it”.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 08:31 UTC

  Paraguay-Brazil Itaipú energy dispute is “like Panama Canal negotiation”

  

  Paraguay rejected this week Brazil’s proposals regarding the non renegotiation of the Itaipú treaty which regulates energy production from South America’s largest hydroelectric dam shared by the neighbouring countries.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 08:01 UTC

  Biden advances President Obama’s Latinamerican approach

  

  United States Vice President Joe Biden is on a four-day trip to Central and South America for meetings he said represent a “new day” for partnerships in the Americas.

• Saturday, March 28th 2009 - 03:51 UTC

  Russia confirms Arctic ambitions and plans for military force

  

  Russia has announced plans to set up a military force to protect its interests in the Arctic. In a document published on its national security council's website, Moscow says it expects the Arctic to become its main resource base by 2020.