The OAS, Organization of American States, has sent a top negotiator to Bolivia in an attempt to mediate between the administration of President Evo Morales and Santa Cruz province governor Ruben Costas, ahead of next Sunday's controversial autonomy referendum which could signal the beginning of the dismembering of the landlocked country.
Multi-million pound plans to finally rid the Falkland Islands of thousands of deadly landmines left behind by Argentine forces 26 years ago are being considered in Whitehall, reports the Liverpool Daily Post.
Paraguay's President Nicanor Duarte revealed that he had talks with president elect Fernando Lugo to ensure governance for the country, and if the incoming administration proposes a constitutional review, he will support it from Congress, according to reports in Asunción Sunday press.
The doves of the Argentine cabinet headed by vice president Julio Cobos called on farmers to give the new cabinet a chance and more time to discuss the issues which so far have stalled negotiations.
School text books distributed by an Argentine provincial government identify the Islas Malvinas as the Falklands with the GB for Great Britain next to the map. The error (blooper¿?) triggered a strong reaction from the local chapter of the Malvinas veterans and the provincial congress.
Headlines: An end to Queen's parade?; Puerto Deseado begins survey; Will Desire reveal all?; War focus for feature film.
Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau resigned four months into President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration amid disputes over farm policies and accelerating inflation in South America's second-largest economy
With only a week left for the end of the month long truce, negotiations between Argentine farmers and government are virtually paralyzed, --and with growing animosity--, while rural organizations begun to review protest mechanisms, taking lessons from the three weeks strike, in the event of the resumption of the conflict as of May 2.
Argentina's incoming Economy Minister thinks in the same terms as us and will follow on with government main guidelines, said cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez who also confirmed that the controversial Secretary of Interior Trade, Guillermo Moreno remains in his post.
Hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama entered Wednesday the final phase of the US Democratic presidential primary with Clinton saying her decisive Pennsylvania win proved she was the best candidate to beat Republican John McCain in the race for the White House.