Politics

• Thursday, May 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Punta Arenas honors British pioneer and Magallanes explorer

  The city of Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile honored the memory of a Royal Navy Rear Admiral who was head of a British hydrographic expedition the first directly involved in the charting of waters in the Region of Magallanes between 1826 and 1830.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers resume protest; block grain exports

  

  Argentine farmers are back on the road protesting following the government's decision to cancel Monday's scheduled meeting to discuss sliding export levies on oil seeds and grains. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's administration alleged that farmers' leaders had been particularly offensive during the massive rally held on Sunday in Rosario and which convened over 300.000 people.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands Governor criticizes Argentina ignoring 'self-determination'

  

  THE Governor of the Falkland Islands has criticized the Argentine government for pressing its claim to the Falklands saying, “... it ignores the principle of self-determination enshrined in the UN Charter and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.”

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuador reinforces Colombia border with Russian choppers

  Ecuador which already has acquired combat aircrafts and frigates from Brazil and Chile announced the purchase of three Russian helicopters to reinforce its border with Colombia, announced the Commander in Chief of the Army General Ernesto Gonzalez.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UK nuclear sub strikes underwater pinnacle in Red Sea

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the Royal Navy submarine HMS Superb struck an underwater pinnacle whilst on dived passage through the northern Red Sea on Monday 26 May 2008.

• Wednesday, May 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur leaders summit July first in Tucuman

  

  Argentina will be hosting the XXXV Mercosur summit at the end of June when the six months rotating chair or pro-tempore presidency will be passed on to Brazil.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine farmers call for patience after negotiations canceled

  

  Argentine farm leaders warned the government against ending negotiations to resolve a dispute over export taxes and will meet today as pressure builds in the countryside to halt grain and oilseeds exports for a third time since March.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner's unsolved problems according to NYT

  

  The New York Times forecasts bad times ahead for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in spite of booming times for the Argentine economy. “Mrs. Kirchner is struggling to break free of the curse of Argentine leaders past: the failure to govern successfully in the good times”, writes Alexei Barrionuevo from Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Marlborough takes on the colors of the Chilean Navy

  This Wednesday the former Royal Navy HMS Marlborough will officially fly the colors of the Chilean Navy under the name of FF06 “Almirante Condell”.

• Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina confirms continental shelf presentation May 09

  

  Argentina announced that in May 2009 it will be making the official presentation of the outer boundaries of its continental shelf, (including the Falkland Islands) before the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in the framework of the Law of the Sea.