Politics

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' ocean bed dispute and lure for “Earth's last frontier”

  

  Argentina will object any British initiative to extend the “illegitimate occupation” of the Falkland Islands and its adjoining waters, in the event of such a decision, Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana was quoted on Monday by the Buenos Aires press from New York.

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  A city and brand name proud of their industrial history

  

  The world's most popular and traditional corned beef brand takes the name of the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos, and local authorities and residents are strongly lobbying to have its local Industrial Museum included in the Unesco World Heritage list.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina fury at UK bid for Falkland seas

  

  Argentina has reacted furiously to plans by Britain to lay claim to vast new tracts of potentially oil and gas-rich territories in the seas off the Falklands.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchners face busy New York agenda

  President Néstor Kirchner and his wife (and would-be successor) Cristina Fernández arrive in New York today to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil to spend $300m on indigenous reservations

  

  The Brazilian government is to spend $270m (£133m) in the next three years creating new reservations for indigenous groups in the Amazon.

• Sunday, September 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Fujimori back in Peru facing up 30 years in prison

  

  Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori landed on Peruvian soil for the first time in seven years on Saturday.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain said to lay claim to south Atlantic seabed

  

  Britain is seeking to legally annex stretches of the south Atlantic seabed in a bid to tap gas, mineral and oil wealth, in a move that could raise tension with Argentina, a newspaper reported Saturday.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Former president Fujimori back in Peru to face trial

  

  Disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori arrived in Peru for the first time in seven years under armed guard on Saturday to face charges of abusing human rights and stealing public money during his decade-long rule in the 1990s.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Estrada: K team “has no environmental policy.”

  

  Argentina key negotiator in the Botnia pulp mill dispute with Uruguay was ousted from his Foreign Ministry post because of his disagreement with the official policy, according to the fired diplomat, Raúl Estrada Oyuela.

• Friday, September 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines:
  Death of a hero; No full-timers for this council; £3m price tag for terminals; Cathedral rector heading south; 'Governor Gurr'; Oil operators meeting; Beds for vets still nended.