Politics

• Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Malvinas G 24 debate: Argentina's foreign policy “inconsistent”

  

  Argentina?s lack of coherence and “inconsistent” foreign policy has been one of the major obstacles in making effective the Malvinas islands sovereignty claim, admitted outgoing Argentine ambassador before United Nations, Cesar Mayoral in a Tuesday interview with Buenos Aires daily Clarin.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  South Atlantic Cooperation Zone calls for Malvinas “negotiations”

  The ministerial summit of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone (SAPCZ) meeting in Angola specifically supported Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Islas Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands.

• Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego voters defy Kirchner's political strategy

  

  Tierra del Fuego voters in the extreme south of Argentina have given President Nestor Kirchner another political surprise in Sunday's governor election, where until a couple of weeks ago all was running smoothly for the administration and its October presidential election strategy.

• Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' veterans remembrance march in central London

  A commemorative event in central London is scheduled for this Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine forces, following the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez thanks OAS for not intervening in the RCTV case

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thanked all Organization of American States, (OAS) country members for not supporting a United States proposal to “intervene” regarding the non license renewal for Radio Caracas Television, one of the country?s main opposition television stations.

• Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Homage to Malvinas war Argentine dead in London on July 9

  The Argentine Embassy in London announced it would hold a commemorative act for the Argentine Malvinas war casualties to which no British authorities have been invited.

• Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Endangered species forum dominated by budget row

  A budget row dominated the final day of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) forum held in The Hague, reports the BBC. Member states approved a cut in real terms in CITES' budget, which could compromise attempts to control the illegal wildlife trade.

• Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Landmark entry” into force of global health regulations

  The United Nations health agency announced the “landmark” entry into force this week of a set of regulations aimed at making the world more secure from threats to global health, while minimizing disruption to travel, trade and economies.

• Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  London ceremony climaxes Falklands' war commemoration

  

  Dozens of military aircraft flew over Buckingham Palace and thousands of veterans marched down the Mall in London on Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.

• Saturday, June 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sex, lies and video in Tierra del Fuego governor's race

  All seemed to be rolling smoothly for Argentine president Nestor Kirchner and his new political scheme in this Sunday's Tierra del Fuego governor race, until this last week.
  The two leading candidates, the incumbent and his runner up in the polls are closely aligned to Kirchner's “horizontal wide ranging” political project which promised to ensure an easy victory. The third, and very distant, was a dissident lady Deputy who belongs to the most anti-Kirchner group in Argentina.