Politics

• Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine/UK controversy over Falklands' war commemoration

  

  Britain hopes the Argentine government will reconsider its decision not to participate in joint commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands conflict as offered by London, said a spokesperson for the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula da Silva and Vazquez agree to another patch for Mercosur

  

  Presidents from Uruguay and Brazil, meeting in Colonia Monday, seem to have smoothed strained economic and political ties with promises of stronger bilateral relations and a new boost to the battered Mercosur block, although Argentina, just fifty kilometers away was not present at the summit.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Climate change champion and Oscar winning Al Gore to visit Chile

  

  Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former Clinton administration vice-president Al Gore will make a trip to Chile this coming May as the guest of 2005 conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera. And a very expensive guest at that: Gore's visit will cost almost 400.000 US dollars.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  CIA believes Raul Castro is consolidating as Fidel's successor

  

  The United States government said Tuesday that Raul Castro has consolidated as successor of his brother since last July and admitted that in the event of Fidel's death there will not be an
  immediate “positive change”.

• Monday, February 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' war 25th anniversary: “Not an easy year” for UK Argentina relation

  British Ambassador in Buenos Aires said Sunday that 2007 “will not be an easy year for the relationship” with Argentina because of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the war over the Falklands/Malvinas.

• Monday, February 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez preparing for conflict with US plans to buy 9 subs

  Venezuela is currently negotiating with European and Russian companies the purchase of nine submarines valued in three billion US dollars for the event of “an attack from United States”, report several South American newspapers.

• Monday, February 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez “can scare away” investors from South America

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez can scare away investors in South America, who may prefer to invest in other regions, US Ambassador to Brazil, Clifford Sobel, told to Exame magazine 10 days before the arrival of US President George W. Bush to Sao Paulo.

• Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula: “Uruguay should be satisfied with Mercosur benefits”

  ”All Mercosur members should be satisfied with the benefits and advantages obtained inside the (trade) block, because only like this will they remain hooked to the integration process”, said Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who this Monday begins a (long expected) brief six hours visit to neighbouring Uruguay.

• Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Only the River Plate will separate Bush and Chavez in March

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is expected in Buenos Aires during the first days of March officially as retribution to the recent hosting of Argentina's Nestor Kirchner with whom several financial, trade, development and cooperation agreements were signed, revealed the Argentine ambassador in Caracas Alicia Castro.

• Saturday, February 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Guess who's coming to Uruguay? And a week later?

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be arriving Monday for a one day fence mending visit to Uruguay where together with President Tabare Vazquez they will be addressing an agenda with several controversial issues