Politics

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

  UK “regrets” Argentine decision to cancel oil cooperation

  

  “We regret the Argentine decision” to end the South Atlantic joint hydrocarbons understanding with the United Kingdom; “it sends a political signal in a sensitive year”, said late Tuesday a spokesperson from the British embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, March 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's Minister of Culture captivates Carnegie Hall

  

  The eleven North American concert dates during March, from Toronto to Tampa, mark Gil's first-ever solo concert tour, which has been created exclusively for this North American run.

• Sunday, March 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina plans diplomatic barrage for Falkland's war anniversary

  

  After having rejected Britain's offer for a sober commemoration of the 25 years of the Falkland Islands conflict, Argentina is preparing a diplomatic barrage before international forums demanding UK resumes sovereignty negotiations, according to Buenos Aires Sunday press.

• Sunday, March 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain considered invading Tierra del Fuego in 1982

  

  United Kingdom considered the possibility of invading Argentine territory during the Falkland Islands conflict in 1982, according to Lawrence Freedman interviewed by Chile's newspaper La Tercera and published Sunday in Santiago.

• Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands war was right - Blair

  

  Tony Blair has said going to war over the Falklands took “political courage” and was “the right thing to do”.
  Interviewed for the Downing Street website the prime minister said there had been a “principle at stake”.

• Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute moves to Madrid in April

  Uruguayan and Argentine delegates will meet next April 18/20 in Madrid to address the ongoing pulp mill controversy, following on the “dialogue facilitating efforts” sponsored by the King of Spain at the end of last year.

• Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula reshuffles cabinet and promises “politics with a big P”

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva and his newly formed ruling coalition completed the reshuffling of the ministerial cabinet and announced “politics with a big P, thinking in the country of the next twenty years”.

• Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Strong Argentine reactions to US criticisms

  

  Argentina reacted strongly to United States criticisms for having allowed Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to hold a political rally in Buenos Aires while George Bush was on a tour of the region early March.

• Friday, March 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Ascension Islanders accuse Britain of betrayal and deception

  

  A bitter diplomatic row has broken out on a tiny south Atlantic island and British dependency that played a key role in the Falkland Islands conflict 25 years ago, reported this week the Daily Telegraph.

• Thursday, March 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner will lead main Falklands' war commemorations

  

  President Nestor Kirchner will reaffirm Argentine “legitimate and imprescriptible” sovereignty over the Falkland Islands next April 2 in Ushuaia when he leads the main commemoration of the 25th anniversary of Argentina's 1982 military landing in the Islands, reports the Buenos Aires press.