Saturday, 31 March 2012 08:55
Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui
BRASILIA: Thirty years after the Falklands War,Latin America is closing ranks behindArgentina's sovereignty claim over the disputed islands and reviving a bid for control in the resource-richSouth Atlantic.
All countries of the region backBuenos Airesin its bitter dispute withLondonover the remoteSouth Atlanticarchipelago and oppose any British military presence in the region, Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said in late March.
And she stressed that a statement on the issue would be issued at an April meeting ...
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USHUAIA: Argentina and Britain on Monday marked 30 years since they went to war over the Falklands, with Argentine President Cristina Kirchner calling British rule over the disputed islands "absurd."
"It is absurd to claim control (of the Falklands) from 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) away when the territory is on our continental shelf," Kirchner said in a 20-minute speech to veterans of the bloody 74-day conflict.
Kirchner traveled to Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, to pay homage to the 649 Argentine victims of the conflict, which began with a surprise Argentine invasion of the remote islands on April 2, 1982.
The war ended in a humiliating defeat for Argentina when British prime minister Margaret Thatcher sent in a naval task force to reclaim the archipelago that Britain has ruled since 1833.
After the long voyage, the British force launched an assault from the sea, fighting hilltop by hilltop to wrest back control of the ...
BRASILIA: The Brazilian economy is expected to grow 3.5 percent this year, up from 2.7 percent in 2011 while inflation will be around 4.4 percent, according to central bank projections released Thursday.
The 2012 projections are lower than those from the finance ministry which is forecasting gross domestic product growth of 4.5 percent and consumer prices rising 4.5 percent.
The bank also anticipates low growth "for a prolonged period" for the global economy due to the impact ...
