Hillary Clinton Slaps Britain in the Face Over the Falklands

The transcript of Hillary Clinton’s press conference in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Kristina Kirchner last night, has just been released by the State Department, and it is a real eye-opener. Her remarks represent an astonishing propaganda coup for the Peronist regime in its dispute with Britain over the Falklands, with Washington brazenly backing its position.'

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Flashpoint in The Falklands: Argentine Anger as British Oil Rig Moves in Today and MoD Beefs up Forces

Hostilities between the UK and Argentina will reach boiling point today with the arrival of a British oil rig off the Falkland Islands.
Buenos Aires has threatened to take steps to prevent what it believes is 'illegal' drilling - including a blockade of ships.
But oil exploration firm Desire Petroleum confirmed that the huge drilling platform Ocean Guardian was due to enter the archipelago's waters in defiance of the Argentine government's warnings.'

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Did Hitler Really Die In the Bunker or in Argentina?

'After WW II, at least five German U-boats reached Argentina with no less than 50 high ranked Third Reich officials on board. During the trip they sunk a US battle ship and the Brazilian cruiser Bahia with a death toll of more than 400, including US citizens.
Both the US and the British Government have systematically covered up the operation.

Why?

Did they take Hitler to Patagonia?'

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Brazil, Argentina to Eliminate US Dollar

Brazil and Argentina have signed a deal that will let the two nations do away with US dollar as an intermedium in their bilateral trade. The agreement was signed by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Monday in Brasilia. The accord is viewed as an important step toward a common currency among the members of Mercosur -- a South American trading bloc comprising Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and soon Venezuela.

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Argentinians torch train over delays

Furious commuters in Argentina have set fire to a train over delays during the morning rush hour.

Television images showed black smoke and flames engulfing the train at the station of Merlo, in the western suburbs of the capital, Buenos Aires. At nearby Castelar, passengers hurled stones at the ticket office and blocked the rails.
Many passengers said the delays, caused by a broken-down train, had cost them a day's work.
Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez said the faulty train's brakes had been sabotaged and leftist political activists took rocks and flares from their backpacks to incite violence and set the train aflame.
"This was planned, it was premeditated," Mr Fernandez said, adding the fire caused nearly $8 million in damage to the newest train running on the heavily traveled line.
Police arrested seven people on theft charges during the incidents, he said.
Argentina's dilapidated rail services are plagued by delays and travelers' anger has erupted into violence before.

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Somehow i can't see that happening on the 7.40 am from Surbiton !