Women presidents' U.K. travel plans

Two female Latin American presidents were scheduled to visit Britain this week.

Chile's president Michelle Bachelet and Argentina's president Cristina de Kirchner were to arrive for separate visits. Kirchner cancelled her trip to discuss sovereignty and the Falkland Islands because of the farmers' strike.

A column from the New Statesman offers an opinion on what this means in the context of the United Kingdom's relations with the region.