Daily Headlines: March 13, 2008

* Britain’s Prince Charles and wife Camilla continued their tour of the Caribbean with an impromptu jam session with a group of Rastafarian musicians in Jamaica.

* During a speech on Wednesday, U.S. president George W. Bush blasted Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez for “praising terrorists.”

* Despite its own energy problems, Argentina agreed to keep providing natural gas supplies to Chile.

Sources- International Herald Tribune, People’s Daily Online, Al Jazeera, Reuters

Image- Associated Press

Follow-up: Argie gov’t turns up pressure on Falklands

Argentine President Nestor Kirchner voided a gas and oil exploration contract with Great Britain yesterday as the government increased its rhetoric on sovreignty over the Falklands Islands. The Argentine government justified breaking the agreement by calling the contract a “unilateral action to explore for resources that belong to Argentines.”

In response, British officials deemed Argentina’s decision to strengthen its claims to the islands as “lamentable” and “a step backwards…that impedes future cooperation” between both countries.

As we mentioned yesterday, British Prime Minister Tony Blair justified Britain’s military campaign against the invasion of the Falklands in 1982.

Links- Bloomberg, The Telegraph, El Dia, La Nacion, The Latin Americanist

Image- theoxleys.com