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More than 6 million Argentines enjoyed a historic celebration in downtown Buenos Aires where the emotion, patriotism and popular union marked the Bicentennial climate. The celebrations organized by the national government included various parades, concerts, stands provincial and free shows.

A crowd enjoys the festivities for the Argentine Bicentennial.
More than 6 million Argentines enjoyed a historic celebration in downtown Buenos Aires where the emotion, patriotism and popular union marked the Bicentennial with an atmosphere of thousands of artists, musical numbers, dance, visual art in a celebration of art.

A 200 years of the formation of the First Board, the Argentines enjoyed free of official celebrations organized by the national government. The party started last Friday around the Obelisk in a space where they joined musical shows, stands provincial military parades, car and striking Brute Force parade.

The following are the provisional numbers of the celebrations developed in the Bicentennial tour, officials said.

6 million: Estimated number of people who witnessed the various parades, concerts and free shows.

15 000: participants in the various parades. 4,500 people in the parade of integration, 2,000 people at the federal parade, 5,000 people in the parade of the armed forces and 3,500 artists will participate in the parade which will be central tonight, according Telam.

6000: visitors per day in each of the stands located in the Bicentennial Tour.

7: foreign presidents. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Fernando Lugo, Hugo Chavez, Rafael Correa, Jose Mujica, Manuel Zelaya, Evo Morales.

45: stands provincial and thematic Bicentennial Walk

72: gastronomic stands in the Bicentennial Tour.

20,000: meters of fencing.

50 000: m tubular structures.

27 000: square meters of canvas and racks.

19: foreign delegations sent representatives (excluding the states represented by their presidents). Canada, Germany, India, the Trinidad and Tobago, Austria, France, Dominican Republic, Peru, Ireland, Algeria, Spain, Serbia, Libya, Jordan, Palestine, Mexico, Panama, Cuba and Romania.

7200: light fixtures.

2 million: The amount of spread Argentine flags.

The head of national parliamentarians block of Federal Peronism, Felipe Solá, today congratulated the ruling party "for accuracy, professionalism and order in which organized acts of South America. In turn, Elisa Carrio said the organization "enabled the party out of everyone."

A crowd enjoys the festivities for the Argentine Bicentennial.
The head of national parliamentarians block of Federal Peronism, Felipe Solá, today congratulated the national government "with precision, professionalism and order to the events organized by the Bicentennial," arguing that "there were millions of people celebrating being Argentine with joy. "

In addition, the president of the bloc of deputies from the Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrio, also expressed his "congratulations to the City Government and National because it enables the party out of everyone."

"It was amazing to see so many families from the provinces who poured into Buenos Aires. In the houses of the provinces gathered that feeling that is the homeland," he added.

For his part, Sola said that "one thing you'll find the joy of people by surprise and another is having organized this so that the second day was better than the first and the third better than the second," said Telam .

He said that "there have been selfish or mean spirit, there were millions of people celebrating being Argentineans with joy and respect from the military parade of the Mothers and Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo."

For Federal Rep. of Peronism, "people said we want to live with respect, gave us a lesson in the joy that is not the heritage of our Brazilian brothers. Fortunately, the melancos stayed in their homes, but it seems that fortunately there were few" .

As part of his speech, Sola said as an example of this climate, he said, "change hearts", the "embrace" the holder of the bloc of deputies PRO, Federico Pinedo, with Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno.

Finally, the national legislature and former governor of Buenos Aires set out to find "another way and surprised us the people that surprised us. These forms exist in the air of this chamber and it is our duty to understand them."

The basketball player who plays in the prestigious NBA, more precisely in the San Antonio Spurs mocked through your account at social networking, the aspect that has the player and asked if and it also inflamed wrist had swollen hair. Manu decided to shave before the common hair loss.

The basketball player Emanuel Ginobili joked about the photo spread tennis player Juan Martin Del Potro through Twitter, which showed the current status of his injury on his right arm.

The San Antonio Spurs player, who at this point is the main fan and the one most often written in the social network, slid, "You inflamed the wig too? Je je. What makes me envy all that broomrape! - ), "Ginobili said, referring to hair that has Del Potro in the photo.

The basketball player who plays in the prestigious NBA, in the ranks of San Antonio Spurs decided to shave the face of increasing hair showing each week.

The president of Venezuela and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, the country arrived this afternoon to celebrate the Bicentennial. In a brief news conference, Bush warned Caribbean: "Viva la Argentina." In the evening attend a gala dinner at Government House.

Chávez with Correa.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Ecuadorian counterpart, Rafael Correa, the country arrived this afternoon to celebrate the Bicentennial. In a brief news conference, Bush warned Caribbean: "Viva la Argentina."

"We're here for the 200th anniversary of the liberators of this country, that made this country free," he said to the representatives of local newspapers in the metropolitan airport.

In turn, Correa hailed the Argentine birthday and said "good luck in the World."

Tonight after 21, President Cristina Fernandez will lead a gala dinner at Government House to be attended by leaders from throughout the region, including Correa and Chavez.

The President was greeted by the presidents Lula Da Silva, Sebastian Pinera, Jose Mujica, Fernando Lugo, Evo Morales, Hugo Chavez and Rafael Correa. "Our people are better than one hundred years ago," said the head of state. He reiterated the claim over the Falkland Islands.

Cristina together with the presidents, as part of the Bicentennial.
As part of celebrations for the Bicentennial Argentine President Cristina Fernandez said today: "We wanted to give us a different Bicentennial, a Bicentennial popular with the people in the streets," to receive the greeting of foreign dignitaries and the diplomatic corps accredited the Argentine government in the Hall of Busts, Government House.

The Head of State said: "In the Centenary was invited to a member of the royal house of Spain. With all due respect I have for and on behalf of the history of all these men and women who are in this gallery wanted to give us a Bicentennial different, a Bicentennial popular with the people in the streets. "

"Our people are better than one hundred years ago, no matter who likes it," said the head of state, before the eyes of their Latin American counterparts.

Moreover, the President thanked the representatives present and the rest of "Latin America" "support" given to Argentina in its claim for sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

In addition, he said: "When the people honored me with their vote, the celebration and commemoration of the Bicentennial for all of us became almost an obsession. Centenario is that the other was conducted in a country that had declared a state of siege. "

"A country where the immigrants had brought new ideas of the old world. And the festivities were under the Suppression of new and emerging trade unionism in the middle of a siege," said the President.

"Here we are, 200 years later. And I thought it was a good way to commemorate them in this scenario, at the opening of the 'Hall of Patriots Latin American Bicentennial." Here are all. They are our great victories and some bitter failures. But without them we would not be celebrating as we are doing, "said Cristina.

The ceremony was attended by Presidents Lula Da Silva (Brazil), Sebastian Pinera (Chile), Jose Mujica (Uruguay), Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Hugo Chávez (Venezuela) and Rafael Correa (Ecuador).

At noon the president, Nestor Kirchner next to deputy, participated in the Te Deum was performed by the May 25 celebration in the Basilica of Luján, who was in charge of the Archbishop of Buenos Aires that game, Bishop Augustine Radrizzani.

At the start of the ceremony, the head of state greeted the crowd that had gathered early outside the temple of Luján.

Various data show that accompanied the country's economic recovery, a process that began in the last quarter of 2009. The increases in many cases the indicators are the highest since 2008 and are consolidating the economic upturn.

From the hand of industry growth, improved construction activity
A series of positive indicators that broadcast the INDEC confirm that Argentina's economy began to recover steadily, after enduring the impact of the international crisis in 2009. The data reflect that accompanied the economic recovery that began in the last quarter of last year and seems to consolidate current.

The production of goods and services climbed 8.1% in March as a year, not only is the highest indicator the last 20 months, but also in the first quarter of the increase was 6.4%, the highest since December 2008.

The INDEC also distributed the Monthly Industrial Estimator, which in April showed an improvement of 9.9% over the same month in 2009 and 1.5% compared to last March. Manufacturing output up in the year an expansion of 9.4%, the highest annual change since January 2008.

From the hand of industry growth, improved construction activity, where indicators will be released next week, which grew 8.5% in the first quarter and plans for April rose nearly 10% after 13 jump , 7% from last March.

Accompanying these indicators the good performance of the trade balance in April resulting in a trade surplus of 1.932 million dollars, the highest of the year, and continues its recovery, with the level of re-exports increased levels of activity 2008.
The higher level of activity is in addition to the strong expansion of consumption has been showing in the first quarter, and where indicators of supermarkets and shopping centers, which also will be broadcast next week, "planned improvements over the two digits in April.

For its part, the unemployment rate reached 8.3% in the first quarter, down slightly from 8.4% the same period in the first quarter of 2009. The indicators improved from the second quarter of last year, when unemployment had been 8.8%, and also over the third quarter when he scored a 9.1%, the period of greatest impact of the international crisis.

Industrial activity. Grew 9.9% in April compared to the same month of 2009, and improved 1.5% compared with March, in another sign of sustained recovery of the economy. Manufacturing output up in the year an expansion of 9.4%, the highest annual cumulative change since January 2008 when the Industrial Monthly Estimator dropped 12.6 percent.

In comparison to April compared with March last, the production of manufactured goods grew 1.5 percent. Impact on the index the strong growth of the automotive industry, up 55.4% and steel production, the activity increased 40.1% over April 2009.

The textile industry's production improved at 21.8% yoy, the inputs for the construction industry by 7.2% and rubber and plastic products by 7.6 percent. They also improved their production over April last year the production of chemicals and chemical products by 3.4% and the metalworking industry 1.1 percent. The paper and paperboard production grew 6.4%, the editing and printing of 5.5% and 0.2% snuff, on-year.

Negative indicators showed the food industry, with a low of 2.9% and petroleum refining, which contracted 4.1% compared with April 2009.

According to the Industrial Qualitative Survey, prepared by the INDEC, business sector 75.7% felt that the industry will maintain its current level of activity in May, while 18.7% estimated increase and the remaining 5.6% reduced activity level.
In April, the average installed capacity utilization averaged 79.5%, the highest of the year.

The metalworking industry, with a utilization of 89.8%, and textile production, with 88.5%, were the sectors with the highest average level of installed capacity. Oil refining recorded 88% utilization of its productive capacity.

Trade balance. Exports grew 19%, amounting to U $ S6.033 million, which went well at the levels that were exported in 2008. The greatest value of exports for April 2009 was the result of an increase in the quantities sold of 16% and 3% improvement in international prices.

After the 5-0 against Canada, the national team coach said that Argentina has "good players" and stressed that the most important are "the desire to have children to prove they can do this," referring to the next Cup World.

Diego Maradona was very enthusiastic about his players and what's coming
After the 5-0 against Canada, the coach of the national team, Diego Armando Maradona, Argentina has said that "good players" and all will play "at the right time."

"What the Argentines are calm that we have good players and we will use all at the right time," said Diez, told Channel 7.

Moreover, Maradona said that the most important are "the desire to have children to prove they can do this," referring to the next World Cup.

The national side defeated Canada 5-0 in the last friendly before the meeting in South Africa. Maxi Rodriguez on two occasions, Angel Di María, Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero scored the goals from the team of Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi left on the substitutes bench. Now comes the World Cup.


Agüero cried the last of both the selection in the Monumental
The forecasts did not fail and the result was expected. Faced with a weak rival and with stars in its heyday, the Selection flowered and thrashed Canada 5-0 in the previous game before traveling to South Africa.

As soon as the referee began the game will notice the difference between a selection and another. Argentina attacked and drove the threads of the meeting, while the U.S. was grouped together behind and opted for a pitch to their lone striker in court. And the zero on the scoreboard lasted only 16 minutes: Maxi Rodriguez screamed and opened the game.

The Selection, then, floral and touched the ball, while thousands of souls who swept the Monumental accompanied with their usual chants and hoped that Lionel Messi made his appearance (he was replaced by Javier Pastore). For the '36, the Liverpool midfielder was again filled the face of goal and extended the gap to the rest of the meeting was a show of luxury and goals. Five minutes later would be the turn of Angel Di Maria, to make it 3-0 and leave the rest with a more comforting.

In the second stage, the Albiceleste enjoyed and fiddled with eleven players all Canadians who were waiting to finish the game. Gonzalo Higuain pulled off two defenders, leaving Tevez in front of goal to set.

The result was already overwhelming, and the Argentines were shared goals. And it was the turn of Sergio Aguero, who put the final 5-0 to the delight of the fans in Argentina. Canada, it is clear, it was not a parameter of that rivals will face in the World Cup selection, although it was a bridal luxury and a smile to travel to South Africa. Each time no less. Come on Argentina!

(Reuters) - Argentina's famed Teatro Colon, one of the world's great opera houses, will reopen on Monday after a three-year restoration of the country's leading cultural gem

(Reuters) - Argentina's famed Teatro Colon, one of the world's great opera houses, will reopen on Monday after a three-year restoration of the country's leading cultural gem

• Move to one of the two fashion capitals of the United States—New York or Los Angeles. The combined population of males 15-and-older in those two cities is about 4.6 million, and of those, just 2 million are single. Already, just by moving, you’ve improved your odds almost 30-fold, to around one in 7,127. That’s still a very low number, but it’s better than what you had before.

• Become professionally successful. While it is difficult to precisely define success, the highest income group reported by the US Census is those with incomes greater than $100,000 so that’s what we’ll use. Though we do not have statistics for New York and LA specifically, nationally, 1 in 15.36 men who live alone (because a supermodel presumably wouldn’t want to date a guy who lives with a roommate, or in his parent’s basement) have an income of at least $100,000. So being successful will improve your odds to around one in 150. It’s still a long shot, but compared to our first guesstimate, things aren’t looking so bad!

• You are tall. Given the height of supermodels, it is unlikely they’ll date a man shorter than six feet tall, unless you are the head of a major power, like the 5’5’’ Nicholas Sarkozy, who is married to the 5’9” Carla Bruni. 1 in 5.05 American men are at least six feet tall, so if you’re lucky enough to fit into that category, your odds of dating a supermodel might increase proportionally, to about one in 34.

• You are good looking. Economic and psychological research has shown that attractive people are more likely to date and marry other attractive people, so if you’re good-looking it stands to reason that your chances of being with a model are much improved. Supermodels are some of the most beautiful women on the planet, so they won’t just date anyone, for the most part. Let’s guesstimate that they will generally only consider you a serious prospect if you’re in the top 20 percent of the best-looking men in the room. In that case, your odds might increase to one in 7. Considering that we started at one in 178,100, things are looking pretty good.

Macarena Lemos was a girl of just 14 when she met Lionel Messi. She, model agency Leandro Rud, and the star of Barcelona, will take less than four years ago and have much in common besides friends and Rosario's hometown. The time passed too young, and the same Macarena reminds herself almost as an innocent girl when they were amigovios those kisses.

Before traveling to South Africa-it for obvious reasons, and she as a fan-planning a reunion in the city of the flag. Before assembling the bags, pleaded with 7 DAYS. He spoke of his adolescent love and which expects to recover four years later.

"It is recognized as a soccer girl. But do you know anything about football?
"A little (laughs).

"Then look at the games to see the players ...
"Maybe, half and half (laughs). Let's see, a man is not going to a parade to see the clothes, going to see the models. Well, this is the same.

- Is it the Spanish League?
Messi is my ex-boyfriend, so obviously I watch the games in which it is to see how it goes.

- Just what is in the parties or is otherwise in contact?
"Lately we talked a lot to chat, cool. After what happened between us, we do not talk for a while, because in fact, something we missed, there were things that did not close, I was very young, he moved to Barcelona. I do not understand anything. He was my first little boyfriend, I do not know what it was a kiss, so do not ask me if anything happened (laughs).

- Your first kiss was with Messi?
"No, not really. And it was not more than a kiss with him, eh! Nobody believes me when I say it, but really it was not a major at the time. I touched a hair, he treated me like a lady.

- And now they're going to pray too?
"And ... now I have 18 years (laughs). Things change. I changed a lot too, it took four years. First I'm not a baby, and second that I'm not physically the same, I grew up. We've known for years, I knew him as Lionel Messi, a soccer player before the 2006 World Cup and before whatever it is today.

- Did you notice any changes after that explosion?
"It is a very quiet kid. He's young, obviously, and he likes girls, a normal kid.

- He is not dating a Rosario?
"No, I do not think they were more. I do not know, neither the district nor of view, nothing. The truth is that I did not dare to ask, but I tried to get information on the lecture and made me understand that he is alone.

- And do you think?
- Any player tells the truth about that? (Laughs). I have known several players and all I have lied. I do not know if he is telling the truth or not. Messi is, can the woman he wants, and I am not the current girlfriend to make him any presents.
"Finally a shoe space soul.

- And proud of it! The shoe space is the one that goes with football players, not charged, as stated in those days. The charged is "cat." In addition, model racing and football are always together, we all go the same places, discos. Everything takes you to men of that environment.

- Looking for wedding or be okay as well, nee?
"Obviously it's nice to be together, but if I am serious with someone I have to choose very well with whom, because I recognize that I am jealous, and I have a job above also lends itself to the other is jealous, then the combination can be complicated . So now I say "hold the touch and go" and definitely spend a night with Lionel is an outstanding bill.

"It is time, after so many comings and goings.
"And yes, we knew we had a story, we parted, we find again now. Already (laughs). Even in 2007 I went to Barcelona just to see him.

- Are you afraid that he thinks you hung in-tent of his name?
-No. On the one hand I think he knows me to know that I am not well, but the reality is that fear and doubt always have. It is in every respect of what to think.

-Traveling to Barcelona will de-showed that their interest is real.
"Absolutely, and I more paying me the ticket, because they wanted to pay me, but that money is his, it has nothing to do I pay the fare. For something work.

"Palermo is" Diego Maradona confirmed on the first program of Susana Gimenez on Sunday night, more than 24 hours before making public the list of the 30 pre-selected to travel to South Africa 2010 World Cup. The happy news was Boca striker arrives in one of the most difficult moments of his life, at least from a legal standpoint. His ex-wife, Lorena Barrichi, sparked the biggest scandal to the player lived in recent years as a result of a contentious divorce . As if it were "shoe space," the world of football and the police this time go hand in hand.

WORD OF EX. The divorce proceedings between Martin and Lorena is developed with the same level of confusion with which he made the separation. She accused did not have evidence that the couple had ended when he took the bag and left. Today, three years later, he found, according to her, the person to whom he was married for over eight years remained hidden money. Lorena Barrichi exclusively, spoke with 7 DAYS.

- How are you emotionally after uncovering this pot?

"The truth is that it is a very difficult to carry, and is a little weird because it would have been better to sit directly with Martin, have a coffee, and end up like ... (thinks). I do not like being in the media talking about the past, nor of him. I will never speak ill of him.

- Are you disappointed with Martin because things are taking place as well?

"Yes, and I'm very sad, because live eight-year relationship and then not get to have a minimum or dialogue is a little sad. Going through lawyers after having lived so much stronger, is ugly, because even their lawyers have tried to carry this dialogue, and will be three years of this subject.

- How long you have no contact with Martin?

"Much more than a year. The last great dialogue we had was at the time of taking time out after photos (N. of the R.: in February 2008 he was photographed with another woman in December after Barrichi said it had overcome crisis after crisis the death of her baby.) Sometimes you're in a relationship where you come from evil, and you can find him why. I think that's what happened with the baby in some cases the pain the father takes him aside, and the mother on the other, and sometimes things have to be two. When something hard with a child that can unite or isolate, and in our case was disunity. I am a person who likes to have dialogue, at least as to say "things are not."

"I hid allegations that the money through a company ...

"The truth is that no longer interest me that because my relationship was very different, I was never thinking about whether he won or so. I was with him, I was at his best and in others that were not pink. But if he wins one, ten or four, I did not care. Then he came one day to say, "Lore, I need this documentation," and if the information he wanted, he was. Not that I had to play me, I was not fighting for money. If his bill or no bill, it's money from him, which I think is normal. But that does not have at least the minimum dialogue ... I feel a great pain. Love to have a divorce, to know another person, fall in love and form a family. If he had said, "get it over with," we would never have reached this situation is really awkward, bad for him.

- Do you feel guilt for having triggered this situation?

"No, no guilt. It took a long time and I feel in good conscience, I'm not bad people and did not act wrong with it. I always respected him and I will continue to respect. There is a God, the return of life is round, at some point things are given. I did not sit to say "I want you to do shit." The time came when I said enough, because I am a human being, I suffered a lot. Not that today with all this I am happy, I'm also going badly. It is he who must sit to resolve the issue. He was given every opportunity. May God grant that this can be resolved soon. Now it does not pass by me, goes through the lawyers.

Legal status. Eduardo Sande, Barrichi lawyer, summed up the situation for 7 DAYS: "When you abandon Palermo marital home, stay in the apartment where Lorena a number of papers from him. For the days have gone says you need to take these roles. She, who is a girl of good faith, thinking this was going to solve in a different direction then took, gave all the papers he had but took the precaution to get photocopies. He always thought that after eight years together he was going to behave differently. When it reaches the courts, photocopying and brings me among all these papers are contracts of Uruguayan society representing him to Palermo, which begins to create a diversion of funds. "

As a result of this management, wealth Dower, according to the applicant, was declined by a substantial figure, which translates into about $ 2 million once the divorce. But the copies are not a legal element. "We had to fight through offices in Boca for a court to confirm he had a contract with that company. The club took everything he could, until the judge summoned under pain of disobedience and fine, and Boca replied. Hence the evidence that, indeed, these copies are consistent with the contracts it had generated Boca offshore Uruguayan society, which represents Palermo, which is charged by the awards and the money they should collect it, that's the plot " said the lawyer.

While anxious Palermo reviews the countdown to South Africa, his former justice waiting in the next chapter of this story.

The first tranche of debt in default reached 45 percent approval of the total 18,300 million dollars in securities, announced this evening the Minister of Economy, Amado Boudou.

"On Friday it closed the first tranche wholesaler, and we have received about 8540 titles per billion, about 45 percent of the total," Boudou announced tonight at a news conference.

Thus, the officer referred to the closure of the section for investors with holdings in excess of $ 100 million, who until Friday could redeem their shares without the penalty that applies from Monday and that means a rebate of one dollar 100 offering.

Boudou was confident of reaching an acceptance level of 60 percent, "which is what we always talk," he said. "We do not go up to any number," said the minister pointing out its differences with some private analysts.

On this first leg of an exchange, the official stressed that "admitted all the major operators, with holdings of more than $ 100 million in bonds," except those vulture funds ", bringing together some 3,000 million.

"Vulture funds are still vultures," said Boudou, and minimized the scope of a presentation he made before the justice of the United States one of these funds, demanding to know their accounts of government officials in that country, in order embargoes.

"That officers meet with their heritage, is ridiculous. Still, asking for account information they want," he said. Beyond "vulture funds" are still to enter the exchange almost 7,000 billion in securities would be in the hands of small and medium savers.

So Boudou was on Monday and Tuesday in Italy where he spoke with several banks that bring small investors, which seeks to attract Economics. Furthermore, in the next ten days the Argentine government published advertisements in major newspapers of that country to encourage the commitment of these investors.

He noted that while "this is a time of high volatility" of the markets by the crisis in Greece, its portfolio "does not plan an extension" to the closing date of the exchange provided for in the 7 June.

Boudou also criticized statements by the head of analysis for Latin America of Standard & Poor's, Jane Eddy, ensuring that part of that risk rating "there is a minimum analysis of the ability to pay, past, present and future" of Argentina.

With respect to 1000 bonus billion that Argentina would seek to place, Boudou made clear that "not going to pay any rate, before the times of high volatility experienced by the market, and have until June 7 to take a decision.

Maradona finally gave the list 23 for the World Cup with Garcé as a great surprise. Among the front, Palermo was summoned Lavezzi and stayed out. The other displaced: Coloccini, Insaurralde, Mercier, Sosa, Dátolo and Blanc.




It is the surprise of the 23 players that Diego Maradona was on the table for the 2010 World Cup. But the career of Ariel Garcé did not start yesterday, although at Ten team has only one party. His debut was in 1999 in the River of Ramon Diaz, at right back although his natural position was the central defender. While the selection had already been summoned by Marcelo Bielsa on two occasions, both in 2003, to play friendlies against Honduras (was sent) and the U.S..

For history must go back to Tandil, where he was discovered by a talent scout who took him to River, the club he won titles after his debut with Ramón Díaz (Clausura 2002) and Manuel Pellegrini, in 2003, after which it was sold Morelia of Mexico, where he played just one season, and in 2004 he returned to River, at the request of Leonardo Astrada. With the Black reached a new closing, but that same year signed a contract to play in Columbus, his current club, where his first move was a somewhat erratic performance that was destined to be transferred to Olimpo. He received the worst news: <b> a suspension of six months from ingesting banned substances </ b>. When he returned, had an acceptable performance but could not prevent relegation to the B Nacional. He did not play in the second category because Astrada ask him again, this time to play at Central. When it renewed the contract is not returned to Columbus today to receive the best news of all: the call to the World Cup despite his lack of experience in the selection.

Maradona is that those minutes would have sufficed to Haiti football, when he said "good Chinese, good" when he put that pinpoint pass to the head of Martin Palermo, another local soccer will be in South Africa to the Argentine goal. Amid speculation about whether or not the surprise would be helped by the Turco Mohamed, who winked Diego when he was 4 (for the first time in the tournament because Garcé had asked not to be more lateral), position in which Maradona I think as a spare Otamendi. All power, as he likes to Diego. In addition, he played Garcé stopper and sweeper in a three-man defense in Columbus, so that the SD of the selection will expand the range of possibilities.

And it's important to note that Maradona also liked the attitude of defense against the team and the way he spoke to his teammates before heading out to play that cold night against Haiti. So, in attitude appears to have gained the passage to South Africa, that had already booked passage to watch the World Cup with his friends but now you can see from inside the stadium and the blue and white on the chest.

President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday called the new British prime minister, David Cameron, stop oil exploration initiated by companies of that country in the Falklands, which Argentina claimed sovereignty.   In a letter sent out to a purpose of the designation of the flamboyant head of government, Fernandez reiterated his country will resume "delayed process of negotiation" on the sovereignty of the islands of the South and the surrounding maritime areas. The dignitary Argentina also drew attention to the importance of continuing to build an international community capable of dealing with renewed vision the most serious and urgent problems of the global agenda. "In this regard, I wish to renew the arrangement of my government to continue to contribute together to that goal," said the message, which forms the resumption of negotiations on Falklands in the same spirit of collaboration. Remember also that recently started oil exploration activities unilaterally in the disputed area, which has been rejected by the Argentine government. "I hope you will have the ability to stop such actions in favor of a fruitful cooperation with my country," concludes the letter of Cristina Fernández the new British prime minister, David Cameron.

"One does not like to talk about these things. We can play well or badly, but going back would be a serious mistake.'d Be letting down not only a coach, but an entire country. There is much talk of that famous match with Chile, that day we played very badly. But we must also say that four days before we played a war against Uruguay in the River stadium and there it was shown that the team left it all "with this statement Javier Mascherano, the captain of the Select Argentina since Diego Maradona's coach, responded to serious allegations of Alfit Basile, son of Coco, the professor Carlos Dibos and Russian Ribolzi, indicating that Maradona had "conspired" to Basile no longer the coach of Argentina.

"I never saw a conspiracy against Basile or anything like it," Mascherano told TyC Sports in from the campus of the AFA in Ezeiza. The Liverpool midfielder arrived Tuesday in the country and joined Jonas Gutierrez and Sergio Romero to training, being the first players in the preliminary list of World Cup Maradona.

Then came his turn to speak of the team that will participate in the World Cup. To the captain's idea of play depends on what the technician decides who just begin to delineate when the group is complete in Ezeiza. "Not much has been made yet. We are few players who are training and is not the final list. We must wait for all and that outline a game idea," he said Mascherano.

With regard to the list, the former River took pity on those who remained and did not rule out any of those who are between 30 to remain in the final list of 23 "did not talk to Zanetti, Cambiasso or Gago. It is a very complicated situation, must be immense sadness.

Later, as a player myself bothers me that discredits some players, giving names as discarded. All of these names were linked to a possible list (for White and Insaurralde Garcé). Are decisions taken by the technical and should be respected, "he said.

Finally, Mascherano explored the possibilities for Argentina to win the Cup in South Africa: "The win championships the teams, not individuals. Come to that, being a great team. I have no doubt that this team will do everything effort to reach as high as possible. " So be it.

Cuba will attend the Summit of Latin America and the European Union (EU) in Madrid under stress by the criticism he received from the 27 human rights situation and the persistence of the European policy of conditional cooperation democratic opening.

The death on 23 February the prisoner Orlando Zapata, after a hunger strike 85 days, resulted in a strong condemnation of the European Parliament and the government of Raul Castro accused the bloc allied with the U.S. in a smear campaign aimed at destabilizing to the communist island.

The questions raged with hunger strike held since February 24 dissident Guillermo Farinas, and the harassment of the Damas de Blanco-wives of 75 dissidents sentenced in 2003 - whom police prevented progress for three weeks with that every Sunday demanding the release of prisoners.

"We will not yield to blackmail ever, of any country or group of nations that are powerful, no matter what happens," said Raul Castro on 4 April, and called for marches and rallies against the policy of the EU and the U.S..

Spain, which holds the rotating presidency of the bloc, led the initiative that led to the EU in June 2008 to repeal the sanctions imposed on Cuba in 2003 after the jailing of 75 dissidents.
In 2008 the EU and Cuba reestablished cooperation and dialogue, and continued the approach in 2009, when he visited the island on European Development Commissioner, Karel De Gucht.

But criticism on human rights came to complicate the management undertook Spain to remove the EU Common Position, adopted in 1996 and holding the island together with the democratic advances.

Havana, which considers the policy an "intervention", says he is not willing to be challenged by European countries accused of being "lackeys" of Washington, and current state of the relationship is almost ruled out that Raul Castro attends summit Tuesday. At the previous conclave was number two, Jose Ramon Machado.

However, according to official figures, Cuba has in the EU in nine of its largest emitters of tourists and 23% of its trade-imports-mostly, but with a decreasing trend in recent years in favor of trade with America and Asia.

Uruguay Argentina yesterday rejected the offer to perform a task of joint control over the operation of the ex Pastera Botnia, the first initiative for environmental monitoring after the failure of The Hague. If anyone thought the differences between the two countries were resolved, which wake up.

Testing the song: after the first stage of confrontation over the issue of the pulp mills on the Uruguay River (2003-2006), time demands, marches and work in teams failed high-level, reached the second stage (2006-2010) with judicial proceedings before the highest court of the planet, which failed with a "no": Uruguay violated the bilateral treaty, and accused Argentina, but could not prove that the Finnish Pastera pollutes the waters of the share or the air. Therefore, the court ordered the two countries back to basics: how to work together to set the Treaty itself. A monitoring captained by CARU, the Uruguay River Management Commission, bi-national body with representatives from both countries.

As anticipated Clarín, the Foreign Ministry last Friday presented to the CARU a proposal for joint monitoring of Botnia emissions to air, land and water, checked from within the plant. "This is a draft comprehensive and continuous monitoring of the industrial establishment ex Botnia, UPM current as well as the impact of the operation of the plant on the Uruguay River ecosystem, as the ICJ ordered the parties to it," says Chancery.

The delegation of Argentina also requested an extraordinary meeting next Monday 17 CARU to discuss the proposal. "

But Uruguay said "no." And everything indicates that begins the third stage of confrontation in this tale of two banks. According to the Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment of Uruguay, Graciela Muslera, Argentina "presented a proposal that goes beyond the provisions of the monitoring regime, which should be limited to the River Uruguay and nothing else. The same held the Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro: "We have a framework that is the ruling of the International Court in The Hague and have another frame of reference that are the powers of the CARU. We can not go beyond or to the powers of the CARU says or what the ruling of the Court. "

In the corridors of the Palacio San Martín was heard yesterday that I pose to the Uruguayan, the monitoring project is not presented anything auspicious.

If completed the meeting of the CARU, be the first between representatives of both countries after the break following differences sessions motivated by the conflict mill.

From Gualeguaychú, despite the disapproval of some who refuse to consider monitoring for a way to validate the operation of the pulp mills, Assembly postulate: "We must draw on all proposed controller Hague Botnia to watch from inside and collect evidence of irregularities and contamination. The evidence that the Court now says that Argentina could not present, watching from the opposite shore. "

Meanwhile, Cristina and Mujica prepare a meeting for June 4 in Anchorena (ROU), our country has not yet appointed new ambassador to Montevideo after the resignation of Hernán Patiño Meyer and the new Uruguayan ambassador in Buenos Aires, Guillermo Pomi, just to present his credentials.