Honduras ordered all members of the Argentine embassy in Tegucigalpa to leave the country within three days, Tuesday 18 August. But Argentine foreign minister, Jorge Taiana, on a trade mission in Mexico, said he had not been informed of the deadline, and his diplomats were staying put. The Honduran ministry of foreign affairs said it was expelling the diplomats in line with “strict reciprocity” for the expulsion last week of the Honduran ambassador in Buenos Aires, who stated publicly that she approved of the forced removal of Manuel Zelaya as Hondura’s president last 28 June. The interim government of Honduras said its relations with Argentina would be conducted through the Argentine embassy in Israel. Honduras previously expelled Venezuelan diplomats, most of whom have stayed because President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela says he will not take orders from the interim government. BBC, Clarin (Spa), CNN, La Nación (Spa)
Title: Tango madness in Lausanne
Location: Lausanne, Vaud
Link out: Click here
Description: This is the tenth edition of one of the most popular Argentinean tango festivals. Meeting places: the Montbenon Casino and the park.
You can dance non-stop from 15:00 to 4:00 the next day and until Monday 1 June. Milongas, live orchestras, DJs and more.
Start Date: 28 May 2009
End Date: 01 Jun 2009
Raul Alfonsin, the first democratically elected leader of Argentina after the military regime that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983, has died after an illness, age 82. His economic record has been criticized but he is credited with bringing the country back to a democratic regime. BBC
A pit filled with an estimated 10,000 human bones is being excavated in La Plata, south of Buenos Aires, Argentina, near a former detention centre, possibly giving the first solid proof that many of the country’s “disappeared” population really were killed by the military dictatorship during the late 1970s and early 1980s. BBC
