Nothing too wild going on this weekend in the top two newspapers: they shared (as is usual during weekends) the news that Argentina has classified to the Pekin Olympic games in basketball beating our (soccer) arch-rival and friendly neighbor Brazil. Then, each paper decided to focus on two very different news:
La Nación decided to look at a local political topic: the upcoming national elections (in less than two months). The comment stresses the large amount of positive economic announcements - all tending to increase disposable income - that the government has been making as the end of campaign grows near. On a more secondary note, the Papeleras conflict with (used-to-be-friendly) Uruguay is mentioned, as peaceful negotiations are about to be carried out. Lastly, there is also a column on the elections in two of the most relevant electoral districtrs after the Province and City of Buenos Aires: Santa Fé and Córdoba.
Clarín decides to stress the conflict with Uruguay over newly-constructed paper-mill Botnia as the number one item (as was during all of 2006, according to the news ranking published in the Observador de Medios http://observador-de-medios.blogspot.com ), and does so on a pessimistic tone, while also mentioning the elections in Santa Fé and Córdoba as relevant news as a prelude to the nationals in October.
Until next week, 'nuff said!
