LAST WEEKEND. Events in Central America overshadow the local scene. The “Leonas” women’s hockey team wins the Champions’ Trophy in Sydney.

MONDAY. Education Minister Juan Carlos Tedesco is kicked upstairs to running a Bicentennial educational think tank with Alberto Sileoni the new minister.

TUESDAY. INDEC statistics bureau is placed directly under the new Economy Minister Amado Boudou in a change which hardly convinces anybody. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner meets with City Mayor Mauricio Macri as part of post-electoral dialogue.

WEDNESDAY. Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli calls for lower export duties as the weather chills.

THURSDAY. The CGT avoids a rift via Secretary-General Hugo Moyano’s apology to his critics.

FRIDAY. The Honduran coup overshadows the 37th Mercosur summit in Asunción. Scioli visits the Rural Society farm show in Palermo.

-Michael Soltys-