21 JULY 2007, Page 15

Land of fire

Sir: Regarding the article on Argentina by Jonathan Davis (The Spectator, 7 July), please note that the country's southernmost province is Tierra del Fuego, and not Santa Cruz. Furthermore, the previous Argentine constitution simple forbade re-elections without establishing any limit on the number of terms. Lastly, you can hardly say that the government's recent setback in the Buenos Aires mayoral election was a 'surprise'.

Luis Baqueriza Buenos Aires