Hillary Clinton made a last-minute change to her travel plans last night to meet with Argentina's president Cristina Fernandez and pledge U.S. support in solving the Falkland Islands dispute.
The Secretary of State's move will come as a slap in the face for London over the row.
Mrs Clinton said: 'It is our position that this is a matter to be resolved between the United Kingdom and Argentina. If we can be of any help in facilitating such an effort, we stand ready to do so.'
Gordon Brown has already made it clear there will be no negogiations over the islands.
Argentina has objected to a British company's oil exploration off the Falklands, known in Spanish as Las Malvinas, but Britain has rejected the complaint.
Clinton's offer of help came on the first full day of a Latin America tour that will take her to quake-hit Chile and regional heavyweight Brazil along with Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Clinton said she did not see the United States in a mediating role, but rather as simply encouraging dialogue.
'We're not interested in and have no real role in determining what they decide between the two of them,' she added.
By: Brant
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