News of embassy

New US ambassador presents credentials to President Fernández

24-01-2022 21:33 Marc R. Stanley presents credentials to President Alberto Fernández, formally assuming his post as Washington’s representative in Buenos Aires.

by James Grainger

IMF DEBT TALKS

Fernández vows to be 'firm' in talks with IMF

30-10-2021 17:35 President Alberto Fernández vows to negotiate "firmly" with the International Monetary Fund; Meets US President Joe Biden briefly on sidelines of G20 summit.

DIPLOMACY

New British ambassador begins mission in Argentina

23-09-2021 23:05 Kirsty Hayes, who replaces Mark Kent as London's envoy in Buenos Aires, presents diplomatic credentials at Palacio San Martín.

by James Grainger

ALBERTO IN MEXICO

President arrives in Mexico for talks on business, vaccines

22-02-2021 14:05 Alberto Fernández landed in Mexico City today for an official visit geared towards “strengthening commercial ties” between two countries. President set to meet Mexican counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador, billionaire businessman Carlos Slim and visit an AstraZeneca vaccine laboratory.

UK IN ARGENTINA

British Embassy takes annual Harry Potter Book Night online

03-02-2021 09:33 The British Embassy in Argentina is taking this year's incarnation of their popular annual Harry Potter Book Night online, with a live stream on YouTube at 7.30pm this Thursday.

DIPLOMACY

Kirsty Hayes named Britain's next ambassador to Argentina

04-12-2020 21:02 British Embassy confirms that Kirsty Hayes has been appointed as the next UK ambassador to Buenos Aires, replacing the departing Mark Kent.

by James Grainger

TERROR THREAT?

Argentina tightens border after tip-off warns of bomb attack on Jewish community

15-11-2020 10:34 Security Ministry opens probe after anonymous tipster warns Embassy in London that explosive material is due to cross border with Paraguay “for a bomb in Argentina with a Jewish objective.”

LATIN AMERICA

Trump's envoy close to Brazil's leader – some say too close

05-08-2020 23:59 Jair Bolsonaro has made alliance with the United States the cornerstone of his foreign policy since taking office 19 months ago. That's afforded US Ambassador Todd Chapman broad leeway, with some questioning if he's too close to the Brazilian leader.

WIKILEAKS FOUNDER

Assange had two children while inside Ecuador's London Embassy

13-04-2020 08:51 Julian Assange's partner revealed Sunday that she had two children with him while he lived inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, issues plea for the WikiLeaks founder to be released from prison over health fears.

Coronavirus pandemic

British Embassy seeking contact with British nationals in Argentina

27-03-2020 19:19 Officials at the Embassy, headed by Ambassador Mark Kent, want to build up an accurate picture of the number of non-resident British nationals in Argentina and the issues they are currently facing.

British Embassy in Buenos Aires

Note from the British Embassy to British nationals in Argentina

21-03-2020 10:01 On 19 March, Argentina introduced a nationwide quarantine that will last until midnight on Tuesday, March 31. Here's what British nationals in Argentina need to know.

TRIBUTE TO ‘TEX’ HARRIS

A Great American

29-02-2020 10:03 Over the years, I have had the opportunity to hear Tex Harris reflect on his Argentine experience, saying he believed the human rights policy had not been effective. I believe he was wrong.

by Mario del Carril

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Tex Harris saved me from being kidnapped’

29-02-2020 09:43 Human rights activists Graciela Palacio de Lois, whose husband disappeared during the days of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship, says she owes her life to the assistance of late US diplomat Allen ‘Tex’ Harris.

by Luciana Bertoia

FROM WHERE I STAND

For Tex Harris, the man who did the right thing

29-02-2020 09:38 Looking back, I realise that it was natural for Tex – a man of enormous generosity who had a great gift for friendship – to do the right thing.

by Robert Cox

St. Patrick's Day

Buenos Aires gears up for St Patrick's Day celebrations

27-02-2020 13:54 The Almirante Brown Argentine Irish Association will be holding their annual parade on Avenida de Mayo on March 7 to celebrate Irish community and its heritage.

HUMAN RIGHTS

'Tex' Harris, US diplomat who detailed dictatorship's crimes, dies at 81

25-02-2020 13:04 US diplomat, who was sent to Buenos Aires in 1977, famously opened the US Embassy's doors to relatives of those disappeared by the dictatorship and created a detailed catalogue of the 1976-1983 military regime's human rights abuses.

British Enchantment

Harry Potter fans fill Buenos Aires British Embassy with magic

07-02-2020 13:48 1500 fans of the famous fantasy series written by author J.K. Rowling gathered at the British Embassy of Buenos Aires for the fifth annual Harry Potter Book Night.

by Joseph Charney

News of embassy

New US ambassador presents credentials to President Fernández

Fernández vows to be 'firm' in talks with IMF

New British ambassador begins mission in Argentina

President arrives in Mexico for talks on business, vaccines

British Embassy takes annual Harry Potter Book Night online

Kirsty Hayes named Britain's next ambassador to Argentina

Argentina tightens border after tip-off warns of bomb attack on Jewish community

Trump's envoy close to Brazil's leader – some say too close

Assange had two children while inside Ecuador's London Embassy

British Embassy seeking contact with British nationals in Argentina

Note from the British Embassy to British nationals in Argentina

A Great American

‘Tex Harris saved me from being kidnapped’

For Tex Harris, the man who did the right thing

Buenos Aires gears up for St Patrick's Day celebrations

'Tex' Harris, US diplomat who detailed dictatorship's crimes, dies at 81

Harry Potter fans fill Buenos Aires British Embassy with magic

Honduras political crisis deepens ahead of president-elect's swearing-in

With 100,000 new cases, Argentina surpasses 8 million Covid infections

Alberto Fernández needs a new Cabinet chief: Manzur has decided to leave

Economy grew 10.3% year-on-year in first 11 months of 2021

Lunch with Putin in Russia, trips to China and Barbados – details emerge of president’s next trip

Córdoba: revelan el resultado de la autopsia de la nena que fue al hospital por un raspón y murió

Clausuraron un sanatorio porteño que tenía cadáveres en avanzada descomposición

Una violación en manada conmociona a Uruguay y Lacalle Pou pidió una "sanción ejemplar"

El Aeropuerto Internacional de Ezeiza ya no tiene máquinas para envolver equipajes

Covid hasta el año 2100, la predicción de un prestigioso virólogo estadounidense