News of foreign minister

Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet as Covid surges in Brazil

29-03-2021 21:28 While speculation had been swirling that Bolsonaro was about to fire foreign minister Ernesto Araujo, who faced criticism for the government's problems securing more Covid-19 vaccines, many of the other changes came as a surprise.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Two Peruvian top officials resign amid Covid-19 vaccine scandal

15-02-2021 16:15 Public resentment over officials receiving vaccinations — despite there being no date for a wider immunisation drive — has seen at least two government officials resign.

OVER THE WATER

Ernesto Talvi, Uruguay's foreign minister, resigns post

01-07-2020 23:54 Talvi's move had been expected after he announced his intention last month to devote more time to his Ciudadanos political party.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentine corporates are bright spot after nation's debt default

18-06-2020 00:28 You might think Argentine companies will struggle to make bond payments due this year amid the government’s ninth default, a long recession and ever-stricter capital controls. You’d be wrong.

GUEST VOICE

The truth, until it comes out, will not sleep

23-05-2020 08:36 Ramón Carrillo was not a Nazi. But he belonged to a generation that professed certain philosophical and scientific ideas that have long fallen into disrepute. He was contaminated, like my grandfather, by a poison that spread to the remotest corners of the planet.

by Uki Goñi

HUMAN RIGHTS

France strips jailed human rights violator of decoration

09-05-2020 10:51 Naval officer Ricardo Cavallo, alias "Sérpico" or "Marcelo,” was part of Task Force 332, which was responsible for thousands of kidnaps, tortures, rapes and murders at ESMA.

Bloomberg

Diplomatic dance: Solá heads to Brazil for meeting with Bolsonaro, Araujo

12-02-2020 08:15 Foreign minister hoping his Brazilian counterparts are also looking to turn a page, as region's top economics seek to heal diplomatic wounds.

IMF TALKS

IMF team set for Argentina in February after 'positive' talks with Guzmán

28-01-2020 23:38 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán holds "very productive" talks with officials from International Monetary Fund in New York, as Argentina looks to stretch payment terms of its US$44-billion credit-line.

CABINET

Felipe Solá will be foreign minister, confirms Alberto Fernández

05-12-2019 16:17 President-elect also confirms that former presidential candidate and ex-Buenos Aires Province governor Daniel Scioli will serve as his ambassador to Brazil.

BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS

Bolivia's Evo Morales arrives in Mexico under political asylum

12-11-2019 14:24 Mexican Air Force plane carrying former Bolivian president touches down at the Mexico City international airport, where Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard who says Morales was the victim of a "coup" – was waiting to greet him.

BLOOMBERG

Trump will give Bolsonaro Jr preferential access, says Brazil foreign minister

04-09-2019 08:51 Trump will give special treatment to Eduardo Bolsonaro if he is confirmed as ambassador to Washington, according to Brazil’s foreign minister.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Brazil foreign minister views Alberto Fernández as a threat to Mercosur

03-09-2019 16:16 “It would be very frustrating, just as Mercosur enjoys its best moment in 30 years, to have an Argentine government that might bring setbacks,” says Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo.