FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Colombia expels Argentine diplomats amid row with Milei 28-03-2024 01:22 Colombia orders expulsion of Argentine diplomats after President Javier Milei describes his counterpart Gustavo Petro as a "terrorist" and "murderer."
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Massa, ‘the Washington panel,’ geopolitics – uncertainty in Argentine-US relations 16-11-2023 14:31 Javier Milei offers alignment with the interests of the United States, while Sergio Massa talks multilateralism. Concerns oversensitive issues such as the Hidrovía waterway, 5G technology and the Chinese base.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Leaders in Argentina condemn attack on Israel, call for 'end of violence' 07-10-2023 12:51 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires deplores "armed attacks from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel" and calls for peace; Presidential candidates condemn violence and killing.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Fernández: ‘I can talk to Xi, Putin and Biden equally, nobody can question me’ 12-09-2023 13:16 Argentina’s president defines multilateralism as a nation’s right to diplomatically engage with whomever it pleases in speech at UN peace operations conference staged at Defence Ministry headquarters.
DIPLOMACY Panamanian diplomat in Argentina sacked after his wife assaults concierge 25-07-2023 16:48 Assaulted woman reported being the victim of threats and physical aggression from the couple. Panamanian ambassador and his family set to return to home nation.
South American summit Venezuela debate overshadows Lula’s unity pitch at summit 01-06-2023 00:39 Uruguay and Chile slam Lula’s defence of Nicolás Maduro at South American summit in Brasília.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Lula gathers South American peers with integration on agenda 28-05-2023 14:43 South American leaders meet in Brasília on Tuesday for an informal summit at which Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government hopes to revive regional integration.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Fernández announces Argentina's return to UNASUR 22-03-2023 15:46 President Alberto Fernández has confirmed Argentina's re-entry into the UNASUR political bloc, almost five years on from its controversial departure.
HUMAN RIGHTS Honduras human rights campaigners awarded Emilio Mignone prize 23-02-2023 20:49 Human rights campaigners from Honduras awarded with this year’s Emilio F. Mignone International Human Rights Prize. by James Grainger
DEBT INTERVENTION Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors 19-01-2023 14:25 While repurchasing the bonds at a fraction of their face value could ultimately save the country hundreds of millions of dollars in interest and principal payments, investors point out that the government doesn’t have very much room in Central Bank coffers to fund such a lavish buyback.
MARKETS Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback 19-01-2023 02:53 Economy Ministry is using dollars held by the Treasury to fund the buyback, including money it expects to save from energy imports it presumes it won’t need in 2023, according to sources.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense 19-01-2023 02:45 It is generally thought that it is better to buy back bonds when they are cheap than when they have just posted a sharp rise, but perhaps Massa knows something we don't.
INTERVIEW Todesca Bocco, Argentina's candidate for IDB chief, calls for its ‘transformation’ 17-11-2022 16:17 Cecilia Todesca Bocco, Argentina's Secretary for International Economic Relations and candidate for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), outlines her vision for the institution.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Alberto Fernández eyes progress in Bali at G20 summit 14-11-2022 13:37 Russia-Ukraine talks and IMF surcharges on the agenda for the president, who will attend event hosted by US leader Joe Biden and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Xi Jingping.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Felipe Solá: ‘Cristina is dogmatic in her words but pragmatic in her actions’ 27-05-2022 09:16 Former governor of Buenos Aires Province addresses his ouster as foreign minister, Peronist unity and his relationships with Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. by Jorge Fontevecchia
DIPLOMACY Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua to attend allied, regional summit 24-05-2022 16:00 The leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua will gather in Havana Friday with allied counterparts, the Cuban Foreign ministry said.