News of foreign relations

Unease among foreign service over Milei's ‘threatening’ letter

22-10-2024 17:16 President Javier Milei warns Argentina’s foreign service that anyone not committed to his anti-progressive agenda should “step aside.”

With Biden’s envoy in town, Argentina steps up efforts to tackle against synthetic drugs

16-10-2024 15:41 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino receives top US narcotics official Todd D. Robinson, as Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announces Argentina will set up a regional intelligence centre to combat synthetic drug trafficking.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Milei defends Bolivia, Brazil views in ‘dinosaur’ rant

02-07-2024 15:35 President Javier Milei defends suspicion that last week’s coup attempt in Bolivia was staged, continues attacks on Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Bolivia recalls ambassador to Argentina after Milei denies failed coup

01-07-2024 15:54 Bolivia recalls ambassador to neighbouring Argentina and summons Buenos Aires' man in La Paz after President Milei issues controversial statement on alleged coup d'état.

EU-Mercosur deal is ‘win-win,’ says Poland’s ambassador to Argentina

03-05-2024 08:17 Aleksandra Piątkowska, Warsaw’s envoy in Buenos Aires, discusses the stalled free-trade deal between the Mercosur and European Union, bilateral relations with Argentina and the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

by Julia Oleszynska

Milei requests meeting with Lula to discuss 'joint policies'

18-04-2024 12:38 Bending to reality, Argentina’s President finally proposes an encounter with his Brazilian counterpart after trashing him on the campaign trail last year; Foreign Minister Mondino delivers a formal invite to her colleague Mauro Vieira in Brasília.

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

Brazil urges 'new globalisation' at G20 meet overshadowed by Ukraine

29-02-2024 11:20 Brazil called for a "new globalisation" to address poverty and climate change as finance ministers from the world's top economies met Wednesday, but the Ukraine and Gaza wars risked overshadowing the plea.

Blinken highlights Argentina opportunities, but warns Milei over rights

23-02-2024 14:10 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Washington wants to help Argentina “feed and fuel” the world, but leaves Buenos Aires with a pointed message to President Javier Milei about importance of human rights.

by James Grainger

Blinken arrives in Argentina for meeting with President Milei

23-02-2024 10:33 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Buenos Aires ahead of a meeting with President Javier Milei.

Paraguay’s Peña advises president to look for ‘political consensus’

14-02-2024 17:10 Paraguayan head of state visits Argentina’s leader at the Casa Rosada for talks; Peña advises Milei it will be “difficult” to govern without political support.

Argentina’s power duo meets at the Vatican after trading insults

11-02-2024 09:55 President Javier Milei and Pope Francis meet after libertarian leader's campaign trail insults.

Lula seeks to patch up tattered relations with Milei

23-11-2023 13:17 Lula wants to avoid a relapse in the bilateral relationship to the state it was under Jair Bolsonaro and Alberto Fernández.

Lula to give Milei the cold shoulder, betting he’ll need Brazil

20-11-2023 15:24 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has decided to put relations between Brazil and Argentina on hold until he has clarity about Javier Milei's plans.

Alberto Fernández: Javier Milei is seen abroad as 'someone who is not well'

18-10-2023 11:28 In the final stretch of presidential campaign and during the close of his overseas tour of China, the president lashes out one final time at La Libertad Avanza frontrunner.

Milei says he’d reject ‘assassin’ China, take Argentina out of Mercosur

16-08-2023 22:04 Presidential frontrunner doesn’t want to engage with leftists; Diana Mondino to run foreign ministry if president, Milei says.

Opposition criticism as President Fernández meets with Maduro

30-05-2023 21:15 Argentina’s president calls for sanctions against Venezuela to be set aside, arguing that the search for a “political solution” cannot be subject to “external pressures or conditions.”

Lula, Maduro hail 'new era' in Brazil-Venezuela ties

30-05-2023 16:11 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticises “narrative” of “anti-democracy and authoritarianism” imposed against Venezuela as he announces full restoration of diplomatic and trade ties.

‘Satisfied’ Fernández flies home with Biden's vow of support

29-03-2023 23:23 A long-awaited meeting between Argentina’s Peronist leader and US President Joe Biden finally took place this week, with both sides emerging subsequently to talk up bilateral relations and opportunities in the coming years.

Inside the bilateral: What did Alberto and Joe say to each other?

29-03-2023 21:54 President Alberto Fernández’s delegation spent more than an hour and a half in the White House; Seeking support in its discussions with the IMF, US President Joe Biden remarked on the heavy economic inheritance both leaders received upon taking office.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington