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Argentina and UK agree to resume flights from Córdoba to Malvinas

26-09-2024 16:38 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and her British counterpart David Lammy agree deal to resume flights and will begin organising a visit by the families of the war dead before the end of the year.

President Milei talks Mercosur trade deal with EU's Ursula von der Leyen

25-09-2024 15:09 Argentina's head of state meets with President of the European Commission after his presentation at the UN General Assembly, with Ursula von der Leyen stressing "deep bonds and strong values."

Argentina joins condemnation of arrest warrant for Venezuela opposition candidate

03-09-2024 12:42 Argentina, United States, European Union and a host of Latin American nations condemn warrant issued by government-friendly prosecutors in Venezuela seeking arrest of opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia.

Official fortunes: New minister’s statement shakes up Milei Cabinet rich list

03-09-2024 12:14 Argentina’s new Deregulation & State Transformation Minister Federico Sturzenegger’s sworn affidavit places him as the fourth-richest member of Javier Milei’s Cabinet. President now ranks seventh on a list topped by Foreign Minister Diana Mondino.

Maduro risks regional rift in stand-off at Argentine Embassy in Caracas

31-07-2024 16:40 A brewing stand-off at Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, where aides to Venezuela’s opposition leader are holed up, threatens to further isolate authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro.

Argentina repudiates 'harassment' at its embassy in Venezuela

30-07-2024 18:19 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires warned Nicolás Maduro over “any deliberate action endangering the safety of Argentine diplomatic staff and Venezuelan citizens under protection."

Mondino tells Mercosur peers that bloc needs ‘adrenaline shock’

08-07-2024 13:03 Argentina’s Foreign Minister tells her Mercosur counterparts that trade bloc needs an “adrenaline shock” to realise its “untapped potential” – yet President Javier Milei still won’t attend presidential summit.

Turning-point or anarcho-capitalist illusion?

22-06-2024 05:52 The outsider – who by definition was politically weak – is proving to be more resilient than his more traditional peers. Milei’s emergence in Argentina’s political ecosystem already marks a turning-point.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Milei picks sister over foreign minister for G7 summit

10-06-2024 15:11 Rumours over Foreign Minister Diana Mondino’s future ramp up as government sources reveal President Javier Milei has chosen to take his sister rather than Argentina’s top diplomat to upcoming G7 summit.

Milei heads to Madrid as star guest for Vox summit

16-05-2024 15:24 Argentina’s President set to meet with Santiago Abascal, the leader of far-right party Vox, during trip to Spanish capital.

Top officials to meet People's Bank of China chief amid swap talks

26-04-2024 17:20 Argentina’s Central Bank Governor Santiago Bausili and Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno are scheduled to meet with People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng in Beijing on Monday.

Diana Mondino heads to China, Europe on investment quest

23-04-2024 20:52 Argentina’s foreign minister will set off on Sunday for a 10-day tour of China, France, Belgium and Portugal, accompanied by a “large business delegation.”

Mondino: Mercosur must open up to ‘agreements with other countries’

17-04-2024 17:16 Argentina's Foreign Minister Diana Mondino calls for modernisation of Mercosur rules and backs push for free-trade deal with China.

Mondino warms ties with Brazil, but no Milei-Lula meet on cards

16-04-2024 13:10 "The possibility of a presidential meeting is always present. And we hope that at some point it will happen," Argentina's Foreign Minister Diana Mondino declares after visit to Brasília.

Blinken says Argentina 'can count' on US support to stabilise economy

23-02-2024 16:29 President Javier Milei and Foreign Minister Diana Mondino received the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, at the Casa Rosada, in a new gesture of rapprochement between Joe Biden's administration and Argentina's new government.

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

Milei’s Jerusalem visit signals Argentina’s support of Israel

05-02-2024 18:55 President Javier Milei chose Jerusalem as the destination of his first bilateral trip, underscoring his government’s willingness to bring Argentina closer to Israel.

President gets pragmatic as hostile Congress forces him to negotiate

23-01-2024 12:08 For a leader who rose to Argentina’s top job by touting radical proposals and showing little willingness to negotiate with the country’s “political elite,” Javier Milei is turning into quite the pragmatist.

Milei finalises Cabinet line-up ahead of inauguration

07-12-2023 21:15 At press time nearly all the members of new government had been revealed by president-elect’s team; One key gap remains the Health Secretariat, with speculation it may be separated from new ‘Human Capital Ministry.’

Diana Mondino says Argentina will not join BRICS under Milei government

30-11-2023 16:14 Economist Diana Mondino, who is set to be appointed foreign minister in Javier Milei’s government, has confirmed that Argentina will not join the BRICS on her new boss' watch.

by Martin Soltys