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Santiago Cafiero on standing in for the president, G20 and a chat with Joe Biden

18-11-2022 12:58 Foreign minister had to step in and replace President Alberto Fernández at the G20 Leaders Summit. In a short interview, he speaks about the tour, his chat with US President Joe Biden and Cecilia Todesca Bocco's candidacy for the Inter-American Development Bank.

by Rosario Ayerdi, from Madrid

FEATURE INTERVIEW

Santiago Mitre: ‘I’m convinced of fiction’s capacity to transmit reality’

08-09-2022 10:07 Film director and screenwriter Santiago Mitre, 41, premiered his new film, 'Argentina, 1985,' at the Venice Festival last weekend, a feature which is a leading contender for the prestigious Golden Lion prize. This is the first time that the director has turned reality into a film and he chose as his subject a milestone for Argentina’s contemporary democracy – the trial of the military juntas of the dictatorship, with Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani in the key roles of the prosecutors Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Chile Constitution Vote

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

04-09-2022 22:46 The new ultra-progressive constitution proposed by Gabriel Boric’s government has been decisively rejected by the Chilean public this Sunday, in a compulsory vote to choose whether to replace the dictatorship-era constitution.

Chile New Constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina's Ambassador to China condemns Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a ‘provocation’

12-08-2022 10:59 Argentina’s Ambassador to China Sabino Vaca Narvaja says that the trip by Democratic Party leader and Speaker of the United States Congress was "a problem for the whole international community.”

US Presidency

Biden’s positive Covid test may derail meeting with Alberto Fernández

21-07-2022 16:24 The White House announced this morning that President Joe Biden is isolating after testing positive with Covid-19, likely affecting Argentine President Alberto Fernández’s Washington visit, planned for 26 July.

by Isobel McGrigor

Panama Protests

Panama government and protesters strike deals to clear key highway

18-07-2022 13:48 Panama's government agreed to lower fuel prices to end the Panamerican Highway blockade. Indigenous-led protests have halted food transportation over the last fortnight.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

05-07-2022 15:09 Courts recognise that planes from Campo de Mayo military garrison were used to throw disappeared detainees to their death in Río de la Plata; Four ex-Army officers handed life terms for crimes against humanity.

POLITICS

The Last Albertistas

01-07-2022 09:55 Who are President Alberto Fernández's last remaining soldiers in the Cabinet?

by Rodis Recalt

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Alberto packs his bags for Germany and the G7

21-06-2022 16:08 Argentina’s president jets off Saturday for the G7 in Bavaria; Beforehand he will virtually attend 14th BRICS summit; Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero heads to New York to restate Malvinas sovereignty claim before the UN.

PROPERTY PRICES

Survey: Buenos Aires is third most expensive city in region for real estate

05-05-2022 16:49 Santiago de Chile and Montevideo top ranking of most expensive cities for real estate in Latin America, according to a new survey.

FILM & MOVIES: BAFICI 2022

23rd BAFICI film festival opens in Buenos Aires to a full house

23-04-2022 00:02 Prestigious film festival runs from April 19 to May 1, with over 450 in-person events and screenings to catch your eye.

by Hannah Gonzalez

HUMAN RIGHTS

Santiago del Estero: Police ‘slayings, tortures, threats’ to be reported to UN

11-04-2022 16:03 According to a report set to be presented by opposition politicians to the United Nations, alleged crimes were committed in 2020 and 2021. "Police harassment" has also been denounced, with the provincial government held responsible.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Foreign to the Ministry

25-03-2022 11:48 Caf is to international relations what decaf is to coffee.

by Michael Soltys

FOREIGN MINISTER'S FAUX PAS

Communication, diplomacy and dickheads

18-03-2022 21:14 Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero's use of the English language comes under the spotlight.

by James Grainger

MALVINAS ISLANDS

Argentina asks UK for explanations over movement of nuclear weapons in 1982

04-03-2022 22:34 Argentina’s government asks the United Kingdom for explanations regarding the alleged movement and transfer of nuclear weapons to the South Atlantic during the 1982 armed conflict over the Malvinas.

RUSSIA ATTACKS UKRAINE: DIPLOMATIC FALLOUT

Government joins UN condemnation of ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine

04-03-2022 12:44 President Alberto Fernández's government takes a stronger line against Russian invasion of Ukraine; Latin American dividing lines clear as Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua back Putin.

RUSSIA ATTACKS UKRAINE: DIPLOMATIC FALLOUT

Argentina evacuates its remaining diplomatic staff from Ukraine

04-03-2022 00:26 Argentina's remaining diplomatic staff in Kyiv were evacuated from Ukraine in an operation carried out this Thursday, confirms Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero.

TENSIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE

Argentina calls for a ‘political solution’ to Ukraine crisis

23-02-2022 10:51 Argentina’s government calls for the continuation of diplomatic talks in order to find a "political solution" to the crisis between Russia and Ukraine.

POLITICS: THE INSIDE TRACK

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

23-01-2022 21:12 The governor of Tucumán, who took leave from post to serve as Cabinet chief, wants to return to his province, frustrated by his loss of power. President Fernández does not intend to keep him either.

by Javier Calvo

IMF DEBT TALKS

US confident Argentina will reach IMF deal, says senior official

21-01-2022 22:44 Washington is confident Argentina will reach an agreement with the IMF to restructure its multi-billion dollar debt, and is ready to support that process, a senior US official said Thursday.

FOREIGN POLICY

United States supports 'a vibrant Argentine economy,' Blinken tells Cafiero

18-01-2022 21:30 Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington for talks, with the latter describing Argentina as "a friend and partner" of the United States.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Santiago Cafiero: ‘The principle of non-intervention guides Argentina’s foreign policy’

14-01-2022 20:00 Argentina’s foreign minister discusses his relationship with President Alberto Fernández, the nation’s ties with the United States and debt talks with the International Monetary Fund.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

DIPLOMACY

Cafiero to visit Washington for meeting with US secretary of state

10-01-2022 16:28 Argentina’s foreign minister set to meet Antony Blinken on January 18, just a few weeks before President Alberto Fernández is due to travel to China to see Xi Jingping.

DIPLOMACY

Argentina pressures UK over deployment of nuclear weapons in Malvinas conflict

07-01-2022 22:25 Report reveals British warships carried at least 31 nuclear weapons to South Atlantic following invasion of disputed island in 1982.

DIPLOMACY / CELAC

Argentina assumes CELAC pro-tempore presidency for next year

07-01-2022 17:41 Government hails “unanimous confidence” in Argentine leadership, but opposition voices concerns over foreign policy direction.

Global pandemic

Chilean zoo jabs big cats, orangutan against Covid-19

04-01-2022 14:46 Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American first.

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina 'concerned' by opposition arrests in Nicaragua, but won't interfere

09-11-2021 15:24 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires reacts to results of Nicaraguan election by expressing "concern at the detention of opposition leaders," but says it will uphold "tradition of non-interference" in "internal issues of other nations."

Mercosur tensions

Argentina, Paraguay agree to review Mercosur's common external tariff

15-10-2021 20:33 Argentina and Paraguay agree to review Mercosur’s Common External Tariff – an issue that has sparked tensions within the trade bloc.

TRADE BLOC TENSIONS

Argentina, Brazil agree to reduce Mercosur's Common External Tariff

08-10-2021 19:43 Brazil and Argentina agree to reduce Mercosur's common external tariff by 10% "on a very broad universe of products."

CRISTINA & ALBERTO

Cristina gets what she wanted: a lot of Cabinet changes

18-09-2021 09:14 Manzur comes in as Cabinet chief, with Aníbal Fernández to Security portfolio; Cafiero becomes foreign minister, with De Pedro, Guzmán and Kulfas retained in key positions.

by Rosario Ayerdi

CABINET RESHUFFLE

Political crisis, PASO loss forces president into reshuffle

18-09-2021 08:52 President Alberto Fernández announced a new Cabinet on Friday in a bid to smother a political crisis that pitted him bitterly against his vice-president this week after an electoral defeat in legislative primaries.

POST-PASO FALLOUT

President caves to Fernández de Kirchner in Cabinet reshuffling

18-09-2021 07:43 Appointments come just a day after Fernández de Kirchner called for an overhaul of the Cabinet in an open letter that blamed the president for poor results in last Sunday's PASO primaries.

FILM

Director Santiago Mitre recreates Trial of the Juntas in new Amazon film

04-09-2021 10:32 Renowned actors Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani to play prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo in Santiago Mitre’s ‘Argentina, 1985,’ the first Amazon Original film produced in the country.

MARITIME TERRITORIAL DISPUTE

Diplomatic row between Argentina and Chile erupts over maritime borders

02-09-2021 23:00 Tensions between Argentina and Chile boil over, with the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires accusing Sebastián Piñera's administration of attempting to "expropriate" part of its maritime territory.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina raises limit on returning residents to 1,700 places a day

07-08-2021 08:31 Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero confirms government will raise cap on arriving travellers from 1,000 to 1,700 a day. Tourists still banned from entering country.

Coronavirus pandemic

100,000 virus deaths: Government decrees five days of mourning

15-07-2021 10:16 Government decrees five days of national mourning, in recognition of the "immense pain" generated by the loss of 100,000 lives to Covid-19.

MIDTERMS 2021

Alberto and Cristina reunite to chart economic course for campaign

14-07-2021 14:27 President Alberto Fernández and Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner huddled with Santiago Cafiero, Martín Guzmán and Axel Kicillof recently at the Olivos presidential residence. Sides agreed on no more austerity in order to inject money into upcoming electoral tussle.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Covid-19 vaccines

Cafiero: Government to sign vaccine deal with Moderna on Monday

08-07-2021 18:23 Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero says talks are ongoing with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson over the supply of additional vaccines.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Argentina signs degree to change rule to ramp vaccine access

03-07-2021 13:20 Argentina changes vaccine regulations to speed access to a wider range of vaccines, as the Joe Biden administration steps up donations.

Coronavirus vaccines

More than three million vaccines arrive, Pfizer controversy rages on

04-06-2021 23:41 Pfizer controversy takes over political debate as Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero appears before Congress.

Covid-19 vaccine

More than 2.1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrive at Ezeiza

31-05-2021 17:09 Argentina took delivery of more than 2.1 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine against Covid-19 on Monday morning, handing a timely boost to the government's mass vaccination campaign.

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Decision on hosting of Copa América expected before Monday

29-05-2021 11:16 Government pushes CONMEBOL for Covid protocol guarantees. New Pollarquía poll shows seven out of ten now feel the event should not take place in Argentina.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina takes delivery of 1.65 million Covid-19 vaccines

24-05-2021 22:18 Government says more than 1.65 million vaccine doses have arrived over the past two days, including just over one million AstraZeneca shots.

Environment

WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing

11-05-2021 13:48 After two decades of talks at the World Trade Organization towards banning subsidies that contribute to over-fishing, Colombian ambassador Santiago Wills said Tuesday that a deal could be within reach.

Global pandemic

Chile, Bolivia, close borders, Peru locks down in Covid battle

02-04-2021 02:59 Virus surges in Latin America – Chile closes all borders for the month of April; Bolivia shutters frontier with Brazil; Peru goes into Easter lockdown.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina tightens Covid measures as new virus variants arrive

31-03-2021 14:47 National and regional governments tighten health and sanitary measures against Covid-19 amid concerns over the arrival of new variants of the virus in the country.

Bloomberg

Start-up Tiendanube raises US$89 million in funding round

22-03-2021 13:03 Argentine e-commerce start-up Tiendanube will use fresh financing to roll out a major expansion across Latin America.

ARGENTINE FOOTBALL

Five-star River Plate hammer Racing in Supercopa Argentina-2019 final

05-03-2021 02:53 River Plate were crowned champions of the Supercopa Argentina-2019 on Thursday night after hammering Racing Club 5-0 in the first ever match at the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, in Santiago del Estero.

'VIP vaccine' scandal

Political tension soar as anger builds against body bags protest

02-03-2021 21:29 Fernández and government officials clash with opposition figureheads on social media in wake of last Saturday's anti-government protest, as president condemns use of body bags at rally condemning 'VIP vaccine' scandal.

News of santiago

Santiago Cafiero on standing in for the president, G20 and a chat with Joe Biden

Santiago Mitre: ‘I’m convinced of fiction’s capacity to transmit reality’

Chileans reject overhaul of dictatorship-era constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

Argentina's Ambassador to China condemns Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a ‘provocation’

Biden’s positive Covid test may derail meeting with Alberto Fernández

Panama government and protesters strike deals to clear key highway

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

The Last Albertistas

Alberto packs his bags for Germany and the G7

Survey: Buenos Aires is third most expensive city in region for real estate

23rd BAFICI film festival opens in Buenos Aires to a full house

Santiago del Estero: Police ‘slayings, tortures, threats’ to be reported to UN

Foreign to the Ministry

Communication, diplomacy and dickheads

Argentina asks UK for explanations over movement of nuclear weapons in 1982

Government joins UN condemnation of ‘Russian aggression’ in Ukraine

Argentina evacuates its remaining diplomatic staff from Ukraine

Argentina calls for a ‘political solution’ to Ukraine crisis

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

US confident Argentina will reach IMF deal, says senior official

United States supports 'a vibrant Argentine economy,' Blinken tells Cafiero

Santiago Cafiero: ‘The principle of non-intervention guides Argentina’s foreign policy’

Cafiero to visit Washington for meeting with US secretary of state

Argentina pressures UK over deployment of nuclear weapons in Malvinas conflict

Argentina assumes CELAC pro-tempore presidency for next year

Chilean zoo jabs big cats, orangutan against Covid-19

Argentina 'concerned' by opposition arrests in Nicaragua, but won't interfere

Argentina, Paraguay agree to review Mercosur's common external tariff

Argentina, Brazil agree to reduce Mercosur's Common External Tariff

Cristina gets what she wanted: a lot of Cabinet changes

Political crisis, PASO loss forces president into reshuffle

President caves to Fernández de Kirchner in Cabinet reshuffling

Director Santiago Mitre recreates Trial of the Juntas in new Amazon film

Diplomatic row between Argentina and Chile erupts over maritime borders

Argentina raises limit on returning residents to 1,700 places a day

100,000 virus deaths: Government decrees five days of mourning

Alberto and Cristina reunite to chart economic course for campaign

Cafiero: Government to sign vaccine deal with Moderna on Monday

Argentina signs degree to change rule to ramp vaccine access

More than three million vaccines arrive, Pfizer controversy rages on

More than 2.1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrive at Ezeiza

Decision on hosting of Copa América expected before Monday

Argentina takes delivery of 1.65 million Covid-19 vaccines

WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing

Chile, Bolivia, close borders, Peru locks down in Covid battle

Argentina tightens Covid measures as new virus variants arrive

Start-up Tiendanube raises US$89 million in funding round

Five-star River Plate hammer Racing in Supercopa Argentina-2019 final

Political tension soar as anger builds against body bags protest

Fernández de Kirchner brands court 'firing squad' as graft trial nears end

Why is Argentina’s national team known as ‘La Scaloneta’?

Echoes of the past: Argentina and the example of Italia ’90

Government moves ahead with second run at ‘soy dollar’ scheme

Argentina to brings back exchange rate that led to IMF exception

PAMI publicó la nueva lista de medicamentos gratis para jubilados

Militantes kirchneristas bailaron en bikini en la Facultad de Derecho

Duro editorial de Ernesto Tenembaum sobre Cristina Kirchner

Green Card: cómo obtenerla sin tener una oferta laboral o inversión

Jubilados cobrarán bonos de $ 7 mil y $ 10 mil en los próximos tres meses