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Government demands action over Venezuela’s ‘unjustified’ detentions

16-12-2024 15:13 Argentina’s government criticises Venezuela over “arbitrary” and “unjustified” detention of Gendarmerie (Border Guard) first corporal Nahuel Agustín Gallo on alleged espionage claims.

Argentina demands Maduro grant safe passsage to asylum seekers

09-12-2024 12:24 Argentina calls on Venezuelan government to release six opposition leaders who are sheltering from authorities at its Embassy in Caracas.

Argentina names Hezbollah operative behind AMIA, Israeli Embassy attacks

31-10-2024 15:54 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich reveals identity of top Hezbollah leader in Latin America, alleging Hussein Ahmad Karaki was responsible for the AMIA community centre and Israeli Embassy bombings in the 1990s.

Argentines commemorate first anniversary of brutal Hamas attack

07-10-2024 21:51 Thousands of people gathered in Buenos Aires on Monday to mark the first anniversary of Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel last October 7.

British Embassy hosts world-class tango talent and Oxbridge alumni

31-08-2024 20:56 Seventy-second Oxford & Cambridge dinner takes place at British Ambassador’s Residence in Buenos Aires, which the following night hosts world-class tango talents.

by Michael Soltys

Maduro pledges to respect Brazil’s control of Argentina Embassy

02-08-2024 14:07 Six Venezuela opposition figures remain inside embassy; Lula to talk with AMLO, Petro about election later Thursday.

IACHR holds Argentina responsible for for failings over AMIA attack

14-06-2024 17:07 Top human rights court deems Argentine state responsible for not preventing, nor properly investigating, the lethal 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre.

British Embassy’s communications director honoured with MBE

24-05-2024 14:39 Oliver Galak, the communications director of the British Embassy at Argentina, has been formally honoured as a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by King Charles III.

Ecuador in diplomatic storm after raid at Mexican Embassy

07-04-2024 09:14 Ecuador slammed by Latin American peers after police storm the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas.

Argentina shelters Venezuelan opposition leaders in Caracas

27-03-2024 13:33 Underlining the worries among Venezuela's anti-Maduro activists, several members of the opposition have been taken in at the Argentine ambassador's Caracas residence.

From Israel, Milei announces plan to move Argentina's Embassy to Jerusalem

06-02-2024 11:51 Upon his arrival in Israel, President Javier Milei immediately announced that he plans to move the embassy to Jerusalem; Hamas "strongly condemns" libertarian leader's announcement.

Whisky, haggis and plentiful toasts: British Embassy marks Burns Night in style

29-01-2024 07:23 Birth of Scotland’s most famous poet Robert Burns marked in appropriate fashion by UK diplomacy.

by Michael Soltys

Buenos Aires on alert after bomb threats at Israeli, US embassies

18-10-2023 12:44 Embassies of Israel and the United States in Argentina received bomb threats on Wednesday, police sources informed. Buildings were evacuated but no explosives were found following a police security operation.

Quiet girl in a noisy week

18-08-2023 13:49 Award-winning film 'The Quiet Girl,' directed by Colm Bairéad, hits screens in Buenos Aires.

by Michael Soltys

Fernández: Diplomatic crisis with Ecuador is ‘unjust, unconscionable’

21-03-2023 16:37 President slams Ecuador’s response to diplomatic crisis as “serious, unjust and unconscionable"; Growing rift caused by the mysterious appearance in Venezuela of a convicted Ecuadorean ex-minister.

A day for wearing green but also black

18-03-2023 03:56 Since 1992 Saint Patrick’s Day has had to co-exist with an appalling tragedy in Argentina at least – the terrorist car-bomb destruction of the Israeli Embassy.

by Michael Soltys

Argentina reopens Embassy in Bangladesh after football furore

01-03-2023 13:45 Foreign Minister Cafiero flies to Dhaka to inaugurate Argentina's new Embassy in Bangladesh, 45 years after it was shuttered by dictatorship; Trade, shared history and, of course, football on the agenda.

by Api Dhadda