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Colombia offers to safeguard Maduro foes as stand-off deepens

19-12-2024 08:33 Colombia offers to take custody of Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas, where six of opposition leader María Corina Machado’s aides have been sheltering since March.

BILATERAL TENSIONS

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.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

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.

EMBASSY ROW ESCALATES

Argentina denounces Maduro government at ICC over embassy ‘siege’

03-12-2024 22:14 Mario Oyarzábal, Argentina’s representative to the International Criminal Court (ICC), denounces Venezuelan government over inhumane “siege” of its Embassy in Caracas, where six opposition leaders are sheltering from authorities.

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Venezuela denies ‘besieging’ Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas

25-11-2024 20:43 Venezuela's Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello denies government is besieging Argentina’s Embassy in Caracas.

COMMUNITY

British Embassy in Argentina celebrates King Charles III’s birthday

16-11-2024 14:39 British Embassy in Argentina celebrates King Charles III's birthday.

by Michael Soltys

TERROR ATTACKS

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.

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS

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.

CULTURE & DIPLOMACY

Indonesian Embassy celebrates ties with cultural show

26-09-2024 13:21 Indonesian Embassy celebrates triple occasion – the 79th anniversary of Indonesian independence, the 68th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Argentina and the recent formation of a parliamentary friendship group between two nations.

by Michael Soltys

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina fears for its Embassy as Venezuela takes diplomatic jab at Brazil

09-09-2024 14:49 Argentina has warned Venezuela to respect diplomatic norms amid fears that Nicolás Maduro’s government may attempt to take over its Embassy in Caracas.

Day of the Immigrant

Bhavna Sharma: Diversity makes us stronger

04-09-2024 06:52 I feel there is a thread that unites Argentine and British people: the conviction that diversity makes us stronger.

diplomacy & community

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

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

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.

argentina

Brazil to take custody of Argentine embassy in Venezuela

01-08-2024 14:17 Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday thanked Brazil for assuming custody of his country's embassy in Venezuela, after staff were ordered to leave when Buenos Aires questioned the reelection of Nicolas Maduro.

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

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."

COMMUNITY & DIPLOMACY

US Embassy marks Independence Day with Palacio Bosch party

06-07-2024 05:23 US Ambassador Marc Stanley pays tributes to Argentine politicians from previous and current governments as he welcomes more than 1,000 guests to the Palacio Bosch for annual Independence Day knees-up.

by James Grainger

HUMAN RIGHTS

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.

COMMUNITY & DIPLOMACY

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.

LATIN AMERICA

Venezuela backtracks deal on opposition leader aides’ exit to Argentina

17-05-2024 15:13 Venezuela’s government backtracked on a deal to allow six aides to opposition leader María Corina Machado to seek asylum in Argentina.

Interview

Moving Embassy to Jerusalem is 'important step,’ says Israeli vice-ambassador

27-04-2024 05:12 Adam Levene, Israel’s second-in-command in Buenos Aires, on his nation’s “very special” connection with Argentina and bilateral relations across Latin America.

by Sam Forster

AMIA BOMBING RULING

AMIA bombing: Argentina court holds Iran, Hezbollah responsible

11-04-2024 19:28 Court blames 'terrorist state' Iran for 1990s attacks; Ex-judge Galeano’s sentence reduced, opening the door to lawsuits in international courts, judges ratify attack as crime against humanity.

DIPLOMATIC ROW

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.

VENEZUELA

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.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Harry Potter fans bring magic to British Embassy's gardens

11-03-2024 19:59 Alluring patrons with a rideable Quidditch broomstick, a sorting hat, costume contest and live performances from The Suburban Players and more, this year’s “Harry Potter at the British Embassy” event welcomed over 600 guests.

by Ashton Goren

Milei and Judaism

Milei's rabbi reveals how Argentina's president fell in love with Judaism

06-03-2024 14:27 Milei's visit to the Western Wall was one of the first things he did when he arrived in the Holy Land, bringing the leader to tears, reveals

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Can Milei really move Argentina's Israeli Embassy to Jerusalem?

14-02-2024 17:30 Upon landing in Israel last week, President Javier Milei declared that Argentina’s diplomatic base in the Middle Eastern nation would be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Critics, however, are already raising questions about the viability of such a move.

Foreign Policy & Diplomacy

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.

United Kingdom

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

ANTI-MILEI DEMONSTRATIONS

Argentina's Embassy in Chile vandalised by anti-Milei protesters

20-12-2023 12:02 Argentina's Embassy in Santiago attacked by anti-Milei vandals hours before planned demonstration in Buenos Aires against the new government.

COMMUNITY

Ambassador stages grand occasion for royal birthday

26-11-2023 22:14 British Embassy opens doors of residence to celebrate the 75th birthday of King Charles III.

by Michael Soltys

COMMUNITY

British Embassy stages King Charles III birthday bash

24-11-2023 17:01 British Ambassador to Argentina Kirsty Hayes says Britain is "ready to begin writing a new chapter in bilateral relationship" at party marking the 75th birthday of King Charles III.

TERRORISM FEARS

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.

FILM & CINEMA

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

AMIA

US senators call for clarification on Nisman case and AMIA bombing

27-07-2023 17:09 This is a resolution from both Democrats and Republicans, in which they expressed concern about delays and obstacles in the investigations of the cases.

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.

CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III

UK Ambassador in Argentina toasts coronation of King Charles III

06-05-2023 21:15 Hundreds of guests from Argentine political, business and social life and the British community toasted the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday at an event in Buenos Aires.

by Michael Soltys

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

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.

And that reminds me…

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

DIPLOMATIC SPAT

Ecuador and Argentina in diplomatic row over fugitive ex-minister

15-03-2023 10:34 Diplomatic spat escalates after it emerged María de los Ángeles Duarte, a convicted former cabinet minister who had been living in the Argentine Embassy in Quito, had escaped to Venezuela.

FOREIGN RELATIONS & DIPLOMACY

Ecuador questions Argentina over ex-minister's escape from embassy

14-03-2023 14:18 Ecuador's government summons Argentina's ambassador in Quito to respond to "inconsistencies" in information provided about the alleged escape from its embassy of a ex-government minister convicted of corruption.

CRIME & SECURITY

US Embassy hit by two security scares on consecutive days

09-03-2023 16:30 Suspicious device found on Embassy gates in Palermo on Thursday, a day after two Syrians with falsified documentation were detained and terrorism protocol activated.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

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

FOREIGN RELATIONS & DIPLOMACY

Argentina set to reopen Embassy in Bangladesh after World Cup furore

09-02-2023 17:55 Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero will travel to Dhaka on February 27 to inaugurate Argentina's new Embassy in Bangladesh and deepen trade and cultural ties.