News of foreign minister

Foreign Ministry set to meet chainsaw after Mondino's failure to cut costs

05-11-2024 10:32 The now former foreign minister not only displeased President Milei, she also failed to cut costs. Mondino’s lack of budget-slashing means La Libertad Avanza’s chainsaw will now descend on the Palacio San Martín.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

Milei vows purge of ‘traitors’ after vote backing Cuba at UN

04-11-2024 22:16 President Milei lets rip at diplomats, promising to purge Argentina's foreign service of “ traitors to the country.”

Werthein faces Olympian challenge grading foreign service

31-10-2024 15:13 Argentina's ambassador to the United States moves to the Palacio San Martín after President Milei ousts Diana Mondino.

Milei to 'audit' Argentina's Foreign Ministry after Cuba embargo vote

31-10-2024 14:12 Day after sacking of Foreign Minister Diana Mondino, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni says "President Milei's position is clear" and that all staff unhappy with Argentina's new direction are free to "withdraw from the government."

Iran mourns death of president, foreign minister in helicopter crash

20-05-2024 09:51 Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded mountain region. Killed alongside Raisi were Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and seven others.

Argentina reinforces desire to deepen ties with 'natural partner' EU

07-05-2024 15:33 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino has told the European Union's top diplomat that she wants to deepen Argentina's "strategic relationship" with its "natural partner."

Venezuela suspends UN rights office, expels staff

15-02-2024 16:27 Two days after the United Nations agency expressed "deep concern" over the detention of a prominent rights activist, Venezuela's Foreign Minister ordered staff at the rights office to leave within 72 hours.

Milei closes off tour with Italian president, PM encounters

12-02-2024 15:18 President Javier Milei meets with his Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome, eyeing “new stage” in bilateral ties.