Foreign policy & diplomacy Organisers of far-right rally in Madrid says Milei will attend 08-09-2025 13:38 Organisers of Europa Viva 2025 event say President Javier Milei will attend the far-right rally in Madrid this weekend.
Foreign policy & diplomacy Milei to visit Spain, make second trip to Israel 04-03-2025 14:49 President Javier Milei will travel to Tel Aviv on March 23, according to the government; La Libertad Avanza leader hopes to meet PM Netanyahu and ink memorandum on security and defence collaboration. by James Grainger
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Gerardo Werthein: New foreign minister's ties to Kirchnerism 26-11-2024 06:53 Despite his developing relationship with President Javier Milei, Argentina’s new foreign minister was once close to Kirchnerism and is a friend of ex-US president Bill Clinton. Today, he defends Argentina’s head of state and poses for photographs with Donald Trump. by Rodis Recalt
POLITICS – ANALYSIS 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
POLITICS & FOREIGN POLICY 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.”
POLITICS New Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein takes office, orders staff changes 04-11-2024 22:12 Gerardo Werthein, Argentina’s former ambassador to the United States, is sworn-in as nation’s top diplomat; New foreign minister replaces Diana Mondino, who was ousted last week.
PROFILE: GERARDO WERTHEIN New foreign minister has links, resources and Milei’s trust 04-11-2024 13:51 Businessman Gerardo Werthein has President Javier Milei’s confidence and provided resources for the La Libertad Avanza leader’s campaign, meetings to key figures and advice on foreign policy. by Pablo Varela
EDITORIAL Another one bites the dust 02-11-2024 06:50 The fiscal and macro-economic stability so obsessively sought by President Milei finds its antithesis in extreme administrative volatility, when political fragmentation could be permitting calmer waters.
PROFILE: Gerardo Werthein 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.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY 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."
GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Milei sacks foreign minister after Cuba embargo vote 30-10-2024 18:11 President Javier Milei sacks Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for backing a UN vote condemning the United States' six-decade trade embargo of Cuba.
MERCOSUR TENSIONS Mercosur-China trade talks must address imbalance, Paraguay says 06-09-2024 11:59 Mercosur would be willing to negotiate a trade agreement with China if it addresses the lopsided commerce between the two trading partners, says Paraguay.
DIPLOMACY Mondino pushes back on reports her time as foreign minister is nigh 12-06-2024 17:13 Argentina's top diplomat Diana Mondino insists she retains the support of President Javier Milei and expresses confidence government's 'Ley de Bases' reform bill will be approved by Congress.
HELICOPTER TRAGEDY 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.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY 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."
DIPLOMATIC ROW Spain slams Milei's claim that PM Sánchez is delivering 'poverty and death' 04-05-2024 10:51 Leaders of Argentina and Spain caught in war of words; Government in Madrid rejects claims from President Milei's office that PM Sánchez is delivering "poverty and death" – a response to slurs of drug use.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY 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.”
ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ‘Impossible to hide’ differences with Russia, says Armenia's top diplomat 30-03-2024 18:00 Armenia’s Ararat Mirzoyan highlights security challenges and provides further evidence that Yerevan is embarking on geopolitical realignment; Foreign minister denies nation will look to join NATO. by James Grainger
HUMAN RIGHTS 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.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY 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.
SCANDAL OVER RIVER PLATE Uruguay foreign minister resigns after leaked calls on fugitive drug-trafficker 02-11-2023 15:39 Uruguay's foreign minister resign after the release of recordings in which he allegedly seeks to cover up information involving Sebastián Marset, an accused cocaine-trafficker and subject of an international manhunt.