News of foreign ministry

Lula gathers South American peers with integration on agenda

Today 14:43 South American leaders meet in Brasília on Tuesday for an informal summit at which Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government hopes to revive regional integration.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Fernández announces Argentina's return to UNASUR

22-03-2023 15:46 President Alberto Fernández has confirmed Argentina's re-entry into the UNASUR political bloc, almost five years on from its controversial departure.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Honduras human rights campaigners awarded Emilio Mignone prize

23-02-2023 20:49 Human rights campaigners from Honduras awarded with this year’s Emilio F. Mignone International Human Rights Prize.

by James Grainger

DEBT INTERVENTION

Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors

19-01-2023 14:25 While repurchasing the bonds at a fraction of their face value could ultimately save the country hundreds of millions of dollars in interest and principal payments, investors point out that the government doesn’t have very much room in Central Bank coffers to fund such a lavish buyback.

MARKETS

Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback

19-01-2023 02:53 Economy Ministry is using dollars held by the Treasury to fund the buyback, including money it expects to save from energy imports it presumes it won’t need in 2023, according to sources.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense

19-01-2023 02:45 It is generally thought that it is better to buy back bonds when they are cheap than when they have just posted a sharp rise, but perhaps Massa knows something we don't.

INTERVIEW

Todesca Bocco, Argentina's candidate for IDB chief, calls for its ‘transformation’

17-11-2022 16:17 Cecilia Todesca Bocco, Argentina's Secretary for International Economic Relations and candidate for the presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), outlines her vision for the institution.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Alberto Fernández eyes progress in Bali at G20 summit

14-11-2022 13:37 Russia-Ukraine talks and IMF surcharges on the agenda for the president, who will attend event hosted by US leader Joe Biden and hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese Premier Xi Jingping.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Felipe Solá: ‘Cristina is dogmatic in her words but pragmatic in her actions’

27-05-2022 09:16 Former governor of Buenos Aires Province addresses his ouster as foreign minister, Peronist unity and his relationships with Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

DIPLOMACY

Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua to attend allied, regional summit

24-05-2022 16:00 The leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua will gather in Havana Friday with allied counterparts, the Cuban Foreign ministry said.

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

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Cecilia Todesca Bocco: ‘Labour rights do not explain Argentina’s macroeconomic problems'

18-03-2022 12:20 International Relations Secretary Cecilia Todesca Bocco on the freshly approved IMF deal, policies to deliver economic growth in Argentina and politics in the family.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

UKRAINE REFUGEE CRISIS

Argentina discusses 'resettlement opportunities' for Ukrainian refugees with UN body

14-03-2022 18:42 Over 2.8 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the invasion by Russia began, according to the UN refugee agency.

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.

WAR IN UKRAINE

Five Argentine couples escape Ukraine with surrogate babies

04-03-2022 00:09 Five Argentine couples who were in Ukraine to fetch babies born from surrogate mothers have managed to leave the nation with their newborns, the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires confirmed.

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.

DIPLOMACY

Argentina hopes EU will recognise Malvinas sovereignty dispute

07-02-2022 16:17 Argentina hopes the European Union (EU) will recognise the existence of its sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the disputed Malvinas Islands, says government official.

FOOD & WINE

2021 was record year for Argentine wine exports, says Foreign Ministry

23-01-2022 08:39 Argentina's bottled wine exports hit a historic high in 2021 worth US$817 million, according to Foreign Ministry.

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.

GUEST VOICE

Human rights: for more principles and less affinities

10-12-2021 22:20 In a world still convulsed by the pandemic, and in a region marked by a growing mistrust towards democracy and the rise of more extremist parties, Argentina is still recognised for its human rights and democratic policies.

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."

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.