News of geopolitics

Henry Kissinger, diplomat who defined US foreign policy, dies at 100

30-11-2023 13:38 Henry Kissinger, the child refugee who rose to define United States foreign policy during the 1970s, has died.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Massa, ‘the Washington panel,’ geopolitics – uncertainty in Argentine-US relations

16-11-2023 14:31 Javier Milei offers alignment with the interests of the United States, while Sergio Massa talks multilateralism. Concerns oversensitive issues such as the Hidrovía waterway, 5G technology and the Chinese base.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Fernández: ‘I can talk to Xi, Putin and Biden equally, nobody can question me’

12-09-2023 13:16 Argentina’s president defines multilateralism as a nation’s right to diplomatically engage with whomever it pleases in speech at UN peace operations conference staged at Defence Ministry headquarters.

G20 leaders summit

G20 summit: Who is coming to India, and who is not

06-09-2023 09:52 Leaders from the world's top economies arrive in India on Friday for a two-day G20 summit overshadowed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, worries over the global economy and climate change. Xi and Putin won't be there, but it looks like President Alberto Fernández will.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

China says premier will lead its G20 delegation, not president Xi

04-09-2023 09:23 Premier Li Qiang will lead China's delegation to the G20 summit in India this weekend, Beijing said Monday, all but confirming President Xi Jinping will snub the meeting of the world's biggest economies.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Washington’s top Middle Eastern allies move closer to China

27-08-2023 09:45 Some of Washington's top Middle Eastern allies are moving closer into the orbit of China and Russia, further complicating geopolitics upended by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

BRICS membership in doubt as opposition rejects move

24-08-2023 18:13 Presidential candidates Javier Milei and Patricia Bullrich indicate they would withdraw the approved application for BRICS membership, casting serious doubt over likelihood of nation joining group of emerging economies.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

BRICS: meet the six new members

24-08-2023 17:03 The BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have agreed to make Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates full members from January 1, 2024.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President confirms Argentina's 'historic' admission to BRICS

24-08-2023 11:15 Argentina to join bloc of emerging economies led by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, confirms Fernández. BRICS leaders also approve accession of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Iran.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

Join the club: BRICS faces rift over push for new members

22-08-2023 12:56 BRICS leaders meeting in South Africa this week will consider expanding the five-nation bloc.

GEOPOLITICS

BRICS summit of emerging economies to begin in South Africa

22-08-2023 10:01 Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet for three days in Johannesburg at BRICS summit.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Sabino Vaca Narvaja: ‘We look to a world which no longer exists, a Eurocentric world’

29-07-2023 06:29 Sabino Vaca Narvaja, Argentina’s ambassador to China, on bilateral relations with Beijing, why trade ties must be deepened and the need to rethink the Foreign Ministry and our approach to the East.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Lithium in Latin America

China, Russia pledge US$1.4 billion for lithium plants in Bolivia

30-06-2023 10:41 China's Citic Guoan and Russia's Uranium One Group will partner with Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos to install two lithium carbonate plants.

GEOPOLITICAL ROW

China slams Biden for equating Xi to 'dictators'

21-06-2023 11:03 US President Joe Biden equates Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with "dictators," sparking angry reaction from Beijing.

Dinesh Bhatia interview

India supports Argentina’s bid to join BRICS, says ambassador

03-06-2023 06:15 India’s envoy in Argentina, Dinesh Bhatia, discusses trade deficits, defence opportunities, lithium and gas collaboration and the importance of cultural ties.

by Api Dhadda

EDITORIAL

Slow boat to China

03-06-2023 06:12 All policy here is driven by the desperation arising from the parlous state of Central Bank reserves.

BUENOS AIRES & BEIJING

Airing IMF criticism, Máximo Kirchner deepens ties with China

02-06-2023 10:02 National deputy and La Cámpora leader slams International Monetary Fund’s recipes for “indebted countries” during visit to China.

by Ariel Maciel

MASSA IN CHINA

With Brazil’s backing, Argentina wins acceptance to BRICs bank

01-06-2023 19:01 Surprise announcement delivered by New Development Bank chief, former Brazil president Dilma Rousseff; BRICS members will formally discuss Argentina’s entry in August, but move has support of institution’s board.

BRICS SUMMIT

BRICS strive to counter US with expansion, shared currency

01-06-2023 12:30 The BRICS group is ramping up its bid for greater global influence and to challenge the US, sensing a moment to capitalise on a splintering world order to build out its ranks.

ENVIRONMENT

Celeste Saulo elected first female chief of World Meteorological Organization

01-06-2023 08:42 Celeste Saulo, who has headed Argentina's weather agency since 2014, elected as the first female leader of UN climate agency.

ENVIRONMENT

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

31-05-2023 10:13 The World Meteorological Organization, which plays a critical global role in tracking climate change, chooses a new leader this week to turbocharge that work over the next four years. UBA professor and the WMO's first vice-president Celeste Saulo is among the frontunners.

IN FOCUS

At 100, Henry Kissinger basks in US praise with no accountability

26-05-2023 09:13 Henry Kissinger, who turns 100 on Saturday, shaped US foreign policy like few others, with a long – and highly controversial – record.

POLITICS

Máximo Kirchner to join Sergio Massa on trip to China

24-05-2023 18:05 National lawmaker and vice-president’s son will form part of Argentine delegation travelling to China between May 29 and June 4, stopping in Beijing and Shanghai. This will be the first trip he has made outside the country.

by Rodis Recalt

GEOPOLITICS

China's Xi offers Russia 'firm support' in 'core interests'

24-05-2023 09:18 Chinese President Xi Jinping offers Beijing's support on Moscow's "core interests" at a meeting with Russian prime minister.

BLOOMBERG

Chile, one of the world’s lithium leaders, looks like a shakier source

28-04-2023 12:28 The state plans to take control in Chile, which boasts unmatched reserves of the battery metal.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Edward Porter: What Xi Jinping wants in Latin America

28-04-2023 11:29 China is not interested in turbocharging the region’s industrial development. But neither are its investments seeking to challenge the United States.

ARGENTINA-UNITED STATES RELATIONS

US general visits Southern Cone, Patagonia and lithium on agenda

28-04-2023 10:47 Chief of United States Southern Command Laura Jane Richardson meets up with top brass in Argentina and Chile during a regional visit. Participating in military exercises in Punta Arenas, US general focuses on lithium and confronts the Polo Logístico Antártico in Ushuaia whose financing bothers Washington.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

WAR IN UKRAINE

Adviser to Lula met Putin to discuss peace talks for Ukraine

04-04-2023 10:37 An adviser to Brazil President Lula met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss opening peace negotiations with Ukraine, official in Brasilia confirms.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Jorge Argüello: ‘Our top investor is the US, our leading trade partner is China’

25-03-2023 07:00 Argentina’s ambassador to the United States talks superpowers and geopolitics, emerging economies, the US ‘grieta’ and bilateral relations with Washington.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

WAR IN UKRAINE

Putin says ready to discuss China's Ukraine plan at Xi talks

20-03-2023 15:12 President Vladimir Putin tells Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that Russia was open to discussing China's proposals to end the fighting in Ukraine.

WORLD POLITICS

Xi reboots statesman image in push to counter US on world stage

14-03-2023 12:41 Chinese premier is rebooting his image as a global statesman — and he’s already got a significant win under his belt.

As I see it

The search for something different

05-11-2022 06:00 For years now, the dissatisfied with this state of affairs have been looking for something different. Their ongoing search for new blood has had some startling results.

by James Neilson

And that reminds me…

Thick as BRICS

03-09-2022 15:41 If the question of why Argentina should wish to join BRICS is extremely valid, so is the question of why BRICS should want to have us.

by Michael Soltys

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

As I see it

What a Russian defeat could mean

21-05-2022 00:01 The Ukrainians are not the only ones who think Russia is heading for a historic defeat. Their opinion is shared by many in London and Washington.

by James Neilson

As I see it

The crystal balls are getting cloudier

30-04-2022 01:21 Not only Argentina but most other countries have to decide if it would be better for them to cultivate their relations with what could soon be the top superpower, or to assume that the US will recover from its self-inflicted internal woes.

by James Neilson

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil opposed to ejecting Russia from G20, says foreign minister

25-03-2022 14:43 Brazil is "clearly opposed" to barring Russia from the G20, its foreign minister has said.

ANALYSIS

Vaca Muerta: a failed opportunity that will cost Argentina

16-03-2022 21:13 When trying to explain why we fail as a country, look no further than the Vaca Muerta debacle.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

How Argentina’s IMF deal will test ‘exceptional’ criteria limits

23-02-2022 17:24 As the International Monetary Fund staff and Argentina advance on talks for a new agreement, the lender’s board is closely following whether the country meets four key criteria that would allow it to receive a large loan.

EDITORIAL

Of silk roads and sow’s ears

12-02-2022 09:51 The main lesson from the president’s Sino-Russian swing should be the need to separate international economic relations from domestic politics and even geopolitics in a multilateral world.

As I see it

An innocent abroad: Alberto in Russia and China

12-02-2022 09:32 Alberto’s willingness to kowtow to Xi and heap praise on the Chinese Communist regime was by no means as ridiculous as some seem to think, but he could hardly have chosen a worse time in which to cold-shoulder the United States.

by James Neilson

Politics

Playing with fire

12-02-2022 09:27 Despite claims of an historical “Peronist third position,” the reality is Argentina has an impossible debt with the International Monetary Fund and it needs all the support it can get to restructure it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Xi’s Olympic guest list is mostly leaders of non-democracies

03-02-2022 12:23 Chinese President Xi Jinping will host 21 world leaders at the Winter Olympics, and a majority of them preside over non-democratic regimes.

alberto's foreign tour

Trip to Russia, China puts Argentina’s ‘círculo rojo’ on orange alert

28-01-2022 17:07 Concerns among the group of influential decision-makers dubbed the “círculo rojo” are increasing, with unrest over the president’s tour destinations and doubts over a new IMF deal.

ALBERTO’S FOREIGN TOUR

Alberto’s mission: Selling his support for Russia and China – at a high price

28-01-2022 17:04 Putin and Xi are two of the biggest political leaders in the world, beyond any doubt, but they are also among the most denounced.

by Maximiliano Sardi

GEOPOLITICS

Putin could burst Xi’s Olympic dream with a war in Ukraine

24-01-2022 09:27 As the United States and Europe mount increasingly frantic efforts to deter Russia from any invasion of Ukraine, it’s Chinese President Xi Jinping who may have the biggest influence on Vladimir Putin’s timetable.

As I see it

Adrift in a world out of kilter

21-01-2022 22:00 Imperfect as the order installed by the United States in the late 1940s may have been, it, or what remains of it, is surely preferable to what seems likely to come next.

by James Neilson

EDITORIAL

Power politics

15-01-2022 02:00 If the government cannot scale back the subsidy mountain for billing which is a virtual invitation to squander energy, an IMF agreement will be an even longer shot than it seems now – a deadlock where both the problem and its solution is increasingly seen as “geopolitical.”