FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Lula seeks to patch up tattered relations with Milei 23-11-2023 13:17 Lula wants to avoid a relapse in the bilateral relationship to the state it was under Jair Bolsonaro and Alberto Fernández.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Lula to give Milei the cold shoulder, betting he’ll need Brazil 20-11-2023 15:24 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has decided to put relations between Brazil and Argentina on hold until he has clarity about Javier Milei's plans.
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.
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, Colombia and Chile recall envoys 01-11-2023 16:01 Bolivia said on Tuesday it was severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its "disproportionate" attacks in Gaza, as Chile and Colombia recall ambassadors over mounting humanitarian crisis.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Biden gathers leaders from across Americas to deepen ties 31-10-2023 12:53 The White House envisions the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity as a platform that sees leaders meet every couple years and ministers work in between, according to senior administration officials. The session on Friday will concentrate on deepening trade and financial relationships.
argentina Alberto Fernández: Javier Milei is seen abroad as 'someone who is not well' 18-10-2023 11:28 In the final stretch of presidential campaign and during the close of his overseas tour of China, the president lashes out one final time at La Libertad Avanza frontrunner.
ELECTION 2023 Milei’s warning about break with China creeps into president’s tour 17-10-2023 15:55 Government sources admit Chinese officials have expressed "concern" over libertarian's statements on Argentina's relationship with China during meetings.
ELECTION 2023 Milei, Barrionuevo and the ‘casta sindical’ 22-09-2023 05:50 Restaurant worker chieftain Luis Barrionuevo, who has been meeting with libertarian presidential frontrunner Javier Milei, is perhaps the union leader with the greatest number of leaps and bounds in modern Argentine politics. by Javier Calvo
BILATERAL RELATIONS Uruguay ex-presidents express concern over ‘unpredictable’ Milei 29-08-2023 15:58 Former Uruguay presidents Julio María Sanguinetti and José Mujica express concern over possibility of "unpredictable" Javier Milei winning Argentina's October election; Colombian President Gustavo Petro compares libertarian's rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler.
JAVIER MILEI INTERVIEW Milei says he’d reject ‘assassin’ China, take Argentina out of Mercosur 16-08-2023 22:04 Presidential frontrunner doesn’t want to engage with leftists; Diana Mondino to run foreign ministry if president, Milei says.
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
DIPLOMACY US Embassy marks Independence Day with huge celebration 04-07-2023 10:44 United States Ambassador to Argentina Marc Stanley hosts more than 1,500 guests at residence in Palermo for July 4 festivities. First Lady Fabiola Yáñez among those in attendance.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Fernández showers praise on ‘friend’ Lula during bilateral meet 27-06-2023 15:08 Brazilian president decorated his Argentine colleague with the Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul during meeting at the Itamaraty Foreign Ministry in Brasília.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Fernando Straface: ‘There's genuine US concern about Chinese presence in the region' 17-06-2023 06:39 Fernando Straface, secretary-general and secretary of foreign affairs for the Buenos Aires City government, on international relations, the legacy of the Mauricio Macri government and what a Horario Rodríguez Larreta Presidency would look like. by Jorge Fontevecchia
BILATERAL MEET Biden hosts Uruguay’s president for surprise meeting 14-06-2023 14:13 US President Joe Biden explores "ways to expand the economic relationship" with Uruguay during meeting with Luis Lacalle Pou at White House.
DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY Opposition criticism as President Fernández meets with Maduro 30-05-2023 21:15 Argentina’s president calls for sanctions against Venezuela to be set aside, arguing that the search for a “political solution” cannot be subject to “external pressures or conditions.”
MADURO IN BRASÍLIA Lula, Maduro hail 'new era' in Brazil-Venezuela ties 30-05-2023 16:11 Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticises “narrative” of “anti-democracy and authoritarianism” imposed against Venezuela as he announces full restoration of diplomatic and trade ties.
Foreign relations Lula says he’s started talks with BRICS bank to help Argentina 03-05-2023 08:16 Lula offers strong support for Alberto Fernández after four-hour meeting in Brasília, confirming talks on financing for Brazilian exports and declaring that International Monetary Fund needs to "remove its knife from Argentina's neck."
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
Bilateral relations Biden's envoy arrives with messages of support for Argentina 15-04-2023 13:48 IMF support, macroeconomic support and planes – US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s visit to Argentina came with clear messages. "There is a programme between Argentina and the IMF and what they are negotiating is something that the United States supports," she told reporters.
Bilateral relations Biden, Fernández call for 'economic integration' in White House meet 29-03-2023 23:26 US President Joe Biden hails an "enormous opportunity" to increase "economic integration" with Argentina as he hosts President Alberto Fernández at White House.
BILATERAL MEET ‘Satisfied’ Fernández flies home with Biden's vow of support 29-03-2023 23:23 A long-awaited meeting between Argentina’s Peronist leader and US President Joe Biden finally took place this week, with both sides emerging subsequently to talk up bilateral relations and opportunities in the coming years.
ALBERTO IN WASHINGTON Inside the bilateral: What did Alberto and Joe say to each other? 29-03-2023 21:54 President Alberto Fernández’s delegation spent more than an hour and a half in the White House; Seeking support in its discussions with the IMF, US President Joe Biden remarked on the heavy economic inheritance both leaders received upon taking office. by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington
BILATERAL MEETING Fernández asks Biden for IMF support in White House meeting 29-03-2023 17:28 Argentina's president hosted by United States leader at the West Wing in Washington; Alberto Fernández asks for US support with the International Monetary Fund and condemns war in Ukraine. by Rosario Ayerdi, from Washington
BILATERAL MEET Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of Biden bilateral 27-03-2023 10:59 President Alberto Fernández lands in New York ahead of bilateral meeting with US President Joe Biden; Economy Minister Sergio Massa travelling to Washington on Tuesday to join delegation. by Rosario Ayerdi, from New York
BILATERAL MEET Biden to meet with Alberto Fernández during democracy summit 26-03-2023 13:09 US President Joe Biden will host President Alberto Fernández in Washington next week after a planned meeting was postponed last year, White House 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
ST PATRICK'S DAY INTERVIEW When Irish eyes are eyeing 17-03-2023 05:01 Ireland’s new Ambassador to Argentina Gerard McCoy is placing his bet on a trio of areas – business, education and tourism. by Michael Soltys
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Biden and Lula put on pro-democracy show under Bolsonaro’s shadow 10-02-2023 11:09 Joe Biden hosts his counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the White House Friday in a show of support for Brazilian democracy, shaken last month by a right-wing insurrection akin to the invasion of the US Capitol in 2021. The elephant in the room: former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who's been vacationing in Florida since December 30.
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.
Bilateral relations Lula and Fernández hail ‘new history’ as Argentina and Brazil reunite 27-01-2023 14:20 Brazil leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underlined the significance of his visit to Argentina on Monday, declaring it marked “the beginning of a new history” between the two nations.
MARKETS Venezuela’s nine-cent bonds lure a distressed-debt veteran 28-12-2022 14:16 Trader raising money to buy defaulted Venezuelan bonds amid signs of easing tensions between President Nicolás Maduro, the political opposition and the United States.
FOREIGN POLICY Peru political crisis threatens to widen Latin America rifts 15-12-2022 16:40 President Dina Boluarte's administration says it has received the backing of governments in Chile, Ecuador, Uruguay and Costa Rica, underlining split over Peru's political crisis in the region.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Look north or east? Argentina’s tilt in a bipolar world remains unclear 10-12-2022 04:07 Beijing’s massive economic promise continues to stymie Washington’s attempts at democratic coalition in the Americas. by Sam Forster
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Fernández seeking more than words at bilateral with Xi Jingping 14-11-2022 14:37 During his upcoming bilateral meeting with the Chinese premier, Argentina’s president will seek better conditions in the use of currency swaps and be accompanied by Sergio Massa, who wants the relationship to stop being so unequal. by Rosario Ayerdi
BLOOMBERG - ANALYSIS Latin America is slipping out of the US orbit 14-11-2022 06:37 Must the US kiss Latin America goodbye? To woo back the region, the Biden administration needs to offer it a better deal than China’s.
FOREIGN POLICY Colombia leader in rift-healing visit to Venezuela after nine-year pause 02-11-2022 13:13 Meeting in Caracas between Colombia's Gustavo Petro and Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro marks a watershed warming between the once-estranged neighbours.
BRAZIL ELECTION 2022 Brazil more isolated after four years of Bolsonaro 21-09-2022 09:09 Political analysts say the international influence of Latin American giant Brazil has shrunk under President Jair Bolsonaro, the far-right incumbent fighting an uphill battle to win re-election next month.
ECONOMY MINISTER ABROAD In Washington, Massa secures loan boost from World Bank, IDB 09-09-2022 09:42 Argentine delegation meets with officials from the Joe Biden administration and secures vital funding from Inter-American Development Bank, World Bank in lead-up to talks with IMF.
POLITICS – OPINION Massa: imagination in power 03-09-2022 13:53 Trips and cuts: Argentina’s new Economy Minister sees his visit to the United States as a milestone of his stewardship. by Roberto García
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Bilateral meeting between Fernández and Biden set for September 19-08-2022 14:31 Argentina’s Ambassador in Washington Jorge Argüello talks up "good" relationship between the two presidents ahead of face-to-face meeting next month.
Grounded plane mystery Don’t shed light on the dark 02-07-2022 07:00 Straight news, half-truths, omissions and fake news – the case of the grounded Venezuelan plane with the Iranian crew grounded at an airport in Argentina is a very interesting case study for analysis. by Jorge Fontevecchia
Exclusive interview US Ambassador Marc Stanley: ‘I see a once in a generation opportunity for Argentina' 01-07-2022 14:30 Joe Biden’s envoy in Buenos Aires discusses his approach to diplomacy, bilateral relations and President Fernández's upcoming trip to Washington. by James Grainger
US-Venezuela relations Maduro: US delegation arrives in Venezuela to discuss 'bilateral agenda' 28-06-2022 09:20 Delegation from the United States arrives in Venezuela for talks, extending discussions between Caracas and Washington initiated in March.
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 & FOREIGN POLICY Proposal to ‘re-establish ties’ with Maduro draws fire from critics 19-04-2022 20:38 Opposition hardliners, human rights groups and US lawmaker Marco Rubio strongly criticises President Alberto Fernández after he announces that he wants Argentina to re-establish diplomatic relations with Venezuela.
Bilateral relations Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso to visit Argentina next week 15-04-2022 11:34 With the objective of expanding trade links with the region, Lasso will begin an official visit to Argentina Sunday and meet with President Alberto Fernández the following morning.
Bilateral relations Boric calls for Latin American unity and 'deepening' of ties with Argentina 04-04-2022 17:43 Speaking during his visit to Buenos Aires, Chilean President Gabriel Boric calls for greater Latin American unity as he highlights the “deep brotherhood" that unites his country with Argentina.
Bilateral relations Chile's Boric visits Argentina in first foreign trip as president 02-04-2022 22:13 Chile's President Gabriel Boric will travel to Argentina on Sunday in his first international official visit.
Bilateral relations New Chile president to visit Argentina in April on first foreign trip 18-03-2022 13:09 Chile’s new leader Gabriel Boric will travel to Argentina next month for a meeting with his President Alberto Fernández.