News of us embassy

UK Ambassador in Argentina toasts coronation of King Charles III

06-05-2023 21:15 Hundreds of guests from Argentine political, business and social life and the British community toasted the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday at an event in Buenos Aires.

by Michael Soltys

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Fernández: Diplomatic crisis with Ecuador is ‘unjust, unconscionable’

21-03-2023 16:37 President slams Ecuador’s response to diplomatic crisis as “serious, unjust and unconscionable"; Growing rift caused by the mysterious appearance in Venezuela of a convicted Ecuadorean ex-minister.

And that reminds me…

A day for wearing green but also black

18-03-2023 03:56 Since 1992 Saint Patrick’s Day has had to co-exist with an appalling tragedy in Argentina at least – the terrorist car-bomb destruction of the Israeli Embassy.

by Michael Soltys

DIPLOMATIC SPAT

Ecuador and Argentina in diplomatic row over fugitive ex-minister

15-03-2023 10:34 Diplomatic spat escalates after it emerged María de los Ángeles Duarte, a convicted former cabinet minister who had been living in the Argentine Embassy in Quito, had escaped to Venezuela.

FOREIGN RELATIONS & DIPLOMACY

Ecuador questions Argentina over ex-minister's escape from embassy

14-03-2023 14:18 Ecuador's government summons Argentina's ambassador in Quito to respond to "inconsistencies" in information provided about the alleged escape from its embassy of a ex-government minister convicted of corruption.

CRIME & SECURITY

US Embassy hit by two security scares on consecutive days

09-03-2023 16:30 Suspicious device found on Embassy gates in Palermo on Thursday, a day after two Syrians with falsified documentation were detained and terrorism protocol activated.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina reopens Embassy in Bangladesh after football furore

01-03-2023 13:45 Foreign Minister Cafiero flies to Dhaka to inaugurate Argentina's new Embassy in Bangladesh, 45 years after it was shuttered by dictatorship; Trade, shared history and, of course, football on the agenda.

by Api Dhadda

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.

FOREIGN POLICY

Chile president says planning to open embassy in Palestinian territories

22-12-2022 09:26 Chilean President Gabriel Boric says that he plans to "raise the level of our official representation in Palestine" and open an embassy in the Middle East.

DIPLOMACY

Indonesian Embassy in Argentina celebrates independence day

24-09-2022 13:43 Ambassador Niniek Kun Naryatie hosts traditional dance performance to commemorate the nation’s 77th anniversary.

by Sam Forster

AMIA Bombing

Mossad information on AMIA and embassy bombing counters beliefs about perpetrators

25-07-2022 16:46 The Israeli intelligence service showed results of investigation to the New York Times: suspicions that Argentine and Iranian officials were involved have been disproved, generating controversy in Argentina because Iran appears to have been let off the hook.

ABORTION RIGHTS

Argentine demonstrators protest anti-abortion ruling outside US Embassy

27-06-2022 21:02 Group of female protesters march to the American Embassy in Buenos Aires to repudiate US Supreme Court ruling that overturns federal right to abortion in United States.

HISTORY CLASS

Exhibition celebrates ‘epic’ adventure of Sarmiento's female US teachers

27-05-2022 00:06 Embassy in Washington remembers the more than 60 school teachers who between 1869 and 1898 travelled from the United States to Argentina to found schools or reorganise centres of learning nationwide.

AMIA ATTACK

US working ‘very closely’ with Argentina to seek justice for AMIA attack

05-05-2022 23:24 Senior government official in Washington says United States is working with Argentina on quest for justice over 1994 AMIA terror attack.

COMMUNITY & DiPLOMACY

British Embassy in Argentina launches 'Ambassador for a Day' contest

22-04-2022 15:32 UK Embassy in Buenos Aires launches 'Ambassador for a Day' contest, offering young women the chance to experience diplomatic work firsthand.

TERROR ATTACK

Call for justice renewed on 30th anniversary of Israeli Embassy bombing

18-03-2022 21:09 Israeli authorities again point finger at Iran and Hezbollah, three decades on from the 1992 bombing of Embassy that killed 29 people.

by Michael Soltys

And that reminds me…

We remember thee, Zion

18-03-2022 21:04 The phrase “shock horror” might belong to the cheapest style of tabloid headline writing, yet 30 years on from the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, I find no better way of describing my reaction.

by Michael Soltys

RUSSIA INVADES UKRAINE

Pope visits Russian embassy to express "concern about the war" in Ukraine

25-02-2022 23:48 Pope Francis visited the Russian Embassy in the Holy See on Friday, making an unusual gesture to express his “concern about the war” in Ukraine.

DIPLOMACY

New US ambassador presents credentials to President Fernández

24-01-2022 21:33 Marc R. Stanley presents credentials to President Alberto Fernández, formally assuming his post as Washington’s representative in Buenos Aires.

by James Grainger

IMF DEBT TALKS

Fernández vows to be 'firm' in talks with IMF

30-10-2021 17:35 President Alberto Fernández vows to negotiate "firmly" with the International Monetary Fund; Meets US President Joe Biden briefly on sidelines of G20 summit.