German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday urged a swift conclusion to talks on a free trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur South American trade bloc, on the first stop in Buenos Aires of his inaugural tour of the region. Seeking to reduce Germany’s economic reliance …
President Alberto Fernández will meet with Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholtz on Saturday, January 28, at the Foreign Ministry’s San Martín Palace in Buenos Aires, together with Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero. Scholtz’s first official visit to Argentina is part of a regional tour that will continue in Brazil and …
Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero and United States Ambassador Marc Stanley celebrated today the 200th anniversary of bilateral relations between Argentina and the US in the Palacio San Martín in Buenos Aires. As part of the celebrations, Cafiero and Stanley placed a wreath on José de San Martín’s bust …
Days after the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires, Francisco Mora, U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), has described the OAS as “the only organization where democratically elected countries have representatives and where they are all committed to defending democracy and human rights”. Mora, who was …
President Alberto Fernández met with U.S. President Joe Biden’s Special Advisor for the Americas, Christopher Dodd, to discuss bilateral and regional co-operation following the CELAC summit in Buenos Aires on Wednesday noon. The meeting, which took place in the Argentine foreign ministry’s ceremonial headquarters, the San Martín Palace, …
A 369 square kilometer, 100,000-inhabitant Caribbean island nation will hold the next temporary presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). During the CELAC Summit’s closing ceremony, it was announced that the organization’s rotating leadership would pass to St Vincent and the Grenadines. The small …
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has pulled out of the CELAC Summit, which takes place today in Buenos Aires, after conservative lawmakers presented a lawsuit against him and Venezuelans in Buenos Aires protested his attendance. His government issued a statement on Monday afternoon, when he was due to meet …
Alberto Fernández and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today announced that Argentina and Brazil will pursue a series of ambitious bilateral initiatives including a common currency, a boost to gas exports, and a series of joint health, science and tech policies. The two countries’ presidents made the announcements …
“We’ve decided to put relations between Argentina and Brazil back on track,” said Alberto Fernández in a press conference after meeting with Lula da Silva in the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasília. “They’ve been complicated for the past four years, but we hope we’ll advance in all the topics …
