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, …
International relations
CELAC presidency passes from Argentina to St Vincent and the Grenadines
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 …
Maduro cancels Argentina CELAC trip amid legal threats and alleged attack plan
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 …
Currency, trade and regional integration on agenda as Fernández and Lula 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 …
Lula and Fernández jumpstart new era in Argentina-Brazil relations
“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 …
Lula da Silva takes office in Brazil with urgent demands and a poisoned political environment
The same man who made history on January 1, 2003, when he became the first factory worker to ever take office as president of Brazil, will star in the emotional ritual of taking the oath for the third time on Sunday. Yet the context in which Luiz Inácio …
The Economy Ministry is drafting a tax amnesty bill for Argentines with money, goods, or financial assets in undeclared accounts. The project, which will be presented in Congress in the coming days, comes after Economy Minister Sergio Massa signed a FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) agreement with …