Tag: Hector Timerman

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 20:01 UTC

  Argentina has great hopes with the Caribbean back in the Latinamerican fold

  

  Argentina has great expectations about the coming summit for the official creation of the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean states, Celac, scheduled to take place next December 2 and 3 in Venezuela, said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 08:06 UTC

  Arguello named as the next Argentina ambassador in Washington

  

  Jorge Argüello was appointed as the new Argentine Ambassador to the United States by President Cristina Fernández, according to a release from the Foreign Affairs ministry. Government sources in Buenos Aires said Argüello, who currently represents Argentina before the United Nations, will replace Alfredo Chiaradia in Washington DC.

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 06:44 UTC

  The Falkland Islands in search for a voice

  

  By John Fowler - In the first of a planned series of extended articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site, Deputy Editor John Fowler examines the causes of the frustration felt by many Falkland Islanders in the face of the recent plethora of statements issuing from the Argentine propaganda machine

• Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:32 UTC

  Argentina names trade expert as next ambassador in Brazil

  

  Luis Maria Kreckler currently Argentina’s Foreign Ministry’s Trade and Economic Affairs secretary and who was also considered a strong candidate to be the Foreign Minister in the next presidential cabinet, was appointed as Argentina’s Ambassador to Brazil.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:50 UTC

  Argentina could finally decide to name ambassador in London, says Clarin

  

  While Argentina’ Foreign Affairs ministry prepares for a renewal of its main officials, according to Buenos Aires daily Clarin, among the possible policy changes beginning December 10, is naming ambassador in London, a post which remains vacant since 2008 when Federico Mirré period was over.

• Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 03:51 UTC

  Falkland/Malvinas continues as “a colonial dagger in America” Timerman tells his peers

  

  Malvinas continues as “a colonial dagger in America” said Argentine Foreign Affaire minister Hector Timerman during an Ibero-Latin American ministerial meeting in Paraguay ahead of the full summit on Saturday.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 00:10 UTC

  Argentina, Brazil and Mexico attempt to harmonize positions ahead of G20

  

  Argentina, Brazil and Mexico meeting in Uruguay ahead of the G-20 summit in France next November, agreed to demand a greater role for the region in global affairs and in helping to resolve the global economic crisis.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:24 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina agree to ignore Vazquez “war” statements

  

  The governments of Uruguay and Argentina have decided to ignore the controversy born out of statements from former President Tabare Vazquez who said that during the Botnia-UPM pulp plant conflict, back in 2006/07, he did not discard a “war hypothesis” given the aggressive attitude of Argentina and for which he had requested support from the Bush administration.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:11 UTC

  CFK agrees to visit Chile after October 23 presidential election

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was invited to visit Chile during a meeting she held in New York City with her Chilean counterpart Sebastián Piñera on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

• Saturday, September 10th 2011 - 05:23 UTC

  Argentina thanks China for its standing support in the Malvinas sovereignty dispute

  

  Argentina expressed gratitude to China for its permanent support of the Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim in the longstanding dispute with Britain.