Tag: Kevin Sullivan

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

  Milei's recent presence in Ushuaia triggers sovereignty concerns in Chile

  

  Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning Antarctica given Argentine President Javier Milei's recent actions regarding the area when a United States base in Ushuaia was announced during US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson's visit.

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• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 21:36 UTC

  OAS urges Venezuela to reconsider its electoral process

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) was meeting in Washington on Tuesday from 10:00 AM local time on the subject of Venezuela and “the latest events” that have occurred in the Caribbean country. 19 of the 24 members voted in favor of a resolution calling on Venezuela to postpone the elections scheduled for April.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 11:46 UTC

  OAS praises strength of US electoral process but observes campaign financing

  

  The strength of U.S. democracy goes beyond the particularities of an electoral process, said the Organization of American States, OAS, Electoral Observation Mission to the recent general elections in the United States in the presentation of its final report to the Permanent Council. However it also underlined that the campaign financing is “the most deregulated in forty years”.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  CFK targets US interim ambassador for 'provocative' report on crime in Argentina

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández. CFK, questioned the warning message issued on Tuesday by the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, saying it is “in line” with anti-government media, and seriously doubting interim ambassador in Buenos Aires Kevin Sullivan’s intentions with the note.

• Friday, September 19th 2014 - 06:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez blames Griesa and US embassy for “speculative attacks” against her government

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured on Thursday that Argentina is under “permanent speculative attack headed by US Federal judge Thomas Griesa,” and criticized “local vultures who have amplified the offensive to the point of ridicule.”

• Thursday, September 18th 2014 - 05:46 UTC

  US dollar at new record in Argentina; Kicillof blames 'holdouts' and the US embassy

  

  The informal rate of the US dollar hit a new historic peek on Wednesday in Argentina, breaking the 15 pesos barrier and closing at 15.10 pesos, pushed by rate speculation, and following yesterday’s sharp 25-cents climb. Economy minister Axel Kicillof blamed the 'holdouts' and the US embassy for the latest surge.

• Wednesday, September 17th 2014 - 01:11 UTC

  Argentina warns US acting ambassador on 'default' statements and 'deplores lack of support'

  

  United States interim ambassador to Argentina Kevin Sullivan was summoned to foreign minister Hector Timerman's office and was informed of ”the profound and firm rejection of the Argentine government to the US diplomat’s inappropriate statements”, according to the statement from the ministry made public on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, September 16th 2014 - 02:42 UTC

  US insists with Argentina it does not support the UN sovereign debt debate

  

  As Argentine President Cristina Fernandez readies for her annual trip to New York to speak at the United Nations General Assembly, US interim ambassador in Buenos Aires Kevin Sullivan ratified that Washington will not back the UN sovereign debt resolution sparked by Argentina’s legal battle with its holdout creditors.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 08:33 UTC

  US calls on Argentine government to seek 'practical solutions' with holdouts

  

  Kevin Sullivan, US interim ambassador in Argentina affirmed on Thursday that the country must seek “practical solutions” with the 'holdouts' or the so called vulture funds over defaulted bonds.

• Monday, July 7th 2014 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay Vice-president and Latam UN ambassadors claim US justice took sides

  

  Latin American ambassadors to the United Nations (UN) and Uruguay's Vice-president Danilo Astori showed their support to Argentina in its dispute against holdout hedge funds. They agreed that the so-called 'vulture funds' are a risk to debtor nations and that they pose a threat to the region.