Faurie new Argentine foreign minister; Malcorra resigns for family reasons but will remain as advisor

Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 05:13 UTC

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Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra resigned on Monday and will move to Madrid to be closer to her family, President Mauricio Macri announced. Argentina's ambassador to France, Jorge Faurie, will be the new foreign minister and Malcorra will continue as an adviser to the government from afar. Read full article

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golfcronie
“ We will continue to have the same position we have had up to now ” Not very impressive is it?
May 30th, 2017 - 08:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brit Bob
Her words of wisdom and sense of humour will be missed.

Malcorra - Transplanted population MercoPress 10 Nov 2016.

Malcorra said that historically the Argentine position was not to acknowledge for this case in particular the “self determination of peoples”, because 'kelpers' (Falkland Islanders) are a transplanted population, not aborigine.

Falklands – Implanted Population:
https://www.academia.edu/30505159/Falklands_Implanted_Population

She was joking, wasn't she?
May 30th, 2017 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Doveoverdover
Foreign Minister indeed! Closer to her family in Spain? Confirmation (as if any were needed) that, when push comes to shove, Argentina really is still a Spanish colony.
May 30th, 2017 - 06:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GALlamosa
So was she just transplanted into Argentina ? Surely not !!
Jun 01st, 2017 - 06:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Enrique Massot
Good riddance Malcorra. Argentines won't miss ya.
Jun 02nd, 2017 - 03:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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