Argentina

Thursday, September 22nd 2016 - 07:15 UTC
Macri downplays chat with May, “it was no formal meeting”, just “a nice gesture from the prime minister”

Argentine president Mauricio Macri on Wednesday downplayed the chat with PM Theresa May on Tuesday at the UN banquet in New York saying it was “no formal or official meeting”, but nevertheless underlined the “good predisposition” for dialogue which Argentina had lost during the last twelve years and anticipated that the Falklands/Malvinas Islands question “will demand many years”.
Thursday, September 22nd 2016 - 06:51 UTC
Argentina “is not surrendering Malvinas”; Macri/May greeting was “a brief casual encounter”

Foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that Argentina is “not surrendering the Malvinas Islands” and explained that Tuesday's exchange between president Mauricio Macri and Prime minister Theresa May in New York, in the framework of the UN annual assembly was “a brief casual encounter”.
Thursday, September 22nd 2016 - 06:27 UTC
Argentine congress will be part of the Argentina/UK joint statement discussions

The chair of Argentina's Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee Elisa Carrió has supported president Mauricio Macri's “nonnegotiable” stance on the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute and attributed the Argentina/UK joint statement controversy to “minor questions of communication”, nevertheless she summoned deputy foreign minister Carlos Foradori to Congress next Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 21st 2016 - 09:09 UTC
Malcorra underlines the significance of a Macri-May “dialogue” but denies any roadmap

Argentine President Mauricio Macri talked with British Prime Minister about the possibility of holding a more specific meeting to advance in the multiple issues of a bilateral agenda, including the question of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty, “which for us is a priority”, said foreign minister Susana Malcorra late Tuesday.
Wednesday, September 21st 2016 - 08:50 UTC
Falklands: Macri and Theresa May agree “it's time to begin talking”

Argentine president Mauricio Macri told British Prime Minister Theresa May he was ready to begin an open dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty, which he described as “the main issue” of bilateral relations. According to Argentine media reports, Theresa May said that yes, “it was time to begin talking”.
Wednesday, September 21st 2016 - 08:27 UTC
Macri calls for sovereignty dialogue on Falklands in his speech to UN General Assembly

In his first speech as head of state before the United Nations General Assembly, Argentine President Mauricio Macri called on the United Kingdom to find “an amicable solution” through dialogue to the long-standing dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty..
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 13:01 UTC
Argentine makes compulsory Load Control Certificates for squid and shrimp

Argentina announced it has expanded the implementation of compulsory origin and legality certification for squid (Illex argentinus) and shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) catches.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 12:54 UTC
General Electric pledges US$ 10bn in Argentina over the next decade

U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric will invest US$10 billion in Argentina over the next decade, vice chairman John Rice said on Monday, the latest foreign company to announce new plans since President Mauricio Macri took office.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 11:03 UTC
IMF rebuilding relations with Argentina

An IMF mission started on Monday a round of meetings with the purpose of rebuilding relations with Argentina, frozen for over a decade. The mission headed by economist Roberto Cardarelli began early Monday visiting the Argentine Industrial Union, UIA, the country's manufacturers main lobby.
Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil and Uruguay agree on a Mercosur with “a greater open integration”

President Tabare Vazquez confirmed on Monday that Uruguay will continue as “coordinator” of discussions between Mercosur and the European Union to reach a wide ranging trade agreement.