International

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  UK/Argentina discuss trade and business opportunities, but also Malvinas

  

  UK Deputy Foreign Secretary for Europe and the Americas Wendy Morton held on Monday several meetings in Buenos Aires with officials from the new Argentine government looking to strengthen bilateral ties as well as boosting trade and investment.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentina suspends Strategic Dialogue on defense issues with UK

  

  Argentine minister of Defense Agustin Rossi announced the decision to postpone a Strategic Dialogue meeting with UK peers which was scheduled to take place during the first week of March.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Socialist Paris mayor makes Lula da Silva an honorary citizen of the city

  

  Paris city hall made Brazil’s former leader Lula da Silva an honorary citizen on Monday, in a likely blow to his political enemy President Jair Bolsonaro whose relationship with France has deteriorated. The motion to honour Lula was backed by the city’s Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Taipei accuses Beijing of “using external problems to relieve domestic pressure”

  

  China is pressuring Taiwan with “provocative” air force maneuvers near the island and spreading fake news to sow discord during the coronavirus outbreak, security sources and government officials in Taiwan say.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentina hires Lazard, Bank of America and HSBC for debt restructuring process

  

  Argentina’s government said on Sunday it had hired Lazard as financial advisor and Bank of America and HSBC as debt placement agents for the debt restructuring process it hopes to close by the end of March.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil's soybeans sales to China and soy-meal exports to the EU remain very strong

  

  Brazil, the world’s largest soy producer, and supplier, shipped 3.55 million tons of soybeans in the first three weeks of February, up 367% month on month, according to a report from the Brazilian foreign trade department.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  New Uruguayan president promises to crack down on crime and promote a true fiscal rule

  

  A center right president took office in Uruguay on Sunday, promising to crack down on crime and tighten government finances after a 15-year string of left-leaning governments. Luis Lacalle Pou, a 46-year-old surfing enthusiast and son of a former president, narrowly won the election in November, 37.000 votes, in his second try for the top office.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  Foreign Office official visits Argentina to address a long agenda including Falklands

  

  Wendy Morton, the foreign office minister of European Neighborhood and the Americas arrives this Monday to Buenos Aires to meet with members of the Kirchner government, who over the weekend announced a new more demanding and aggressive Argentine policy referred to the Falklands and South Atlantic Islands sovereignty claim.

• Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:51 UTC

  Gibraltar bans tourists arriving from sixteen “at risk” coronavirus countries

  

  Gibraltar has started banning people entering from coronavirus-hit countries. In a document sent to the Japanese embassy in London, Gibraltar said it “may deny” entry to people who have visited any of 16 “dangerous countries” which have been hit by coronavirus.

• Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:20 UTC

  African swine fever kills 3.000 pigs in Indonesia

  

  Indonesia is tightening curbs on the transport of pigs and pork products after nearly 3,000 animals died in a new outbreak of African swine fever in an eastern province bordering East Timor, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.