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Montevideo, April 28th 2026 - 02:42 UTC

Tag: Alicia Castro

  • Thursday, April 16th 2026 - 00:55 UTC

    Logistics corridor to Falklands via Uruguay: former Kirchnerist diplomat denounces untracked flight

    According to a source close to the Islands' administration who spoke with MercoPress, many of these flights are medical evacuations of Falkland Islanders

    A Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M Atlas transport aircraft operated on April 12 between Mount Pleasant base in the Falkland Islands and Carrasco airport in Montevideo, switching off its transponder during the return leg to the islands, rendering it invisible to civilian tracking systems, according to the specialized outlet Escenario Mundial, which identified the aircraft as registration ZM413 operating flights RRR4000 (outbound) and RRR4001 (return).

  • Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Duncan downplays comments on Foradori, but damage to Falklands' 2016 Joint Statement has been done

    Sir Ian Duncan and Carlos Foradori during the 2016 negotiations

    Ex Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Alan Duncan has said that former Argentine deputy foreign minister Carlos Foradori was a formidable negotiator, despite having written in a book on his memoirs that his counterpart in trade, cooperation and Falklands/Malvinas negotiations at the British embassy cellar in Buenos Aires, rang the following morning to say he “was pissed” since the night before he had drank too much.

  • Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

    Leading Kirchnerite diplomat resigns and openly criticizes president Fernandez

    The diplomat as ambassador in Venezuela with Hugo Chavez and Nestor Kirchner

    The resignation of the Argentine ambassador to Russia, Alicia Castro, in protest over the decision of the government of President Alberto Fernandez to condemn the Venezuelan regime for repeated human rights violations, “constitutes a dramatic turn in our foreign policy and does not differ at all with what would have been voted by ex-president Macri”.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:15 UTC

    Florencia Kirchner's “nanny” in Cuba rewarded with Argentine embassy in UK

    Javier Figueroa is a lawyer, professional diplomat who has been in Havana since 2018.

    Javier Figueroa, currently head of the Argentine embassy in Cuba has been appointed as the next ambassador in the United Kingdom, and according to Clarin is an expert on Malvinas affairs. His time in Havana coincided with Cristina Fernandez daughter Florencia Kirchner medical internment, which impeded her from travelling back to Argentina.

  • Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 06:17 UTC

    Purge in the Argentine foreign ministry: Cristina Fernandez loyal are back

    Ex ambassador in UK Alicia Castro most probably will be appointed to Moscow

    Even when Argentine president Alberto Fernandez could come across the Prince of Wales during the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem, which convenes some fifty world leaders, this did not prevent him from signing several decrees before leaving for Israel removing ambassadors, two of them closely linked to the Foradori/Duncan communiqué of 2016 which was considered the start of a new constructive page in bilateral relations between UK and Argentina.

  • Saturday, June 25th 2016 - 11:08 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas discussions with Argentina 'more complicated' because of 'British nationalism' resurgence

    Currently UK is immersed in a strong nationalist feeling. If this spirit in the post-referendum does not erode, it will be difficult to hold discussions”, said Assange

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange anticipated that the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union will further complicate negotiations with Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute because of a “resurgence” of what he described as British nationalism.

  • Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 03:23 UTC

    Argentina's next ambassador in London invited to UK residence in Buenos Aires

    From left to right: British Ambassador John Freeman, Linette de Jager, Mrs Freeman and new Argentine Ambassador Carlos Sersale Di Cersiano

    British Ambassador in Buenos Aires Dr. John Freeman and Mrs Freeman welcomed Ambassador Carlos Sersale Di Cersiano and his partner Linette de Jager to the Residence and congratulated him on his appointment to London. The British ambassador wished both every success in the years ahead.

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

    Corbyn favors Falklands' 'power-sharing' deal with Argentina, says ex ambassador Castro

    Ms Castro said that Mr Corbyn “shares our concerns”, adding: “In short, he is one of ”ours“.” She described the Labor leader as “humorous” and “a good listener”.

    United Kingdom's leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn is in favor of making a power-sharing deal with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, according to an Argentine diplomat. Outgoing Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro says that the Labour leader is “one of ours” and that he told her he supports a British-Argentine power-sharing deal in the vein of Northern Ireland.

  • Wednesday, December 23rd 2015 - 09:30 UTC

    An economist and professional diplomat next Argentine ambassador in London

    Sersale di Cerisano joined the Argentine diplomatic service in 1979 following an opposition and merits test.

    The Argentine government announced that it was nominating Carlos Sersale di Cerisano and Jorge Faurie, professional diplomats as next ambassadors in London and Paris. Both have long diplomatic careers and are considered very efficient and knowledgeable in international relations and global trade.

  • Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 07:10 UTC

    Ambassador Castro thanks all those British who support the Malvinas Question

    The Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro responds from the podium to the applause received after her speech

    Argentine ambassador in London, Alicia Castro was a guest speaker at the Latin America conference held at the TUC headquarters, alongside other well known political and trade union figures.Her speech was met with a standing ovation from an audience of over 500 British attendants, whom she thanked for supporting Argentina on the Malvinas Question and in the litigation with the speculative or 'vulture' funds.

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