Tag: Anthony Blinken

• Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

  Blinken to tour Brazil and Argentina next week

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning a trip to Brazil and Argentina next week, during which he will meet with local authorities to discuss regional matters in addition to participating in G20 engagements in Rio de Janeiro. In Buenos Aires, he will be welcomed by President Javier Milei, who will be traveling to the US the same week, it was also announced.

• Friday, September 29th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  US offers reward amid probe into Ecuadorian candidate's murder

  

  The US State Department Thursday made available US$ 5 million in rewards for information leading to the arrest of those who murdered Ecuador's presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last month in Quito. The State Department also offered up to US$ 1 million for clues leading to the identification of high-ranking members of the criminal group.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 11:15 UTC

  Biden spoils Blinken's trip to Beijing by likening Xi to a dictator?

  

  United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday likened Chinese President Xi Jinping to a “dictator.” The comment came just a day after top US diplomat Anthony Blinken's trip to Beijing aimed at easing tensions between the two countries

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Finland joining NATO reshapes geopolitical scenario

  

  After Finland officially becomes the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)'s 31st member Tuesday, the alliance's border with Russia is to grow considerably, thus reshaping the region's geopolitical scenario.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Blinken offers Mexico to join US semiconductor program

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Mexico City Monday and extended an invitation to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) to participate in a semiconductor and electromobility investment package announced by the Joseph Biden administration worth US$ 50 billion.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Mexico the most lethal country for journalists: six dead in less than two months

  

  Mexico the most lethal country to work as a journalist reported this week the sixth death of one of its members so far this year. According to media protection agencies stats, last year the number was 7 or 9, (depending on if the person was killed while on duty), and 47 in the last five years.

• Monday, January 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  US military supplies arrive in Ukraine, embassy ready for evacuation

  

  The United States Embassy in Kiev has confirmed the arrival of military supplies sent by Washington to the Ukrainian capital while preparations were also under way to leave the diplomatic mission at the earliest, in case military tensions with Russia escalate.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 20:37 UTC

  Little progress results from US, Russia's top diplomats meeting in Geneva

  

  US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Friday met in Geneva to discuss the escalating military tensions in Europe, particularly about a possible invasion of Ukraine.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Soap opera foreign policy: US tells Argentina keep up negotiations with IMF

  

  Last October when Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left for Rome to the G20 leaders' summit, his office informed that he was expecting to meet with US president Joe Biden to among other issues address support for Argentina in its ongoing exhausting negotiations with the IMF.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 07:17 UTC

  Biden administration decided to keep Cuba in the “bad boys” list

  

  Cuba complained that the Biden administration has continued the policies of former U.S. President Donald Trump against Havana with a decision to maintain a Trump-era determination that it is not fully cooperating in the fight against terrorism.