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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 13:28 UTC

Tag: Diana Mondino

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 06:45 UTC

    Malvinas, Argentina recalls 60th anniversary of its historic milestone claim over the Falklands before a supportive UN

    Ambassador Jose Maria Ruda, claimed the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands before the UN Committee on Decolonization and received full support

    On 9 September, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of Ruda’s Statement, the statement delivered by the then Legal Counselor of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador José María Ruda, before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization. His address was a historic milestone in the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas.

  • Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 14:35 UTC

    Uruguay welcomes Argentina's support to Mercosur countries negotiating solo if necessary

    “It is always better to go all together,” said Paganini. But if that is not possible, negotiations should be undertaken “individually or with the countries that can,” he added

    The Uruguayan Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou has found in Javier Milei's Argentina the partner it longed for within the Southern Common Market to clear the way for individual members of the bloc to seek unilateral trade alliances with other countries or regional alliances. In this scenario, Foreign Minister Omar Paganini Wednesday welcomed Buenos Aires' endorsement to make Mercosur more flexible.

  • Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

    Argentina recognizes Edmundo González Urrutia as Venezuelan President-elect

    Mondino had declared González Urrutia the winner earlier on but Milei's Government exerted some caution until Wednesday

    Argentina's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Wednesday recognizing Edmundo González Urrutia of the Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) as the “undisputed winner” winner of the July 28 polls in Venezuela, in defiance of the results announced by the National Electoral Council (CNE) whereby the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had been reelected for the 2025-2031 term.

  • Friday, August 2nd 2024 - 21:26 UTC

    Argentine FM recognizes González Urrutia's win

    Despite Mondino's posting on X, Buenos Aires will postpone a statement until the safety of the asylum-seekers is secured

    Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino said opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia had won Sunday's presidential elections in Venezuela. “Without any doubt, he is the legitimate winner and President-elect,” she stressed on X in defiance of the National Electoral Council's (CNE) announcement in Caracas assuring the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had triumphed.

  • Tuesday, July 9th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Argentine FM backs Lacalle's call for a more flexible Mercosur

    Mondino spoke about ceasing to be a small, protected, fearful Mercosur

    In addition to President Javier Milei not attending the 64th Southern Common Market Summit in Asunción, Argentina brought another dissenting note to the regional bloc when Foreign Minister Diana Mondino upheld the idea of brokering unilateral deals with foreign powers or blocs in blunt opposition to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the matter.

  • Saturday, June 29th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Paraguay and Argentina set roadmap for collaborative work

    Foreign Ministers Ramírez (L) of Paraguay and Mondino of Argentina reviewed bilateral issues on the side of the OAS General Assembly

    Paraguay and Argentina reached an understanding regarding the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway after Foreign Ministers Rubén Ramírez Lezcano and Diana Mondino gathered in Asunción on the sides of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly.

  • Monday, June 24th 2024 - 17:35 UTC

    Argentine signs key agreement defending fishing areas beyond national jurisdiction

    Foreign minister Diana Mondino signed the BBNJ agreement, also known as the High Seas Treaty of Global Ocean Treaty while in UN, New York

    While in New York Argentine foreign minister Diana Mondino not only participated in the United Nations Decolonization Committee or C24, claiming sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, but also signed a significant international instrument that should help with the plus 201 mile IUU fishing in the South Atlantic.

  • Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 15:29 UTC

    “If you have to deny the existence of a people, your argument does not work”, Falklands reply to Mondino

    MLA Teslyn Barkman was pungent in her statement to Minister Mondino

    “If you have to deny the existence of a people to make your argument work, your argument doesn’t work,” has been the public reply of Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman to the piece of Argentina's foreign minister Diana Mondino addressed to Falkland Islanders, during this week's session of the Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, held at the United Nations, New York.

  • Wednesday, June 19th 2024 - 20:14 UTC

    Argentina: Milei reckons June's inflation to rebound

    Failing to reach a zero fiscal deficit is also the consequence of politicians delaying the approval of the so-called Bases Law, Milei argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei admitted that his country's process of curbing inflation would be making “a pause” from the 4.2% the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) announced for May this year. In addition to a rebound in the decline, there will be no zero deficit, the Libertarian leader also admitted.

  • Monday, June 17th 2024 - 19:58 UTC

    Argentina to remove solar panels Tuesday, weather permitting

    “Remove the solar panels as soon as possible or we will,” warned a Boric not as tolerant as Chile's Foreign Minister van Klaveren

    Argentina's Navy will remove the solar panels mistakenly placed in Chilean territory after President Gabriel Boric Font warned that his country would take action if Buenos Aires failed to comply at the earliest time possible.