Tag: Diana Mondino

• Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:59 UTC

  Back from Antarctica, Milei calls opponents “useful idiots” and defends 30% inflation

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei returned this weekend to the mainland after touring the Marambio and Esperanza Bases in Antarctica, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentina: Malvinas claim recognizes Islanders “interests” and a “mature relation” with Britain

  

  The third of January has been an iconic date for Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands, since on that day but in 1833, the “United Kingdom forcibly occupied the Malvinas Islands over which ”a recently independent Argentine Nation was exercising sovereignty, given her condition of heir to such possessions of Spain in South America.”

• Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 06:33 UTC

  Minister Rutley's second visit to the Falklands in a month: big changes in South Atlantic fisheries policies?

  

  Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Caribbean, and Overseas Territories David Rutley has been to the Falkland Islands again this week, the second visit in a month, and in the meantime this did not prevent him from on December 10, to represent the British government in Buenos Aires for the taking office ceremony of Argentine extreme liberal president, Javier Milei.

• Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 15:59 UTC

  Argentina appoints a new Malvinas Secretary, an academic with vast experience in maritime issues

  

  Argentine foreign minister, Diana Mondino has named Paola Di Chiaro, an academic with a political science background, involved with domestic maritime think tank issues, and linked to German Christian Democrat foundation Konrad Adenauer, as the new head of the Malvinas Islands Secretariat.

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Ties between Brazil and Argentina to remain despite ideological differences, FM says

  

  Brazil intends to keep a good relationship with Argentina despite the ideological differences between the governments of Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

• Monday, December 11th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina to reapply for OECD membership

  

  Argentina's new Foreign Minister Diana Mondino confirmed that her country would resume the process of joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which had been initiated under President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019) but was dropped during the Alberto Fernández years (2019-2023).

• Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Lula skipping Milei's inauguration

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva finally confirmed he would not be attending Javier Milei's inauguration despite last-minute efforts by Argentina's future Foreign Minister Diana Mondino who failed to undo the badmouthing the Libertarian leader made during his campaign.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:55 UTC

  Brazil wants to hand Mercosur chair next week with a raft of milestones

  

  Brazil who is handing the Mercosur rotating chair to Paraguay during a ceremony and regional summit in Rio do Janeiro next 7 December´, is working overtime to finalize important milestones for the trade block during its presidency, among which discussions with UAE, closing a deal with Singapore, making official Bolivia's incorporation and equally outstanding even possibly signing the definitive agreement with the European Union.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Mondino insists: Argentina not joining BRICS

  

  Argentina's future Foreign Minister Diana Mondino confirmed this week that her country would not be joining the BRICS alliance on Jan. 1 as scheduled despite a personal letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping to President-elect Javier Milei.

• Monday, November 27th 2023 - 08:32 UTC

  Mondino brings letter from Milei to Lula

  

  Argentina's future top diplomat Diana Mondino met Sunday in Brasilia with Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Ambassador Daniel Scioli to hand over a personal letter from Javier Milei inviting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to his Dec. 10 inauguration in Buenos Aires.