Tag: Donald Trump

Monday, December 30th 2024 - 09:36 UTC
Trump’s long late and lost attempt to take over Greenland

By Gwynne Dyer - From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad timing. The United States could probably have bought Greenland from Denmark in 1917 (when it did buy the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danes), but he’s a century too late now.
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Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Trump picks Claver-Carone for State Dept. Latin American branch

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Sunday he had chosen former Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mauricio Claver-Carone as his future State Department's Envoy to Latin America. The Cuban-born Claver-Carone was appointed to the IDB at Trump's request in 2020 but was dismissed amid an affair with a subordinate whom he had given a pay raise.
Tuesday, December 17th 2024 - 20:29 UTC
Trump picks golfing friend with Uruguayan past for Montevideo Embassy

US President-elect Donald Trump chose his golfing friend Louis Rinaldi as his incoming administration's future Ambassador to Montevideo. The Italy-born Rinaldi grew up in Uruguay since he was 4 before moving to the United States. Trump has announced that a series of ambassadorial positions would be filled businessmen such as Rinaldi rather than career diplomats.
Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 20:54 UTC
Trump picks successful Fla. physician for BA Embassy

US President-elect Donald J. Trump chose Peter Lamelas for the position of Ambassador in Buenos Aires during his administration to be inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2025. The Cuban-born physician has already met President Javier Milei.
Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 10:12 UTC
Milei pushes for trade flexibility at Mercosur Summit, eyes U.S. agreement

Argentine President Javier Milei will attend the Mercosur summit in Montevideo on December 5-6, advocating for the bloc’s members to gain the freedom to sign independent trade agreements. This marks a departure from Mercosur’s traditional collective bargaining stance but stops short of proposing an exit from the bloc.
Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:48 UTC
Lula avoids the dragon’s, Belt and Road Initiative and agrees with China’s Xi on a neutral ‘shared future’

President-elect Donald Trump’s impressive victory has had an impact worldwide given his promises, many of them with a strong dye of populism and protectionism, Making America Great Again.
Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:25 UTC
Guterres says “spirit of consensus” needed

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the “Argentine case” ahead of the two-day G20 Summit starting in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday and called for a “spirit of consensus” to move forward.
Friday, November 15th 2024 - 10:46 UTC
Milei first world leader to meet Trump post Nov. 5 elections

Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday became the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump after the latter's victory in the Nov. 5 elections. They got together at the Republican's Mar-a-Lago complex in Florida during a CPAC (Conservative Political Action Convention).
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 19:21 UTC
US Federal Reserve cuts rate by 25 basis points, but future decisions to be conditioned by Trump and Republicans dominance

The US Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point, on Thursday, the same week in which Donald Trump was swept in as elected president with a Legislative and Judicial branch packed with his conservative populists.
Thursday, November 7th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Harris concedes defeat but promises to keep fighting

US Vice President Kamala Harris finally admitted Tuesday's electoral results were not what her Democrat Party had expected and conceded victory to former President Donald Trump. “When we lose an election, we accept the results,” she reckoned after telephoning the former Republican head of state to congratulate him.