Tag: foreign policy

• Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

  Cafiero outlines Argentine foreign policy priorities, trade, Malvinas and Mercosur

  

  The main challenge of Argentine foreign policy is to reinstall the necessary tools to recover the trade dynamics that enable the country to recover from the pandemic's economic downfall, plus making it attractive to foreign investors, said Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero summoned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  Joe Biden's foreign policy and national security made up of veterans from Obama's time

  

  Veteran diplomat Antony Blinken, 58, has been named the United States' next Secretary of State. The official announcement by President-elect Joe Biden, expected on Tuesday, came earlier on Monday. Mr Jake Sullivan, 43, was named National Security Adviser; and Ms. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, 68, was named Ambassador to the United Nations.

• Tuesday, January 14th 2020 - 09:33 UTC

  Killing Soleimani part of a broader policy of real deterrence to challenges, said Pompeo

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by US foes that also applies to China and Russia, further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on US targets.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Bolivian interim government implements sharp shift in foreign policy in just two weeks

  

  Foreign policy of the interim Bolivian government foreign policy has shifted sharply in just two weeks under conservative President Jeanine Anez, a senator who took over in a power vacuum left by the resignation and exile of long-term leftist leader Evo Morales.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro's offensive foreign policy tweets have created at least twelve disputes with world leaders

  

  Offending French, German, Norwegian and UN leaders along the way, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has embarked on a diplomatic scorched earth policy that is fueling concern over potential long-term damage to Brazil's global relations.