Tag: Jorge Taiana

• Thursday, December 2nd 2010 - 01:50 UTC

  US was concerned about Argentine reactions to Falkland Islands exploration round

  

  New cables released by the website Wikileaks and published by the Spanish newspaper El País state the US Secretary of State worries in June 2009 about the sudden change in the language of Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's government in Antarctica and Falkland/Malvinas Islands case.

• Friday, June 4th 2010 - 05:11 UTC

  Mounting pressure in Argentina for Justice to order removal of pickets

  

  Pressure is mounting in Argentina for pickets blocking an international bridge leading to Uruguay to be ordered removed by a court order, following Wednesday’ presidential summit when Uruguay’s Jose Mujica and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner agreed on a joint agenda of pending issues.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner and Mujica Agree to Re-Channel Bilateral Relations

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José “Pepe” Mujica said on Wednesday they will be working to “re-channel” bilateral relations and will strictly abide the ruling of the Botnia paper mill case.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 02:53 UTC

  Mr. Kirchner to Be Named Chairman of UNASUR When Leaders Meet in Argentina

  

  Leaders from the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR are scheduled to meet May 3 and 4 in Buenos Aires with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner acting as host and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa as temporary chairman.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 01:10 UTC

  Serra Calls for a More “Flexible” Mercosur; Claims it Limits Brazil’s “Sovereignty”

  

  Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra—who leads in public opinion vote intention polls—reiterated his call for a more “flexible” Mercosur, effectively becoming a free trade area, because the current format limits Brazil’s sovereignty to sign agreements with other non member countries.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:23 UTC

  Taiana calls Gualeguaychú activists to reconsider position and lift pickets

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana called on Gualeguaychú activists that keep international San Martín bridge blocked for more than three years to “reconsider their ways of action, mostly after the International Court of Justice ruling”.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:11 UTC

  Cristina and Mujica to address Court ruling’s effects next Wednesday

  

  Uruguayan President Jose Mujica and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernández de Kirchner are to meet next Wednesday afternoon in Buenos Aires in what is to be the first encounter after The Hague International Court's ruling on Botnia paper mill was made public Tuesday.