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Montevideo, November 8th 2025 - 09:48 UTC

Tag: Julio Cobos

  • Thursday, November 6th 2025 - 21:48 UTC

    Former Argentine VP moots euthanasia bill

    “I believe society is more mature to have this debate,” Cobos argued

    Following the approval in Uruguay of the so-called Dignified Death Act (or Euthanasia Law), former Argentine Vice President Julio César Cleto Cobos, now a Radical Civic Union (UCR) Federal Congressman from the province of Mendoza, pushed a similar initiative across the pond.

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  • Saturday, May 24th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Opposition politicians stand up for press freedom in Argentina

    Former Vice President Julio Cobos was among the signatories of the declaration

    Argentine political leaders signed a declaration defending press freedom, criticizing President Javier Milei's ongoing attacks on journalists and the media. The statement condemns the government's use of insults, denunciations, and intimidation to silence critical voices, urging a collective response to protect democratic values, while calling for unwavering support for freedom of expression, public denunciation of harassment, and ethical political conduct. The document also warns that silence against authoritarianism is complicity and reaffirms a commitment to an Argentina where criticism is not criminalized.

  • Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

    Argentine Senate unanimously rejects Chile's decree regarding continental shelf

    “We cannot disregard the context in which Chile's claim is made: on November 21 there will be presidential elections,” Cobos warned.

    Argentina's Senate Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring Chile's announcements concerning the continental shelf as in clear violation of the Peace and Friendship Treaty signed in 1984.

  • Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

    Faurie said Argentina has no doubts about its sovereignty over the Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands: “our claim to resume negotiations is non renounceable”.

    The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.

  • Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 11:18 UTC

    Argentina with a multi-party delegation to claim the Falklands at the C24 meeting

    The delegation will be headed by foreign minister Jorge Faurie and will include opposition Kirchnerite lawmaker Daniel Filmus

    It's an election year in Argentina so a pluralistic delegation will be travelling to New York to make the country's annual claim over the Falkland Islands sovereignty before the United Nations Decolonization Committee, next Tuesday, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.

  • Friday, March 23rd 2018 - 07:07 UTC

    Falklands second flight: Minister Faurie confirms the interest of seven airlines

    Foreign minister Faurie was summoned to the Senate foreign affairs committee to defend the current administration's foreign policy

    Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie this week revealed to the Senate foreign affairs committee that seven airlines have stated their interest in servicing a second commercial flight between the Falkland Islands and the continent: two from Uruguay, two from Chile and three from Brazil.

  • Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 08:59 UTC

    Argentina surfaces three Spanish Malvinas documents from 1767

    Senator Cobos is no stranger to the Falklands, he visited them in June/July 2014, before launching a presidential bid

    Argentine former vice president and currently Senator of the ruling coalition, Julio Cobos has announced the discovery of three letters dated 1767, revealing an exchange of information between then Buenos Aires city governor, and Felipe Ruiz Puente, described as the first Malvinas Islands governor. At the time was part of the Spanish colonial empire.

  • Saturday, October 1st 2016 - 02:55 UTC

    Malcorra summoned to Senate to explain Falklands' clauses in the joint statement

    Malcorra's summons was first requested by opposition Senators loyal to ex president Cristina Fernandez following the release of the joint statement

    Foreign minister Susana Malcorra is scheduled to attend the Argentine Senate next Wednesday morning to expand on the recent Argentina/UK joint statement, particularly the South Atlantic chapter which deals with the Falkland Islands and alleged softening of the Argentine sovereignty claim.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 07:05 UTC

    United opposition in Mendoza province defeats CFK's ruling Victory Front

    Cornejo’s candidacy for the Cambia Mendoza front was backed by a wide array of opposition parties

    Argentina's opposition Radical Party (UCR) seized back Mendoza province (one of the country's five main electoral districts) after their Cambia Mendoza alliance, led by Alfredo Cornejo, defeated the Victory Front (FpV)’s Adolfo Bermejo, and had 48% of the vote at press time, 10 points more than the Peronist hopeful. Bermejo is a close ally of President Cristina Fernández.

  • Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 07:07 UTC

    Falklands experience, according to former Argentine vice-president Cobos

    Cobos at Darwin cemetery next to the Lujan Virgin shrine

    Fresh back from the Falkland Islands where he spent a week, Argentina's former vice-president and currently lawmaker Julio Cleto Cobos calls for closer links with the Islands, and insists that the “Malvinas Experience” (“Vivir Malvinas”) challenge should not be banned to nobody, rather the contrary.

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