Tag: Laura Richardson

• Saturday, January 24th 2026 - 23:01 UTC

  Milei takes over Ushuaia port as Tierra del Fuego warns of “overreach” and geopolitical motives

  

  Argentina’s government under President Javier Milei has intervened in the port of Ushuaia—the country’s southernmost port and a major gateway to Antarctica—taking control of operations for one year in a move that has reignited tensions with the Tierra del Fuego provincial administration and opened a wider dispute over federal authority.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

  Richardson says Marshall Plan needed for Latin America

  

  US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson called on leaders in her country to devise some “Marshall Plan” in Latin America replicating the one enacted in post-World War II Europe, which is highly necessary to neutralize Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

  Milei's recent presence in Ushuaia triggers sovereignty concerns in Chile

  

  Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning Antarctica given Argentine President Javier Milei's recent actions regarding the area when a United States base in Ushuaia was announced during US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson's visit.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

  Milei pledges to “recover the Malvinas Islands” through diplomatic means

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Monday that he intends to recover the Falkland/Malvinas Islands through diplomatic means but admitted it would be “a long process.”

• Friday, April 5th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei makes snap trip to Ushuaia to meet Southern Command Chief Richardson

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei made a snap trip to Ushuaia late Thursday to meet US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson after Governor Gustavo Melella refused to welcome her and insisted she was “persona non grata.”

• Thursday, April 4th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  General Richardson kicks off Buenos Aires agenda

  

  US Southern Command (Southcom) Chief General Laura Richardson held a meeting in Buenos Aires with Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Petri (Defense) as well as with Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces Head General Xavier Isaac to discuss “military cooperation” between both countries, with a focus on China's presence in the region. In addition, Argentine purchases of defense equipment were also reviewed. Also participating in the talks was US Ambassador Marc Stanley.

• Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 09:07 UTC

  Milei deepens ties with Washington by choosing used F-16 jets

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei announced Wednesday that his country would purchase second-hand US-built F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, which would represent “the biggest advance in Defense in the last 20 years” according to a social media user eventually validated by the head of state.

• Thursday, February 8th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

  Montevideo Mayor Cosse holds talks with General Richardson

  

  Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse met Wednesday with US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson. Cosse, who is running in the opposition Frente Amplio (Broad Front - FA) primaries for the upcoming presidential elections, said her encounter with the visiting military officer was “of an official nature.”

• Wednesday, February 7th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

  US not seeking to set up a base in Uruguay, says US Southern Command Chief

  

  US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson Tuesday praised Uruguay's democratic tradition and insisted her country was not seeking to set up a military base, thus denying claims from the labor grouping Pit-Cnt earlier this week.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  Head of US Southern Command not welcome by Uruguay's leading labor grouping

  

  Uruguay's labor grouping Pit-Cnt Monday objected to the presence in the South American country of General Laura Richardson, head of the US Southern Command, it was reported in Montevideo.