Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers wish to travel to Falklands but with no migration passport stamping

  

  A group of Argentine lawmakers from president Mauricio Macri's coalition is willing to travel to the Falkland Islands in the near future, but, a big but is that their passports are not to be stamped by migration when they land in the Islands.

• Thursday, February 21st 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Macri in Vietnam pledges closer relationship between the two countries

  

  Vietnam sees Argentina as its most important partner in Latin America and hopes to consolidate and strengthen its comprehensive partnership with the country, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, February 21st 2019 - 09:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez corruption trial set to begin next week postponed until May

  

  The corruption trial of former Argentina president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, set to begin next week, has been postponed until May, authorities said on Monday. It is one of several corruption trials facing the opposition Peronist politician, who turned 66 on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:27 UTC

  Macri in Vietnam for a three-day visit to promote trade and businesses

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri started an official State visit to Việt Nam on Wednesday to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership. The three-day visit, which comes at the invitation of President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, is evidence of the importance of Việt Nam in Argentina’s external policy towards Asia in general and Southeast Asia in particular, especially after the Latin American nation signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in August 2018, Vietnam News Agency reported.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Macri invites Indian business people to invest in Argentina underlining its food power capacity

  

  With the aim to reinforce existing business and explore new business opportunities between Argentina and India, President of Argentine Republic, Mauricio Macri addressed the India-Argentine Business Forum on Tuesday at Taj Mahal Palace Hotel.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister gives India some advice on Chinese penetration

  

  If India has to compete with China in Latin America, then it has to be “absolutely active” in the region, Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Faurie said on Tuesday during the business forum in New Delhi.

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Macri on a state visit to India condemns terrorism and signs ten agreements

  

  India and Argentina inked ten agreements including in defense, agriculture, space, pharmaceuticals, Antarctic cooperation, agriculture, IT and nuclear cooperation. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentine President Mauricio Macri, accompanied by a high-level official delegation and around 100 top industry representatives of Argentine companies held bilateral talks on Monday.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentine Security minister making headlines with her tough on crime policy

  

  Argentina's government, with one eye on elections later in the year, is getting tough on crime, and one figure is taking centre stage: the country's security tsar. Patricia Bullrich, 62, the security minister, is pushing a series of new tough-on-crime measures, including dropping the age for juvenile convictions, equipping cops with stun guns and trialling facial recognition at train stations.

• Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Macri and business delegation in India for trade, investment and cooperation promotion

  

  New Delhi and Buenos Aires are expected to sign up to eight agreements during President Mauricio Macri’s three-day state visit to India to promote trade, investment and cooperation in several fields including defense, Argentine ambassador Daniel Chuburu said. Macri is accompanied by several ministers, members of Congress and a hundred business leaders.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Uruguayan president Vazquez now supports free credible elections in Venezuela

  

  As advanced by Mercopress, Uruguay and Argentine presidents', Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri open agenda surprise meeting was in effect to address the Venezuelan situation, particularly what has been described in Buenos Aires as the erratic accommodative stance to circumstances and environment, of the Vazquez administration.